EXcelerate is Opening a New Window into How the World Works

In 2025 we launched EXcelerate to give business leaders broader, more contextualised people insights they can trust. Grounded in behavioural science, EXcelerate analyses public, online signals about employee experience, then turns them into clear recommendations and benchmarks to drive actionable outcomes. These insights are being used by organisations across the globe to sharpen employer branding, lift engagement, reduce retention risk, and support development, all without the disruption and time investment required from employees to complete surveys.

The Real Cost of Declining Engagement

Since its launch, leading organisations have used EXcelerate for on-demand insights that compare their employee experience with peer companies and industry best in class. Because the insights are being generated from external data, EXcelerate complements internal listening and provides a faster, lower-cost way to validate what leaders are seeing. 

Why this matters: 2025 data shows that global engagement has slipped, and the productivity cost of poor employee experience is significant. Low engagement is estimated to cost the world’s economy about US$8.9 trillion. 

Linking EX Signals to Real Business Outcomes

We have used EXcelerate to demonstrate how employee experience signals link to real business outcomes. Our analysis has repeatedly shown that a positive employee experience and high commercial success are directly linked. 

Airlines | Our analysis has shown a strong relationship between the employee experience scores of the top 100 airlines and their positions on the Skytrax passenger satisfaction index. 

U.S. Retail Banks | EXcelerate was able to identify the key drivers and detractors of customer satisfaction for US retail banks on the J.D. Power rankings.

European Banks | Our comparison of the employee experience scores of eurozone banks to the European Banking Authority’s operational risk intensity metrics has shown that higher employee experience scores are associated with lower operational risk.

Next Up: The Largest Public View of Employee Experience

By early 2026, EXcelerate will have scanned employee experience signals for more than:

• 100,000 organisations
• 179 countries
• 93 industries

We will begin opening access to these insights so analysts, HR and business leaders can move beyond small, vendor-limited samples and see patterns at company, industry, country and regional levels. With this scale, we will provide deeper views by country and industry, reveal the risks and drivers behind how people experience work, and focus on what moves core HR metrics such as engagement, retention, growth, eNPS and organisational health. 

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Why This Matters for HR, Analysts & Leaders

Most organisations still make people decisions with patchy or outdated information, which is risky and costly. With EXcelerate, leaders can identify where experience helps or hinders outcomes, then target the key areas that can move the needle inside their organisations. In the UK alone, lost productivity linked to workplace ill-health and absenteeism is estimated at more than £100 billion a year, underscoring the value of timely insight that can be acted on quickly. 

Built for Privacy, Speed & Practical Use

EXcelerate is designed to respect privacy and protect individuals. It uses public, online information only, not personal employee records, and it does not interrupt people with surveys. We champion responsible people analytics, and practise it ourselves, with clear governance that includes:

• Transparency about sources and methods
• Aggregated insights, never individual profiling
• Bias checks and risk minimisation throughout the workflow

Leaders get fresh insights and practical recommendations without a heavy lift for HR teams. 

See the Findings First

Early snapshots are available now, with broader access available from early 2026. Explore global experience trends and request your sector preview today.