Where research and evidence meet real work
The Work AI Institute is Glean’s research center, backed by leading experts in AI and the future of work. We help leaders redesign how their organizations operate in the AI era. By combining cutting-edge research with real-world practice, we move beyond hype to deliver practical insights and tools leaders can put to work today.
What we do
Research that matters
From surveys and experiments to field studies and executive interviews, we uncover how organizations must evolve for the AI era.
Frameworks for action
No more hype. We deliver practical tools and playbooks you can put to work today.
Backed by real expertise
Our experts span leading AI academics, executives, and policymakers who are actively shaping the future of work.
Founding members
The Work AI Institute is powered by a founding cohort of world-class AI thinkers and doers—academic pioneers, industry leaders, and practitioners driving the science of work forward.
Professor of Management, Emory University. Dr. Cao studies how emerging technologies — especially AI — reshape work. His research at the intersection of computational social science, HCI, and information systems uses large-scale data and algorithms to understand evolving workplace behaviors.
Professor of Technology and Operations Management, Harvard University. Dr. Lane examines how expertise shapes early-stage project evaluation and how AI can complement human judgment. She is also a co-PI at Harvard’s Laboratory for Innovation Science (LISH) and affiliated with the Digital Data Design Institute.
Associate Professor of Technology, Economy, and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame. Dr. Lee researches how technology transforms labor, society, and governance. He directs Notre Dame’s Future of Labor Lab and serves as program chair for technology ethics at the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good.
Professor of Technology Management, University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Leonardi studies how organizations create and share knowledge, and how digital technologies reshape communication and work. He is the Duca Family Professor and Department Chair of Technology Management at UC Santa Barbara.
Professor of Management, University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Ranganathan researchers work motivation, how people structure their working lives, and how technology and inequality shape work. She holds the Dong Koo Kim Chancellor’s Chair in Social Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley’s Haas School.
Professor of Business Strategy, University College London. Dr. Rhymer researches the future of work, collaboration, and flexible work arrangements. Her work explores how technologies like AI and blockchain shape organizing, and how organizations design sustainable, well-being-focused work environments.
Chancellor's Professor of Organizational Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Rogelberg has over 150 publications addressing issues such as team effectiveness, leadership, engagement, health and employee well-being, meetings at work, and organizational research methods.
Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University. Dr. Sutton is an organizational psychologist and best-selling author who studies leadership, innovation, organizational change, and workplace dynamics.
Rebecca Hinds, Ph.D., is the Head of the Work AI Institute at Glean and a leading expert on the future of work. Her work explores how AI and other emergent technologies are transforming organizations. Her research and insights regularly appear in publications like Harvard Business Review, Inc., CNBC, TIME, and Forbes.
Featured work
The AI Transformation 100
The Work AI Index
Designing AI-powered meetings
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