Work intelligence is growing fast. Leaders planning for AI, a restructure or an integration have realized that job titles and org charts don’t show what people actually do, and large HR system vendors are starting to add work intelligence to their platforms. In October 2026 Workday announced Work Intelligence, which breaks jobs into tasks and links them to skills, and other HR platforms are moving the same way.
That’s a good sign for everyone who cares about how work gets done. Work intelligence is no longer a niche idea. It’s becoming a standard part of how organizations plan for AI, redesign roles and manage the cost of work. As it spreads, the question moves from whether to understand the work to how well the work is measured.
Orgsure was created for exactly that. In Orgsure, measuring the work is the core of the analysis, not something attached on top of an HR system. That is what we mean by true work intelligence.
What measuring the work takes
- A common list of activities. Without one, every unit describes its work differently and nothing compares. Orgsure ships one, so you don’t spend months designing it, and your own framework maps onto it.
- Time from the people doing the work. One survey wave, every position, on that list.
- Cost and value attached. Time joined to pay gives the cost of each activity. A value level on each activity shows how much of each job goes to higher-value work.
What you can see once the work is measured
- Which work is ready for automation, by role, with gross and realizable dollars. You don’t automate a job title; you automate work.
- The cheaper job inside the expensive one: roles spending a large share of their time on work a lower-paid role could do.
- Span of control compared site by site, on one scale, with the cost of the gap.
- Work that shouldn’t sit with one person, for governance and control.
- A change simulated before it’s announced: move or remove work and see the FTE, cost and structure change.
Your HR system still matters
Orgsure starts from the HR export of whatever system you run. The HR system tells you who you have and what they cost. Orgsure measures what they do.
FAQ
What is work intelligence? Understanding the work inside an organization (the activities in every job, the time they take, what they cost and what they’re worth) so leaders can decide what to automate, redesign or move.
What makes it “true” work intelligence? The work itself is measured. In Orgsure every position reports its time against one shared list of activities, and cost and value are attached to that work.
How is Orgsure different from Workday Work Intelligence? Workday Work Intelligence works inside Workday HCM, building on the people, jobs and skills data kept there and linking tasks to skills. Orgsure measures the work directly: every position reports its time against one shared list of activities, with cost and value attached, starting from the HR export of any HR system, Workday included.
Does Orgsure replace an HR system? No. It loads the HR export from any system and measures the work inside the jobs that system records.
How long until results? The HR export loads in the first two weeks. A pilot takes 60 days: first findings in 30 days, from your HR export, and the activity findings once your survey closes.