The Future of Work Skills Shift—Thriving With AI, Part 2
Sep 29, 2025
Join Kate Bravery, a senior partner at Mercer and expert on workforce skills, as she unpacks the future of work. She discusses the concept of a 'digital twin' to model career paths and why traditional job descriptions may soon be obsolete. Kate highlights AI tools that redesign roles to boost productivity while reducing burnout. She also talks about talent marketplaces that democratize job opportunities. Plus, learn how employees can update their profiles, develop 'sunrise skills,' and foster trust with managers in an AI-driven world.
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Digital Twins Predict Career Paths
- Combining psychometrics, skills data, and big data creates a digital twin that can model career paths and redeployment scenarios.
- Mercer pilots show this can answer where people could go and how long reskilling would take, but privacy and consent are critical.
Job Descriptions Become Obsolete
- Traditional job descriptions are backward-looking and quickly become outdated.
- Skills profiles and dynamic goals will replace static job descriptions as work becomes skills-powered.
Redesign Work Before Adding AI
- Redesign work around people and technology to remove busywork and unlock productivity rather than just adding AI tools.
- Use AI-driven work design to reconfigure tasks and gain 30–50% capacity while improving well-being.