CTI’s research engine
Independent research on the talent dynamics organizations tend to miss. The Coqual Global Lab is the heart of our evidence base: rigorous, mixed-methods research aimed at the problem before it becomes obvious.
Every study starts the same way: question what conventional talent thinking gets wrong, find the mechanism underneath, and prove the consequence.
Borrowing from Tomorrow
How to Fight the Hype and Design the Future of Work on Purpose
Companies are redesigning work at extraordinary speed. Borrowing from Tomorrow asks whether today's choices are building the talent, judgment, trust, and capabilities organizations will need next, or quietly drawing them down.
74%
say HR and inclusion teams are often held accountable for outcomes they do not fully control
49%
say broad human perspectives are considered only sometimes, rarely, or never in AI governance
12%
of CEOs and executives regularly review employee listening data beyond engagement surveys
RESEARCH REPORT
2026
GROUNBREAKING REPORT
The Convergent Leader
A three-country inquiry into AI-enabled growth. Roughly one in three leaders combine AI skills, inclusive behaviors and a flexible mindset — and the difference shows up in the business.
2.7x
as likely to report a boost in team productivity
2.4x
as likely to report an increase in market share
2x
as likely to report increased revenue
COMPARED WITH NON-CONVERGENT LEADERS
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2 0 2 6 · WORK DESIGN & TALENT · GLOBAL
Borrowing from Tomorrow
Companies are transforming work at speed. This research identifies four design disciplines that help leaders create value today without weakening the talent, judgment, trust and capabilities they will need tomorrow.
2 0 2 6 · LEADERSHIP & AI · GLOBAL
The Convergent Leader
One in three leaders combine AI skills, inclusive behaviors and a flexible mindset and report stronger productivity, growth and retention. Study focused on France, German & the UK.
2 0 2 5 · NEUROINCLUSION
The Neuroinclusion Imperative
Traditional talent approaches miss capability that is already present. The fix is system design, not fixing people.
BELONGING · GLOBAL
Belonging Matters Everywhere: China, India and Mexico
Workplace cultures compared across three markets, and what belonging requires in each.
BELONGING · GLOBAL
Belonging Matters Everywhere: the UK, Germany and Poland
The European companion study; where belonging conditions hold, and where they break.
BELONGING
The Power of Belonging
Belonging turned from an abstract idea into four measurable conditions: being seen, connected, supported and proud.
SPONSORSHIP
The Sponsor Dividend
Performance and mentorship don't explain advancement. Advocacy, political capital and access to opportunity do.
THE CTI METHOD
See what others miss. Prove why it matters.
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What is conventional talent thinking getting wrong or failing to notice?
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What shapes the outcome beneath the obvious explanation?
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Employee evidence exposes patterns that broad averages hide.
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Connect the dynamic to talent, business and organizational outcomes.
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Give leaders & teams language they can use in the room.
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Translate evidence into a small number of design changes.