{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"87891","rtpr_id":"nPnbzfWwha","ticker":"JLL","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["JLL"],"title":"AI redesigns jobs, not cuts them: JLL study reveals business leaders expect workforce growth ahead","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-07-14T13:00:25.559Z","article_body":"AI redesigns jobs, not cuts them: JLL study reveals business leaders expect workforce growth ahead\n\nPR Newswire\n\nCHICAGO, July 14, 2026\n\nGlobal study finds organizations further in AI adoption anticipate workforce\ngrowth, prioritize full-time roles and focus on productivity\n\nCHICAGO, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite concerns of AI-driven job\nlosses, a new study from JLL (NYSE: JLL) finds that a majority of senior\nbusiness leaders expect their workforces to grow (60%), not shrink (40%) –\nsimilarly, most expect AI to reinvent human roles (60%), rather than replace\nthem (40%). JLL's 2026 Future of Work Survey\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4730535-1&h=1630914620&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jll.com%2Fen-us%2Finsights%2Ffuture-of-work-survey&a=JLL%27s+2026+Future+of+Work+Survey)\n finds this picture is more pronounced among the most AI-advanced\norganizations, which are utilizing technology as a workforce augmenter and\nfocusing on strategic expansion— even though they recognize it will not be\nuniform and some jobs will still be cut. Hence, more than others, they lean\ntoward hiring full-time employees, investing in entry-level talent and\nactively redesigning roles to be enhanced by AI rather than eliminated.\n\nThe biennial survey, conducted from January to April 2026, offers a\ncomprehensive snapshot of the state of work through the lens of the key\npriorities, challenges and strategies of over 2,200 C-suite and CRE leaders\nacross 21 countries. The 2026 survey found that despite 78% of respondents\nexpecting AI to drive significant changes to their real estate portfolio\nstrategy, only 31% are actively preparing to redesign spaces for human-AI\ncollaboration and just 15% have reached the optimizing stage of AI adoption.\nThe gap between what organizations believe and what they are doing defines the\ncentral challenge of the moment and it is being driven by critical tensions in\nterms of execution decisions, capabilities and budget constraints.\n\nAn Execution Barrier\nWhile AI is generally expected to enhance human roles according to JLL's\nsurvey, most organizations are still examining the impacts on their\norganization, which leaves them in early stages of adoption. A small pool of\nrespondents (15%) is in the optimization phase, moving beyond the pilot and\nscaling phases to actively prepare for the redesign of roles and places of\nwork. However, the majority are in the monitoring and analysis stages,\nwith 46% focused on tracking AI trends and 40% analyzing potential impacts\non their CRE function. These CRE leaders are depending on workforce decisions\nas it relates to AI adoption in order to define their organizations' space\ntransformations, creating a holding pattern that prevents forward progress.\n\n\"The public conversation around AI has been dominated by its impact on jobs\nand our research reveals that most companies are focused on the opportunities\nthat come with AI,\" said Neil Murray, CEO of Real Estate Management Services\nat JLL. \"Most forward-thinking leaders aren't just buying technology; they are\ninvesting in their people. They are pursuing a strategy of human-machine\nenhancement to create additional roles, boost productivity and drive\nsustainable growth.\"\n\nThe Capability Concern\nAI is also requiring new skills and expertise from CRE teams for them to make\nan impact on their organizations, with skills gaps in AI, analytics and\nemerging technologies (36%) being cited as the top barrier in doing so in the\nnext three to five years. Limited change management expertise (26%),\norganizational silos (25%) and measurement challenges (23%) further compound\nthe problem.\n\nThis creates a \"technology dilemma\" that reflects the vulnerabilities of an\nincreasingly connected and AI-driven business environment. Organizations must\ninvest in advanced technology to achieve productivity goals, which is seen as\na core CRE key performance indicator (KPI), beyond traditional cost metrics,\naccording to C-suite respondents (46%). However, three of the top four\nportfolio risks are technology-related — including cybersecurity and data\nprivacy (47%), technology/AI disruption (41%) and uncertainty around AI's\nimpact on space (40%), with economic volatility and budget pressures (43%)\nbeing the other top concerns. This layering of competing priorities requires\nnew, adaptive strategies to navigate a landscape where challenges converge.