NiCE Named a 2026 Best Workplace for Innovators by Fast Company in the Cybersecurity & Enterprise Category

The recognition highlights NiCE’s companywide innovation engine, built to develop capabilities, activate ideas, and turn innovation into customer impact

HOBOKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NiCE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that it has been named a 2026 Best Workplace for Innovators by Fast Company in the Cybersecurity & Enterprise Category, recognizing businesses that are creating cultures where innovation can thrive at every level. The recognition reflects how NiCE has built innovation into the way its people learn, experiment, develop ideas, and turn them into meaningful customer and business impact.

NiCE’s companywide innovation engine supports employees across the full journey from building new skills and exploring ideas to incubating promising concepts and deploying them in real-world customer environments. It begins with building the capabilities to lead in an AI-driven world.

“The most meaningful innovation starts with people who are empowered to challenge what’s possible,” said Shiri Neder, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, NiCE. “At NiCE, innovation is not a single program or moment. We invest in the capabilities, environments, and pathways that help our people develop bold ideas and carry them through to real-world impact. This recognition belongs to NiCErs around the world who bring that culture to life every day.”

NiCE develops AI talent at every level, turning capability-building into companywide innovation. Through NiCE Wings, leadership programs, and the annual Sparkathon, which in 2026 engaged 2,300+ employees across 21 sites to create 700+ prototypes, employees build practical AI skills, experiment boldly, and translate ideas into working solutions.

NiCE then takes its strongest innovations to market. NiCE Labs benchmarks emerging technologies and incubates enterprise-ready concepts, while Forward Deployed Engineers bring them into customer environments as production AI systems with measurable impact. This end-to-end model, from developing talent to delivering innovation at scale, is what sets NiCE apart and underpins this recognition.

“The most innovative workplaces don’t simply ask their employees to come up with great ideas; they create the conditions that make great ideas possible,” says Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “This year’s honorees understand that innovation is ultimately a cultural commitment that requires empowering people to think differently, take risks, and turn ideas into actions. We’re proud to recognize the companies and executives who are leading by example.”

The Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators program recognizes organizations that create the conditions for innovation across their workforces. Companies are evaluated on their investment in innovation, companywide programs, and workplace culture.

The recognition builds on NiCE’s broader innovation momentum. Earlier in 2026, Fast Company named NiCE to its annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, ranking the company No. 11 in the Applied AI category.

About Fast Company
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About NiCE
NiCE (NASDAQ: NICE) is transforming the world with AI that puts people first. Our purpose-built AI-powered platforms automate engagements into proactive, safe, intelligent actions, empowering individuals and organizations to innovate and act, from interaction to resolution. Trusted by organizations throughout 150+ countries worldwide, NiCE’s platforms are widely adopted across industries connecting people, systems, and workflows to work smarter at scale, elevating performance across the organization, delivering proven measurable outcomes.

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