Ways of working
The orchestration gap between importance and progress
Deloitte's 2026 Global Human Capital Trends finds leaders rate dynamic orchestration of people, skills and resources as critical, yet almost none report strong progress. Speed now depends on how work is assembled in real time.
Outcome we help: Stop org-chart teams that cannot reallocate people to outcomes.
What the report found
88% / 7%
Leaders who say accelerating orchestration of people, skills and resources is extremely or very important, versus those making great progress
Deloitte Orchestrating for agility, 2026 Global Human Capital Trends
81-point gap
Largest importance-versus-action gap in the 2026 survey, between orchestration importance and progress
Deloitte Orchestrating for agility, 2026 Global Human Capital Trends
67%
Leaders who say their primary competitive advantage over the next three years will come from being fast and nimble
Deloitte Orchestrating for agility, 2026 Global Human Capital Trends
28% / 59%
Organisations that currently use dynamic, problem-based teams, versus those that say doing so will matter in the next three years
Deloitte Orchestrating for agility, 2026 Global Human Capital Trends
9,000+
Business and HR leaders surveyed across 89 countries for the 2026 research
Deloitte Orchestrating for agility methodology note
What it means for leaders
- Competitive advantage is shifting from scale alone to the ability to reconfigure capability and capacity quickly.
- Most organisations still organise by fixed structure while expecting agility. That gap shows up as stalled progress.
- Dynamic teams and clearer orchestration of humans and AI are becoming operating-model work, not HR side projects.
What to do on Monday
Start here: Form one time-boxed cross-functional team around a single outcome (not the org chart) and list what blocks reallocation of people or skills this week.
- Write down how people, skills and tools are currently allocated for that outcome, and where reallocation is blocked.
- Give managers the minimum data they need to redistribute work this week, not next quarter.
- Review one standing team structure that no longer matches the work and propose a modular alternative.
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Source
Orchestrating for agility (2026 Global Human Capital Trends), Deloitte Insights, 2026. Read the original report