In the AI Era, What Did Readers Really Want to Know? The Urgency of 'Judgment' Revealed Through 23 March Press Releases (Organizational Behavior Science®)

In March 2026, Request Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo; CEO: Tomoyasu Kabata), a provider of Organizational Behavior Science®, released 23 press releases exploring the changes occurring within companies and on the front lines during the AI era, based on the practices and analysis of 338,000 individuals and 980 companies.

Each release addressed various angles of the AI era: what work remains for humans, why on-the-job judgment experience is declining, why decision-making is becoming concentrated among a few experts, and how to cultivate personnel capable of making sound judgments.

Rather than treating AI-driven changes as isolated issues, these 23 releases synthesized findings from 338,000 individuals and 980 companies to present a cohesive narrative on workplace shifts, the erosion of judgment experience, the concentration of expertise, and the redesign of talent development, using the feedback to identify where reader interest truly lies. Reflecting on the results from March, it became clear that what readers really wanted to know was: Not general theories on AI utilization. The topics that generated the strongest response were those centered on: 'Judgment'—the core of the work that humans must perform in the AI era. In particular, there was intense interest in content regarding the decline in judgment experience, the concentration of decision-making among experts, and the development of personnel capable of making such judgments. Below are some of the key releases from the 23 issued that received the most significant response. Key Releases with Significant Impact Among the 23 releases in March, the following topics saw the strongest engagement. They share a common focus: moving beyond general AI trends to address 'judgment' as the work remaining for humans, the decline in experience, the concentration of expertise, and the cultivation of decision-making talent. ・'82% of Companies See a Decline in "Judgment Experience" Necessary for the AI Era' https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000177.000068315.html