This week's AIX Files it out: The Future of Jobs Report 2025: Key Trends, Insights and a Glimpse of Our AI-Augmented Future

 “The future ain’t what it used to be.” Lawrence “Yogi” Berra. As usual, Mr. Berra nails it. The global labor market is on the brink of profound transformation as technological advancements, economic uncertainty, demographic changes, and climate initiatives reshape entire industries.

What shape this takes in the next couple of years, let alone by the end of the decade, no one knows, but the the Future of Jobs Report 2025 from the World Economic Forum gives us quite a lot to go on. As someone with Yogi-level English skills amusingly put it, “when I look into my crystal ball, it’s like reading tea leaves in a hurricane.” (I prefer my metaphors shaken, not mixed.) 

The report is based on insights from over 1,000 global employers, and highlights these shifts and their impact on jobs, skills, and workforce strategies through 2030. The lead AIX Files column summarizes the report, identifies the key takeaways, particularly as it relates to the rapid rise and impact of Generative AI - from adoption trends to what an AI-augmented world looks like in 2030.