Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan PwC's Workforce Divide, AI Agents at Work, and Amazon's $2.5B Skills Bet
Nov 12, 2025
A recent global workforce survey reveals a widening gap between workers embracing AI and those left behind. In Australia, AI is transforming entry-level jobs, sparking discussions about future career paths. A startup run entirely by AI challenges traditional leadership roles, highlighting accountability issues. Amazon’s bold $2.5 billion initiative aims to upskill 50 million people, while new research suggests AI is reshaping wage structures. Leaders are urged to adapt to this rapid evolution, fostering environments of continuous learning and collaboration.
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Enabled Versus Excluded Workforce
- The workforce is energized but unevenly equipped for the AI era, creating an enabled vs. excluded divide.
- Companies will compete on how well they democratize capability, not just on product.
Make Learning A Continuous Ecosystem
- Invest in continuous learning ecosystems instead of one-off training events.
- Transform learning from an event into a culture to democratize capability across the workforce.
Entry-Level Roles Are Being Rewritten
- AI is quietly rewriting entry-level roles into hybrid human-AI positions, thinning traditional gateways to careers.
- The real anxiety is staying relevant as roles continuously morph beneath workers' feet.
