The Ignite Pulse Report · No. 01 · October 2026

Two pictures of the same organisation

Leaders and the people closest to the work are no longer describing the same workplace. A monthly reading of the research shaping organisational capability and human experience.

Global Edition7 studies85,000+ respondents represented15-page online edition
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This edition

The visibility gap

Three studies released this year, from very different corners of working life, point to the same widening distance: leaders and the people closest to the work are often seeing different organisations. This edition follows that signal into leadership, manager engagement, decision architecture and the accelerating arrival of AI.

58 vs 28Healthcare executives and frontline workers rating leadership effectiveness.
42%Frontline workers who say leaders understand their challenges, down from 62% in 2024.
22%Global manager engagement after the largest single-year fall since 2022.
51%Workers who say they have the learning they need, as AI use climbs.
Inside No. 01

From signal to useful action.

The evidence

What multiple studies show about leadership visibility, frontline understanding and the managerial layer that carries information.

Symptom is not location

A practical map for separating what leaders see from where the underlying organisational problem may actually sit.

One redesign

A 30-minute leadership exercise for following one decision from first knowledge to action and redesigning the path.

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Where should your organisation be looking?

About three minutes. Twelve adaptive prompts. Immediate directional insight into where organisational capability or human experience may deserve a closer look.

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