The Future of Workday, How Remote Work, AI, and Automation Are Shaping the Future of Work, Powered by Workday Extend
Work isn’t what it used to be. Kitchen counters have replaced cubicles, meetings are video calls in disguise, and automation has gone from optional to essential.
Welcome to the future of work.
As the workplace continues to evolve, driven by remote work, AI-powered decision-making, and automation, Workday is evolving too. And at the centre of this evolution? Workday Extend.
Workday Extend allows organisations to build tailored applications directly within Workday, helping teams adapt faster, work smarter, and reduce friction across every process. This means less running around, more getting things done.
Here’s how Workday Extend is transforming remote work, AI integration, and process automation—and how your business can stay ahead of the curve:
1. Remote Work - Empowering Distributed Teams With Workday Extend
Once a novelty, remote work is now business as usual. But while flexible work comes with perks, it also presents unique challenges especially when it comes to collaboration, onboarding, and accessing critical systems. Workday Extend enables you to build apps that support remote and hybrid workforces, no matter where they are or what device they’re using. Imagine onboarding apps that automatically tailor workflows by team, location, or time zone. With Extend, you can build those tools—fast—within your existing Workday environment. Example, CloudRock’s WorkHive, a Built-on-Workday app powered by Workday Extend, simplifies remote team onboarding through personalised, role-specific workflows. By building bespoke tools within Workday, organisations can make sure their people have the things they need, when they need them.
2. AI Integration: Smarter Work, Built Your Way
AI isn’t just for the future—it’s already embedded in how we work today. In Workday, tools like Skills Cloud and talent insights bring AI into the core of your operations.
With Workday Extend, you can amplify these capabilities—building custom apps that use Workday’s machine learning and data models to:
Match employees to internal projects based on their skills
Deliver personalised learning journeys
Enable proactive career planning, all without switching platforms
Best of all? You're not stuck waiting for the next product release. You can build what your team needs right now, on a platform that’s secure, scalable, and already understands your Workday data.
3. Workday Automation: Streamlining Processes With Extend
Raise your hand if you’ve ever submitted a form and then waited days for an approval. Now put it down—because Workday Extend is here to remove the manual madness.From triggering workflows when a new hire joins, to flagging policy changes or spend limit breaches, Extend makes it easy to:
Automate repetitive tasks
Replace spreadsheets with dashboards and dynamic forms
Send custom notifications that actually cut through
By building automated solutions directly into Workday, your teams can focus less on admin—and more on impact.
Why Build with Workday Extend?
The Future is Built (Built on Workday) — Not Bought. These are solutions that…
Reflect how your people actually work
Evolve with your organisation’s needs
Stay secure within your existing Workday infrastructure
Whether you’re supporting a global hybrid workforce, embracing AI without the overwhelm, or eliminating unnecessary admin—Workday Extend helps you build for what’s next.