The author team would like to thank the following members of the Global Human Capital executive committee for bringing their global perspectives to this year’s report: Jodi Baker Calamai, Amanda Flouch, Maren Hauptmann, Andrew Hill, Bob Kaunert, Art Mazor, Kate Morican, Yasushi Muranaka, Nicole Scoble-Williams, Dheeraj Sharma, Simona Spelman, Kate Sweeney, and Nathalie Vandaele.

They extend special thanks to Richard Coombes for his early leadership of the program, and to Steve Hatfield and Robin Jones for their perspectives on emerging trends.

The authors would also like to thank Mari Marcotte and Catherine Gergen for keeping the project on track with their expert program leadership; Brittany Bjornberg, Sarah Hechtman, Kristine Priemer, and Molly Rogers for their leadership in managing the individual chapters in this report; and Madeline McEachin, Dhara Puvar, and Regina Miller for their support and activation efforts.

This report could not have been written and published without the partnership of the Deloitte Insights team, led by Corrie Commisso. The author team extends special thanks to Rithu Thomas for editorial contributions and to the following members of the visual and design team for their artwork and data visualizations: Matthew Lennert, Sylvia Chang, Sonya Vasilieff, Molly Piersol, Sofia Sergi, and Govindh Raj. They also thank the Deloitte Insights production editors, Blythe Hurley and Preetha Devan, for their flexibility and guidance.

Furthermore, the authors express gratitude towards the survey team that was instrumental in the data collection and analysis for this project. They thank Shruti Kalaiselvan and Ananshi Chugh, who mentored and advised the entire survey and data analysis team; Priyanka Sahu and Vikas Arora, who led the global survey and data analysis efforts; Rishab Kumar Agarwal, Aniket Abhijeet Kale, Disha Nagpal, Shruti Garg, Simran Bakshi, David Goott, Erin Spencer, and Zhi Ming Wang who provided insightful analysis of the survey results; and Lokesh Kumar and Justin Johnson David, who supported survey translations and survey response analysis.

Deloitte’s Insights2Action™ team provided much of the sensing, research, and advanced data analysis that informed the selection and development of the trends in this year’s report. The authors thank Matthew Deruntz, Yuejia (Mandy) Teng, Brandon Barker, Anchal Singh, and Derek Taylor for their input.

And last (but not least!), the author team thanks the outstanding marketing and public relations team, led by Marissa Copeland and Jennifer Donegan, for their support and leadership in releasing the 2024 Global Human Capital Trends into the wild: Tyra Cannady, Charlean Parks, Christian Slike, and Malia Maack.