\n\n\"We are seeing a fundamental shift in what defines a high-performing company.\nIt's no longer just about market position, size and scale – it's about\nbecoming an AI-powered enterprise with the adaptability and organizational\nreadiness to transform effectively amid continuous disruption,\" said\nPeter Miscovich, Global Future of Work Leader at JLL. \"Leading organizations\nare demonstrating deeper integration between real estate, HR and technology to\nsupport their business strategies. These companies leverage data-driven AI\ndecision intelligence to reimagine their workplaces for greater human\nperformance and to achieve superior business outcomes. This fully integrated\napproach is the new blueprint for building a resilient enterprise that can\nthrive amid continuous disruption.\"\n\nAffordability Over Aspiration\nNearly all organizations have clarified their office attendance policy and\nwith productivity as a key priority among business leaders, there is increased\nimportance of frontier workplace technology capabilities. Critical\ninfrastructure such as advanced technology and AI support (46%) and reliable\ntechnology infrastructure (44%) are the top strategies in achieving employee\nproductivity, surpassing physical space elements like adaptable spaces (31%)\nor wellbeing amenities (24%).\n\nThis renewed focus appears to shift the CRE function's attention away from\ncost optimization toward capability enablement, yet leaders simultaneously\ncite the costs of executing these preferences as top concerns: AI-driven\nworkforce automation (39%), technology infrastructure requirements (32%) and\nenergy escalation (44%).\n\nThis contradiction reveals three strategies for reconciling transformation\nambitions with cost realities:\n\n * Operational Optimization in markets or assets facing multiple constraints that\nwill make transformation slow and uneven regardless of aspiration. When\nunavoidable costs materialize—rental rate increases, energy escalation,\nopex/CAM increases—organizations will cut discretionary investments despite\nstated preferences.\n * Strategic Outsourcing when organizations recognize the gap between aspirations\nand internal capabilities—and choose to maintain strategic control while\noutsourcing execution.\n * Capability Building for the leading organizations that will systematically\nresolve constraints before pursuing transformation. These organizations invest\nin upskilling, build change management capability, develop measurement tools\nand strengthen cross-functional collaboration. They accept that some\ncapability investment may prove misaligned with eventual enterprise strategy\nbut create adaptive capacity for the future.\nFor more news, videos and research resources on JLL, please visit JLL's\nnewsroom\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4730535-1&h=3995070349&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.us.jll.com%2Fen%2Fnewsroom&a=newsroom)\n.\n\nAbout JLL\nJLL (NYSE:JLL) is a leading global commercial real estate services and\ninvestment management company with annual revenue of $26.1 billion, operations\nin over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 113,000 as of March\n31, 2026. For over 200 years, clients have trusted JLL, a Fortune\n500(®) company, to help them confidently buy, build, occupy, manage and\ninvest across a variety of industries and property types, including office,\nindustrial, hotel, multi-family, retail and data center properties. Driven by\nour purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our\nclients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAY. Powered by rich global\ndatasets and leading technology capabilities, we provide coordinated,\nend-to-end delivery of real estate services for a broad range of global\nclients who represent a wide variety of industries. Through LaSalle Investment\nManagement, we invest for clients on a global basis in both private assets and\npublicly traded real estate securities. For further information,\nvisit jll.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4730535-1&h=1631448757&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jll.com%2F&a=jll.com)\n.\n\nContact: Allison Olp\nPhone: +1 312 228 3128\nEmail: Allison.Olp@jll.com (mailto:Allison.Olp@jll.com)\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ai-redesigns-jobs-not-cuts-them-jll-study-reveals-business-leaders-expect-workforce-growth-ahead-302825107.