The famous Future of Jobs Report which lists the top 10 skills for the next years by the World Economic Forum was recently released.
Creativity, which has been listed 10th in 2015 and 3rd in 2020, now appears in 2nd place on the list.
Despite the trends in tech and sustainability sectors, the report reinforces the urgent need for reskilling. Skills gaps and an inability to attract talent are the key barriers to transformation, showing a clear need for training and reskilling across industries.
Also according to the report,
“strong cognitive skills are increasingly valued by employers, reflecting the growing importance of complex problem-solving in the workplace.
The most important skills for workers in 2023 are seen to be analytical thinking and creative thinking, and this is expected to remain so in the next five years.
Technological literacy, and AI and big data specifically, will become more important and company’s skills strategies will focus on this in the next five years.”
In other words, these scenarios show us that there are many opportunities to thrive coming up, but much work still remains to be done.
I like to be optimistic and think these changes are a good thing. For example, we can see that meaningful work is becoming the new normal while we step away from “shillow” work (a word I created for “shitty + shallow” work).
And while AI can be scary for many, it represents a new and powerful ally to potentialize our creativity. (If you are curious how, watch this).
If you want to know more, you can read the report here.
Are you excited or afraid of the future of jobs?
What changes are you expecting for the next five years?