Jobs of Tomorrow Technology and the Future of the Worlds Largest Workforces 2025

Overall, 41% of employers expect energy technology to transform their organizations by 2030.9 This encompasses energy generation, storage and distribution. These transformations can enhance energy efficiency and create new generation opportunities, and could lead to significant changes in workforce capability. Changing energy demands also lead to consumption changes, such as increases in the use of electric vehicles and demand for new energy to power data centres. These changes could also be disruptive, with significant changes in the types of demanded jobs and skills related to energy use. 1.3 Energy technology The integration of networks and sensing technologies creates a platform that enables greater development and effectiveness of other technologies, including AI, robotics and energy technologies. As network technologies advance, their impact differs by region and income level. Currently, internet access varies widely across regions, from 91% in Europe to 38% in Africa. The regional workforce impact of network technology development will depend on whether it exacerbates accessibility discrepancies or enhances access for less connected areas. This technological development will create opportunities to enhance the capability of workers while creating risks, including disruption and privacy concerns. Developments in sensing technologies enhance the role of networks as well as other technologies like physical AI. Recent advances include affordable high-resolution cameras, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and next-generation tactile sensors, which allow interpretation of complex environments in real time.1.4 Networks and sensing technologies 6 Jobs of Tomorrow: Technology and the Future of the World’s Largest Workforces