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ai-redesigns-jobs-not-cuts-them-jll-study-reveals-business-leaders-expect-workforce-growth-ahead-302825107.html)\n\nSOURCE JLL\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS251102/JLL-LOGO.jpg?id=OA2761123\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPnbzfWwha","title":"AI redesigns jobs, not cuts them: JLL study reveals business leaders expect workforce growth ahead","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"JLL","created":"2026-07-14T13:00:25.559Z","tickers":["JLL"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"AI redesigns jobs, not cuts them: JLL study reveals business leaders expect workforce growth ahead\n\nPR Newswire\n\nCHICAGO, July 14, 2026\n\nGlobal study finds organizations further in AI adoption anticipate workforce\ngrowth, prioritize full-time roles and focus on productivity\n\nCHICAGO, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite concerns of AI-driven job\nlosses, a new study from JLL (NYSE: JLL) finds that a majority of senior\nbusiness leaders expect their workforces to grow (60%), not shrink (40%) –\nsimilarly, most expect AI to reinvent human roles (60%), rather than replace\nthem (40%). JLL's 2026 Future of Work Survey\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4730535-1&h=1630914620&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jll.com%2Fen-us%2Finsights%2Ffuture-of-work-survey&a=JLL%27s+2026+Future+of+Work+Survey)\n finds this picture is more pronounced among the most AI-advanced\norganizations, which are utilizing technology as a workforce augmenter and\nfocusing on strategic expansion— even though they recognize it will not be\nuniform and some jobs will still be cut. Hence, more than others, they lean\ntoward hiring full-time employees, investing in entry-level talent and\nactively redesigning roles to be enhanced by AI rather than eliminated.\n\nThe biennial survey, conducted from January to April 2026, offers a\ncomprehensive snapshot of the state of work through the lens of the key\npriorities, challenges and strategies of over 2,200 C-suite and CRE leaders\nacross 21 countries. The 2026 survey found that despite 78% of respondents\nexpecting AI to drive significant changes to their real estate portfolio\nstrategy, only 31% are actively preparing to redesign spaces for human-AI\ncollaboration and just 15% have reached the optimizing stage of AI adoption.\nThe gap between what organizations believe and what they are doing defines the\ncentral challenge of the moment and it is being driven by critical tensions in\nterms of execution decisions, capabilities and budget constraints.\n\nAn Execution Barrier\nWhile AI is generally expected to enhance human roles according to JLL's\nsurvey, most organizations are still examining the impacts on their\norganization, which leaves them in early stages of adoption. A small pool of\nrespondents (15%) is in the optimization phase, moving beyond the pilot and\nscaling phases to actively prepare for the redesign of roles and places of\nwork. However, the majority are in the monitoring and analysis stages,\nwith 46% focused on tracking AI trends and 40% analyzing potential impacts\non their CRE function. These CRE leaders are depending on workforce decisions\nas it relates to AI adoption in order to define their organizations' space\ntransformations, creating a holding pattern that prevents forward progress.\n\n\"The public conversation around AI has been dominated by its impact on jobs\nand our research reveals that most companies are focused on the opportunities\nthat come with AI,\" said Neil Murray, CEO of Real Estate Management Services\nat JLL. \"Most forward-thinking leaders aren't just buying technology; they are\ninvesting in their people. They are pursuing a strategy of human-machine\nenhancement to create additional roles, boost productivity and drive\nsustainable growth.\"\n\nThe Capability Concern\nAI is also requiring new skills and expertise from CRE teams for them to make\nan impact on their organizations, with skills gaps in AI, analytics and\nemerging technologies (36%) being cited as the top barrier in doing so in the\nnext three to five years. Limited change management expertise (26%),\norganizational silos (25%) and measurement challenges (23%) further compound\nthe problem.\n\nThis creates a \"technology dilemma\" that reflects the vulnerabilities of an\nincreasingly connected and AI-driven business environment. Organizations must\ninvest in advanced technology to achieve productivity goals, which is seen as\na core CRE key performance indicator (KPI), beyond traditional cost metrics,\naccording to C-suite respondents (46%). However, three of the top four\nportfolio risks are technology-related — including cybersecurity and data\nprivacy (47%), technology/AI disruption (41%) and uncertainty around AI's\nimpact on space (40%), with economic volatility and budget pressures (43%)\nbeing the other top concerns. This layering of competing priorities requires\nnew, adaptive strategies to navigate a landscape where challenges converge.