Why small moments of recognition are becoming critical to workplace culture
TL;DR
Employee engagement hit a five-year low of 20% in 2025, costing $10 trillion globally. GroupTogether co-founder Julie Tylman argues that formal recognition programs miss the most meaningful source of appreciation: peers who see the effort firsthand. She advocates for embedding small, repeatable rituals like group cards into daily work to make connection visible across distributed teams, and believes the organizations that thrive through AI disruption will be those that invest in human connection alongside efficiency.
Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report shows employee engagement fell to 20% in 2025, its lowest level since 2020, with disengagement costing the global economy an estimated $10 trillion annually. Research also shows that engagement is closely tied to how employees experience their workplace relationships. Gallup’s workplace researchfound that highly engaged teams achieve 23% higher profitability, 14% higher productivity in production roles, and significantly lower absenteeism and turnover compared with less engaged...
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