One survey, one population — the feeling is widespread and the money is concentrated, as the edition prints the row.
YOUR ARITHMETIC — the three benchmarks above are the desk's, as printed. Dial in YOUR OWN organisation's rate — the share of AI users who feel more productive, or the share of firms seeing a profit impact — and see where it would stand among them; the figure you choose is your hypothetical, not the desk's call.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| AI users who feel more productive (McKinsey global survey) | 80% |
| Firms seeing any profit impact (McKinsey global survey) | 37% |
| Clear winners (McKinsey global survey) | about 6% |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 29 — the 60-second regime matrix, ‘How AI feels vs earns’ row, as printed.
McKinsey Global Institute modelling, as printed — shares of U.S. workers, not shares of jobs lost.
YOUR ARITHMETIC — the two modelled shares above are the desk's, as printed. Dial in YOUR OWN workforce's share that could need to reinvent how it works and see where it would stand among them; the figure you choose is your hypothetical, not the desk's call.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| U.S. workers who could need to reinvent how they work (McKinsey Global Institute) | more than 70% |
| U.S. workers who could see their task time reshuffled (McKinsey Global Institute) | about 25% |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 29 — the 60-second regime matrix, ‘How work itself changes’ row, as printed.
Raised in Canada, held in the U.S. — the settings and readings exactly as the edition prints the row; the U.S. setting stays a range.
YOUR ARITHMETIC — the settings and readings above are the desk's, as printed. Dial in YOUR OWN policy rate or inflation figure and see where it would stand among them; the figure you choose is your hypothetical, not the desk's call.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Bank of Canada policy rate — raised | 2.50% |
| Canada inflation forecast for 2027 — lifted | 3.1% |
| U.S. Federal Reserve target range — held | 3.75%–4.00% |
| 10-year Treasury yield | 5.05% |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 29 — the 60-second regime matrix, ‘The cost of money’ row, as printed.
A level, growth rates and falls, each labelled exactly as the edition prints it — never blended into one measure.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Interview-related time cut (ADP recruiting interviewer) | 75% |
| Service staff reached by The Zone, ADP's AI service platform | 60% |
| Earnings per share growth (ADP) | 14% |
| Contacts per client fell — where The Zone is fully in place (ADP) | 7% |
| Revenue growth (ADP) | 6% |
| U.S. pays per control growth (ADP) | 2% |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 29 — ‘The Payroll Company Produced the Receipt’, as printed.
Three different counts, each labelled as printed — interviews run, clients added, and people on the co-employment books.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Average worksite employees in the co-employment business (ADP) | about 771,000 |
| More clients with AI help added (ADP) | 100,000 |
| AI-led interviews since early September (ADP) | 4,400+ |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 29 — the 60-second regime matrix, ‘A measured AI win’ row, as printed.
Cash receipts, yes — workforce receipts, output per person, still missing from both, as the edition prints it. Alphabet's free cash flow is the negative bar.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Microsoft — revenue | $92.3 billion |
| Alphabet — AI building spend | $51.4 billion |
| Microsoft — AI building spend | $45.2 billion |
| Microsoft — free cash flow | $18.6 billion |
| Alphabet — free cash flow (negative) | $9.1 billion |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 29 — the 60-second regime matrix, ‘The giants' version’ row, and the Microsoft attention card, as printed.
The second-quarter baseline the edition grades tonight against, as printed — retention and like-for-like growth from Coursera's own call, and the share-price falls as printed.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Net revenue retention — a year earlier (Coursera) | 95% |
| Net revenue retention — second-quarter baseline (Coursera) | 91% |
| Share price fall this year (Coursera) | 36.14% |
| Company-paid (enterprise) revenue growth, like-for-like (Coursera) | 3% |
| Share price fall on Wednesday (Coursera) | 1.05% |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 29 — ‘Tonight's Test — Do Employers Pay Outsiders to Teach?’, as printed.