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The AI Jobs Barometer is really

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important because it deals

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in facts and not in myths.

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It's a really bold view

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of how AI is enhancing jobs.

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What's very clear is that AI is

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having an impact on productivity.

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When I think about worker

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upskilling, it's not just a nice

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to have, it's a need to have.

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We've looked at over 24 countries,

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nearly a billion job postings

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and across 80 industry sectors.

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So the AI Jobs Barometer is a study we

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actually started last year to look at

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really the true impact of AI on jobs.

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And having the second year gives

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us a new perspective because now

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we're starting to see a trend.

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One of the shockers was every

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industry was seeing benefit.

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Even just two years ago,

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industries that were laggards

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on that measure are now leaping ahead

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if they're heavily exposed to AI.

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So we know that the AI exposure

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is creating growth, it's creating

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productivity and it's also

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a growth story for employment.

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We're seeing more jobs, not less.

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AI is not just automating tasks or

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jobs, it's redefining roles, it's

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generating revenue, it's actually

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making workers more valuable, not less.

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AI frees workers from the repetitive

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and the mundane aspects

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of their jobs and actually enables

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them to focus on more value add tasks

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and to be more creative.

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We know that employers are looking

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for more people with AI skills

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and when they get them,

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they're willing to pay them more.

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Last year was early

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in the generative AI era and this year

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we've seen a trend that is

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double or triple of what we were seeing

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productivity wise, last year.

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The value is rethinking using AI as that

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super intelligent companion to look

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at it from every different angle

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that you as a human could never do.

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I believe business leaders do have

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not only a responsibility

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and obligation, if you will, but I also

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think it's a very practical

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and important part of this plan.

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You can get there faster in many

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organisations and many industries.

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If you train those individuals

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in how to use AI to do their job.

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I've been an advocate of lifelong

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learning in all my career and

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it's never been more important

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to have that mindset.

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What I learned a month ago or

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six months ago is stale already.

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With the sheer pace of how quickly

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the technology is moving, that creates

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a very unique opportunity for anyone

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and everyone to really lean in.

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The one key takeaway from my

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perspective is this is a growth story.

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This is a story about not only

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success for organisations,

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but success for workers as well.

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There's a key need, you have to upskill.

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We have to make investments

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in our workforce.

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But if we make that investment

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in our workforce, what this story

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tells us is there will be growth

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and opportunity for everybody.

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I'm really excited about

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the momentum we have.

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We're finally seeing enterprises

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understand how to weave it

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into what they do at the

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core of their business.

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And as we think about the world of AI

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agents and the ability to not only be

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more intelligent, but to take action,

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to be more efficient, to have higher

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quality, there's just so much

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opportunity ahead.

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It's how do we make sure they are

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honest, how do we make sure they

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are transparent, how do we ensure

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that they will consistently do

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what they say that they are going

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to do?

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And it's those principles that

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are required in order for us

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to build trust in these systems.

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Stay curious, keep learning.

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Take any opportunity to develop

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new skills, but also focus

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on those innately human

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skills and attributes that you have.

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Creativity, agility, judgement.

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Because AI can't replace that.