The 2026 HR Executive Top 100 HR Tech Influencers, now in its eighth year, recognizes practitioners, product leaders, analysts and advisors who influence, shape and communicate how enterprise technology directly affects the workforce.

Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report has always been required reading for CISOs. This year, it should be key for every HR leader, too.

As AI-driven workflows accelerate and digital interruptions increase, employees are losing the uninterrupted cognitive space required for deep thinking, reflection and effective decision-making.

In the same survey, 45% of respondents said they would feel panicked and 34% would go into debt or don't know how they would pay.