Removing one or more layers of management, usually to speed up decisions and cut costs. The work of that layer does not disappear; it shifts to the managers who remain and to their teams.
Whether employees use AI and experience it as an improvement depends mainly on whether their own manager visibly supports it. At the same time, half of HR directors doubt their managers can do this, and training alone does little as long as those managers are overloaded.
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The European car industry is shedding jobs while shifting towards more highly skilled technical and digital work. CLEPA counts 104,000 announced job losses at suppliers in two years; ACEA and Adecco find that companies approach reskilling reactively and involve HR late.
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Chinese carmakers develop new models 25 to 30 per cent faster than European ones. In 2026, analysts and executives locate the cause mainly in the organisation. At KPMG, slow decisions and governance top the list of internal brakes; at Capgemini, six in ten blame delays on processes.
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Closures in European chemicals have risen sixfold since 2022, and the Netherlands accounts for a fifth of the capacity announced, more than twice its share of turnover. On an integrated cluster, one company's exit hits its neighbours directly. The Dutch government and Chemelot are therefore working with a cluster plan.
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Technical managers in the software industry are once again writing and reviewing code themselves. LeadDev sees the share of engineering managers doing more hands-on work rise from 20 to 35 per cent in a year, and engineers spend more time directing AI agents.
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The removal of management layers continues, and AI has become the argument: redesign the work around technology and you need less coordination. Korn Ferry finds that 42 per cent of organisations cut management roles last year; 55 per cent of the managers who remain are exhausted.
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