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פנגו לעסקים משנה את כללי המשחק: ניהול חכם של עולם התחבורה והרכב בפלטפורמה אחת

AI and the workplace: Is the high-tech sector being dangerously short-sighted?

07.07.26|Amy Shapiro

CTech's "HR: The Next Leap" survey polled 31 Israeli offices across the high-tech sector to uncover the most definitive trends affecting Startup Nation in recent times. As we continue to dive deeper into these findings, we turn our focus to what is happening inside the office: the AI workplace transformation.

9 כללי האצבע שחשוב להכיר לפני שחותמים על חוזה שכירות

Why Israel's tech workers no longer want ping-pong tables

06.07.26|Amy Shapiro

The country's HR leaders say the era of flashy perks is fading as employees seek flexibility, recovery and meaningful work in a time of war. CTech's "HR: The Next Leap" survey consulted 31 Israeli offices across the high-tech landscape, from entrepreneurs to VCs, to gauge the most pertinent macro and micro trends affecting Startup Nation in recent times. Over the next few days, we'll dive deeper into these findings, starting with one of the most definitive themes of the moment: a crisis-driven culture.

H.E. Kornelios Korneliou & H.E. Michael Mann

Israel, Cyprus and the EU join forces to tame the “Wild West” of AI

02.07.26|Amy Shapiro

Following a recent joint initiative in Tel Aviv, the Delegation of the European Union, the Embassy of Cyprus, Microsoft Israel, and Generative AI for Good are driving a critical regional exchange. Their joint vision centers on harnessing the AI revolution to propel regional prosperity, while establishing the ethics that will ensure its responsible use into the future.

Moran Shoham Weiser AppsFyer

AppsFlyer: “The nature of employee expectations has changed significantly”

29.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Moran Shoham Weiser, SVP Global HR at AppsFlyer, discusses why flexibility is imperative to business continuity in Startup Nation and the need to rebuild entry-level pathways for an AI-driven market, as part of CTech's series.

Judy Gisher KPMG

KPMG: “Addressing burnout is not necessarily about a specific benefit or perk”

28.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Judy Gisher, Head of People at KPMG, refutes the local "brain drain" narrative and explains how an employer's market is creating more balanced hiring decisions, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Yaeli Alev Oasis Security

Oasis: The swing to an employer’s market is real and “we've stopped getting into bidding wars”

25.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Yaeli Alev, HR Director at Oasis Security, explains why local tech professionals are choosing to stay and build in Israel and the importance of allowing teams to disconnect to prevent burnout, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Gye Cohen YL Ventures

YL Ventures: “The companies retaining talent have replaced the performance of care with the practice of it”

24.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Gye Cohen, VP of Operations and HR at YL Ventures, explains why elite tech talent still holds the cards despite perceptions of an "employer's market" and how the local cyber ecosystem remains insulated from a systemic brain drain, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Shany Tenzer-Kessel Navina

Navina: “The industry is moving past the phase where ‘resilience’ worked as an answer to everything”

23.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Shany Tenzer-Kessel, Chief People Officer at Navina, explains why top-tier candidates are harder to move than ever and the reality of long-term recovery following a crisis situation in Startup Nation, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Limor Kidron Bright Data

Bright Data: Using AI to cut headcount is “a business decision dressed up in tech language”

22.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Limor Kidron, Chief People Officer at Bright Data, discusses the myth of the employer's market and how Israeli resilience actually accelerated company growth during the war, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Saray Ben-Meir Quantum Art

Quantum Art: “Employees value a clear mission and stability more than flashy perks”

21.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Saray Ben-Meir, Head of HR at Quantum Art, discusses operational continuity when work from home isn't an option, and the myth of the employer's market especially in the field of quantum, as part of CTech's HR: The Next Leap series.

Einat Leham-Livnat Imperva

Imperva: “A hybrid and flexible model is no longer a perk, it is an essential part of maintaining balance”

18.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Einat Leham-Livnat, VP HR and CSP Site Manager Israel at Imperva-Thales, discusses the benefits of flexibility over traditional corporate work perks, and why the company prizes internal global mobility, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Noa Mindlin and Anna Nuriel Biocatch

BioCatch: “When a company trusts its people in a crisis the people tend to prove that trust right”

17.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Noa Mindlin and Anna Nuriel, Co-VPs of HR at BioCatch, discuss how AI is complicating recruitment with identical applications and how burnout today has a different "texture" than it did a few years ago, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Dana Matalon Goren Zero Networks

Zero Networks: The industry expects people to arrive capable while removing the very rungs they climbed to get there

16.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Dana Matalon Goren, VP HR at Zero Networks, explains the current two-speed labor market and the generational values redefining the workplace perk environment, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Mapping the hidden job market of Startup Nation

16.06.26|Amy Shapiro

After watching his talented friends lose their jobs and struggle over next steps, Nir Kosover and his ScaleFox co-founders bootstrapped a side project to create a first-of-its-kind, comprehensively indexed view of the Israeli high-tech job market to counteract the anxious narrative surrounding the state of Startup Nation.

Lee Weinstock ImageSat International

ISI: “Functioning alongside uncertainty has become part of our routine”

15.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Lee Weinstock, Head of HR at ImageSat International (ISI), discusses the emotional weight responsible for sector burnout, and the move against power plays in recruitment, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Maya Agmon Hyro

Hyro: “Technical skills can be taught but passion and motivation cannot”

14.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Maya Agmon, Chief of Staff and VP HR at Hyro, discusses rejecting the idea of "winning" salary negotiations and how the company manages the demands of a "wartime routine" in Israel, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Vik Rozenshtrom Echo

Echo: “Employees have become very good at identifying performative culture”

11.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Vik Rozenshtrom, Head of People at Echo, discusses how AI has raised the performance baseline across the board, and why superficial company perks are no comparison to credible leadership, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Liora Katz NoTraffic

NoTraffic: “The bar for new hires is evolving”

10.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Liora Katz, Chief People Officer at NoTraffic, discusses why flexibility has become a non-negotiable for people professionals across Startup Nation, and what influence an employer's market and the AI revolution has had on recruitment trends, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Ella Shelef-Aharoni SVP of People & Culture at AT&T Israel R&D Centre

AT&T Israel: “Organizational resilience is not revealed when everything goes to plan. It’s revealed when nothing does”

09.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Ella Shelef-Aharoni, Head of People & Culture at AT&T Israel R&D Center, discusses operational continuity as a cultural challenge integral to Startup Nation, and how the most meaningful benefit an organization can grant an employee is autonomy, as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

Hadar Vaturi Pixellot

Pixellot: “There's no single word for what the past year has looked like operationally”

08.06.26|Amy Shapiro

Amid a return to an emergency state as the security situation escalates, Hadar Vaturi, SVP People at Pixellot, discusses the cumulative weight of prolonged uncertainty on the workforce, and how candidate caution surrounding AI is creating unique challenges for recruiters as part of CTech’s HR: The Next Leap series.

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