Adecco Group whitepaper: AI necessitates hybrid workforce orchestration
A new whitepaper from the Adecco Group highlights the transformative impact of AI on work, introducing "hybrid workforce orchestration" as a crucial new management discipline for organizations.
The Adecco Group released a whitepaper on July 23, 2026, detailing the profound changes AI is bringing to the workforce and outlining a new framework for managing this evolution. The report, developed with Altermind, warns that corporate inertia poses the greatest risk, as many organizations are slow to redesign work processes to capitalize on AI's potential.
The analysis indicates that AI is altering job tasks more rapidly than outright eliminating positions. However, widespread integration remains limited, with only 18% of U.S. firms and 20% of European firms having scaled AI into their core workflows. This presents a significant opportunity for companies prepared to adapt.
The whitepaper introduces "hybrid workforce orchestration" as a proactive management discipline. This approach focuses on redesigning work to ensure people, AI agents, automation, and physical AI contribute optimally to value creation. Adecco Group CEO Denis Machuel emphasized that success in the AI era will depend on strategically realigning roles and skills.
According to the paper, AI-related job creation has been substantial, with 1.9 million new positions emerging between 2022 and 2025. The Adecco Group asserts that companies must actively reconfigure their operations to harness productivity gains and maintain competitiveness amid these technological shifts.
The Adecco Group positions hybrid workforce orchestration as the organizational model for the next decade, aiming to make the human side of AI transformation scalable and impactful.