Survey Report

SAN FRANCISCO – September 28, 2026 -- More than 4 in 5 adults in the United States (85%) and United Kingdom (86%) say cost-of-living pressures have stopped them from donating or donating more over the past six months, according to a new Harris Poll survey of over 3,000 adults commissioned by nonprofit lender Kiva.

Despite the squeeze, 77% of U.S. and 80% of UK adults still gave money in some form during the same period, the survey found. The data lands against a backdrop tracked by Giving USA, which recorded record total charitable giving of $617.20 billion even as individual donors' share of that total slid from roughly 80% in past decades to 64% today.

Stockholm – – September 28, 2026 -- More than half of senior enterprise leaders, 58%, have delayed, scaled back or added safeguards to strategic initiatives over the past two years due to concerns about their network provider, according to a new report from Arelion.

The Stockholm-based connectivity firm commissioned research firm Savanta to survey 518 senior enterprise network decision-makers across the US, UK, Germany and France, all from organizations with more than 2,000 employees. The findings appear in Arelion's report, 'The trust illusion: Why AI and digital transformation need more than a reliable network.'

Montreal – September 24, 2026 -- Seventy-seven percent of organizations experienced at least one Microsoft 365 governance incident in the past year, even as two-thirds now run multiple AI tools against the same tenant content, according to the second annual State of M365 report released by ShareGate.

Three-quarters of organizations report Microsoft 365 governance incidents in the past year

The survey of nearly 1,800 IT professionals and leaders across nine countries found 38% left former employees or guests with access they should have lost, 35% hit an audit or compliance gap, and 26% had sensitive content reach the wrong people. A fifth incident category -- users unable to find content -- was reported by 41% but excluded from the headline figure, which would otherwise reach 82%.

Palo Alto, Calif. – September 23, 2026 -- Companies offering AI-specific skills training jumped from 25% to 58% over the past year, but 56% of employees still say they get no time during work hours to build those skills, according to Workera's 2026 State of Skills Intelligence Report.

AI training spending rises sharply across U.S. enterprises

The survey of 1,000 salaried employees at U.S. organizations with 5,000 or more staff found 80% now believe their company is on track for an AI-enabled future, up from 67% in 2025. Employees using AI tools multiple times per week rose from 40% to 68% year-over-year, and companies feeling confident about their competitive AI position climbed from 19% to 30%.

Towson – September 23, 2026 -- A DEWALT survey of 534 WorldSkills competitors across more than 60 countries found that 76% believe technical and vocational skills are increasingly critical to the global economy, yet 51% say too few young people are entering the trades.

Survey exposes gap between perception and enrollment pathways

While 71% of respondents said the public image of skilled trades has improved, 52% reported being steered toward traditional academic paths versus just 14% encouraged into vocational careers. The disconnect starts early: 45% said young people are not exposed to skilled career opportunities soon enough, and 53% felt direct pressure to pursue university over trade training.

Boston – September 20, 2026 -- Seventy-eight percent of U.S. utility innovation leaders are now deploying or operationalizing artificial intelligence to manage interconnection demand, as AI data centers strain power grids nationwide, according to National Grid Partners' third annual Utility Innovation Survey.

Grid reliability overtakes net-zero as the industry's top concern

The survey found 74% of respondents say AI-driven data center load growth is already impacting grid reliability. When ranking organizational priorities, 73% of utility leaders placed reliability in their top three, up sharply from 43% in 2025. Net-zero goals, by contrast, fell from 54% to just 16% over the same period.

New York and Brussels – September 20, 2026 -- Nearly nine in ten enterprise decision-makers (87%) say their teams routinely burn hours re-verifying that context fed to autonomous AI agents remains accurate, according to a Harris Poll survey of 306 U.S. data, privacy, and AI decision-makers commissioned by Collibra. The report, titled The 2026 Hallucination Tax Report, found that 76% of organizations have hit critical roadblocks trying to move AI agents from pilot programs into full production over the past 12 months.

Washington – September 19, 2026 -- Forty-five percent of facial plastic surgeons report an increase in female patients citing menopause or perimenopause as a reason for seeking treatment, up sharply from 28% in 2024, according to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery's (AAFPRS) 2025 annual member survey.

Survey data shows a 17-point jump in menopause-related consultations year over year

The AAFPRS, representing more than 2,200 facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons worldwide, tracked the shift among its membership base as part of its annual industry survey. The increase indicates a growing willingness among patients to link hormonal transition directly to visible facial changes during consultations.

Dallas – September 18, 2026 -- A new Healthcare Workforce Outlook Index scored the U.S. healthcare workforce at just 38%, with none of its five underlying dimensions exceeding 50%, according to AMN Healthcare's 2026 Healthcare Workforce Outlook Survey released today.

Survey of 4,040 professionals exposes a 19-point gap between engagement and future readiness

The index, drawn from responses collected between Feb. 24 and March 31, 2026, measures employee engagement, organizational health, leadership and support, staffing confidence, and future readiness. Employee engagement scored highest at 48%, while future readiness scored lowest at 29%, a 19-point spread that AMN Healthcare says shows workers remain moderately engaged today but doubt the workforce's capacity to meet future demand.

Southampton, England – September 18, 2026 -- Nearly 40% of data centre professionals in Europe and the US plan to change jobs within the next 12 months, despite most having received a pay rise in the past year, according to DataX Connect's 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey of more than 1,700 professionals across the UK, Europe and the United States.

Pay rises fail to stop nearly 40% of staff from job hunting

38.8% of permanent professionals in Europe and 37.8% in the US intend to switch companies within a year, even though 65% of European and 71% of US respondents saw a salary increase over the past 12 months. In Europe, career development is now the top reason for leaving, cited by 36.0% of respondents. In the US, salary remains the leading factor at 31.4%, with career development close behind at 29.5%.