Act Local, Win Global
Kraków’s association of technology and business services companies, in a sector employing more than 120,000 people. What you need to know, plainly.
Intelligence & news
The first conference takeaway shaping our 2027 programme: South Poland’s cities gain more by building scale together.
Kraków and the Detroit warning: what the city builds while its centres stay.
The Labour Code amendment on mobbing, discrimination and equal treatment comes into force on 5 November.
A long feature on HSBC, Aptiv, Airbus and Kraków Space City, with the City’s view and ours.
Why human identity is becoming a business question.
A redundancy notice is a legal obligation, not a forecast, and it describes only one side of the equation.
Kraków’s sector has always made its case abroad; PAIH’s new investment case for the city is written in Polish.
Strip out the sector and Kraków loses over 100,000 jobs; what holds when AI tests the model?
Przemek Roth, Chair of our Strategic Board, aims to connect KSB UEK with emerging talent pools in Africa.
ASPIRE members launched an anonymous student survey, championed by HedgeServ, in Polish and English.
A US healthcare company found us through our data; it wants a management team for its global operations.
Cyber experts from across the ASPIRE community begin a collective response, with Andriy Varusha of Nihon Cyber Defence as steward.
The Chair of our Strategic Board serves on the Presidium, with six further ASPIRE representatives on the Council.
ASPIRE signs with the City to strengthen cooperation between business and the City’s Education Department.
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Reports & analysis
An outside-in benchmark of Kraków against its global GBS rivals: the city is being repositioned, not displaced.
Rethinking hiring as a core business capability in Kraków’s GBS market.
About 65,000 IT specialists, and 78% of IT firms using AI in development: the MOTIFE–ASPIRE report on Kraków’s IT market.
Weighted growth of 4.5% for 2026, with IT centres delivering nearly half of forecast growth.
Member practice
A member centre is asking peers how they use AI to automate journal entries. Join the conversation.
ABB’s Kraków hub turns ten; its Corporate Technology Centre has been in Kraków since 1997.
Chosen by delegate vote: the Poster Competition (Elevator Pitch) and the Film Competition (Best Place to Work).
Tesco’s Kraków team built a reusable AI factory: time-to-market cut by 70%, and £4.2m in F&F online sales.
Focus on the 10% of AI use cases that pay back: 70% less paperwork and 1,000 hours saved a month.
In one week, Marcio Costa hosted school students and career advisors, and joined the Startup Poland Kraków launch.
Events & initiatives
The HR Forum meets on the ASPIRE Skills Barometer: beyond headcount, to what centres deliver and need to deliver more.
Members shape the future of technology and business services in Kraków.
The biggest HR Lab yet met at Unity Tower on anti-mobbing rules, pay transparency and difficult cases.
Two days, five stages, over 30 sessions, 500+ delegates; each session left one takeaway for the year ahead.
A growing HR community met with PCS to compare notes on pay transparency and high-risk HR situations.
The 2024 summit whose artwork set this site’s look.