AI is moving fast. For success, you need to skate to where the puck is going to be. Understand the AI trends that could benefit business in the very near future.
The short answer is: they might, but if you have the right skills, you’ll get a better one. AI is the biggest business opportunity of the next decade. It’s already automating manual and repetitive tasks. Soon it will augment human decisions. Along the way, it will add more to global GDP by 2030 than the current output of China and India—combined. That growth will be more than enough to create many good jobs, while it will also change how current jobs are being done.
Leaders will have to understand how AI will impact their workforces, then get them prepared: upskill some workers to do existing jobs, but with AI, and retrain and hire others for the new roles that AI will demand. Schools and parents will have to teach children both STEM skills and a culture of creativity and lifelong learning.
For individuals, enterprises, and countries that have the right skills, AI-powered automation isn’t a threat. Its economic boost offers a gigantic prize.
We’ve crunched the numbers (with the help of AI) and figured out which skills and jobs AI will automate, in which sector and which country, at what time. With that data as a foundation, we’re helping clients
create a roadmap for when, who, and how to upskill
deploy that roadmap through programs to upskill workforces for AI
use AI to boost employee recruitment, performance, well-being and retention
create the enterprise for the future of work
That last point is crucial, because employees won’t just need to know how to work with AI. They’ll need to work better with each other, since AI’s need for data and human expertise crosses functions and business lines.
This transformation will never be complete, since AI will keep evolving. We can help organisations build workforces that will evolve and thrive alongside it.
Joe Atkinson
Global Chief AI Officer for the PwC Network of Firms, PwC US
Tel: +1 215-704-0372
