Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology Podcast The Great Skill Shift: How AI Is Transforming 70% Of Jobs By 2030
Apr 3, 2025
Aneesh Raman, LinkedIn's Chief Economic Opportunity Officer, discusses how AI is reshaping the labor market and the shift from a knowledge economy to an innovation economy. He emphasizes that by 2030, 70% of job skills will transform, highlighting the importance of soft skills, particularly the 'five Cs.' Raman outlines the evolving role of HR in becoming strategic business drivers and the necessity for a skills-first approach to foster a more transparent and human-centered workplace in the age of AI.
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Broken Labor Market
- The labor market is broken due to lack of transparency, dynamism, and equity.
- AI can fix this by shifting focus from pedigree to skills and promoting human-centric work.
Adapting to AI
- Categorize your daily tasks into those doable by AI, those done with AI, and those uniquely human.
- Upskill in AI literacy and focus on "five C's": curiosity, compassion, creativity, courage, and communication.
Software Engineer Evolution
- Software engineers, once considered vulnerable to AI, are now being hired differently.
- Companies now prioritize people skills and de-emphasize elite CS degrees when hiring software engineers.