The mantra that employee experience (EX) powers customer experience has been on leaders’ lips for years now. But the pandemic made it clear first to employees and then gradually to their exec leaders that without robust EX, workers can and will take their skills elsewhere. Between failing at so-called “remote” work (which is now just work) and struggling to escape the compliance-heavy approach to HR that has plagued companies for years, 2022 will be a decisive year as C-level execs finally admit that the future of work they had envisioned coming out of the pandemic will remain elusive unless they commit to EX. Fortunately for the few who accepted this years ago, 2022 will be their time to shine.