\n\n\"We are seeing a fundamental shift in what defines a high-performing company.\nIt's no longer just about market position, size and scale – it's about\nbecoming an AI-powered enterprise with the adaptability and organizational\nreadiness to transform effectively amid continuous disruption,\" said\nPeter Miscovich, Global Future of Work Leader at JLL. \"Leading organizations\nare demonstrating deeper integration between real estate, HR and technology to\nsupport their business strategies. These companies leverage data-driven AI\ndecision intelligence to reimagine their workplaces for greater human\nperformance and to achieve superior business outcomes. This fully integrated\napproach is the new blueprint for building a resilient enterprise that can\nthrive amid continuous disruption.\"\n\nAffordability Over Aspiration\nNearly all organizations have clarified their office attendance policy and\nwith productivity as a key priority among business leaders, there is increased\nimportance of frontier workplace technology capabilities. Critical\ninfrastructure such as advanced technology and AI support (46%) and reliable\ntechnology infrastructure (44%) are the top strategies in achieving employee\nproductivity, surpassing physical space elements like adaptable spaces (31%)\nor wellbeing amenities (24%).\n\nThis renewed focus appears to shift the CRE function's attention away from\ncost optimization toward capability enablement, yet leaders simultaneously\ncite the costs of executing these preferences as top concerns: AI-driven\nworkforce automation (39%), technology infrastructure requirements (32%) and\nenergy escalation (44%).\n\nThis contradiction reveals three strategies for reconciling transformation\nambitions with cost realities:\n\n * Operational Optimization in markets or assets facing multiple constraints that\nwill make transformation slow and uneven regardless of aspiration. When\nunavoidable costs materialize—rental rate increases, energy escalation,\nopex/CAM increases—organizations will cut discretionary investments despite\nstated preferences.\n * Strategic Outsourcing when organizations recognize the gap between aspirations\nand internal capabilities—and choose to maintain strategic control while\noutsourcing execution.\n * Capability Building for the leading organizations that will systematically\nresolve constraints before pursuing transformation. These organizations invest\nin upskilling, build change management capability, develop measurement tools\nand strengthen cross-functional collaboration. They accept that some\ncapability investment may prove misaligned with eventual enterprise strategy\nbut create adaptive capacity for the future.\nFor more news, videos and research resources on JLL, please visit JLL's\nnewsroom\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4730535-1&h=3995070349&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.us.jll.com%2Fen%2Fnewsroom&a=newsroom)\n.\n\nAbout JLL\nJLL (NYSE:JLL) is a leading global commercial real estate services and\ninvestment management company with annual revenue of $26.1 billion, operations\nin over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 113,000 as of March\n31, 2026. For over 200 years, clients have trusted JLL, a Fortune\n500(®) company, to help them confidently buy, build, occupy, manage and\ninvest across a variety of industries and property types, including office,\nindustrial, hotel, multi-family, retail and data center properties. Driven by\nour purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our\nclients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAY. Powered by rich global\ndatasets and leading technology capabilities, we provide coordinated,\nend-to-end delivery of real estate services for a broad range of global\nclients who represent a wide variety of industries. Through LaSalle Investment\nManagement, we invest for clients on a global basis in both private assets and\npublicly traded real estate securities. For further information,\nvisit jll.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4730535-1&h=1631448757&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jll.com%2F&a=jll.com)\n.\n\nContact: Allison Olp\nPhone: +1 312 228 3128\nEmail: Allison.Olp@jll.com (mailto:Allison.Olp@jll.com)\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ai-redesigns-jobs-not-cuts-them-jll-study-reveals-business-leaders-expect-workforce-growth-ahead-302825107.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ai-redesigns-jobs-not-cuts-them-jll-study-reveals-business-leaders-expect-workforce-growth-ahead-302825107.html)\n\nSOURCE JLL\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS251102/JLL-LOGO.jpg?id=OA2761123\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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