New Economy Skills Unlocking the Human Advantage 2025

Current skill transformation capacity of genAI (%), by skill group FIGURE 4 Minimal transformation (no genAI impact) Assisted transformation (human leads, genAI supports) Hybrid transformation (genAI leads, human oversees) Full transformation (genAI acts independently)0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Analytical thinking Creative thinkingCuriosity and lifelong learningDependability and attention to detail Empathy and active listeningLeadership and social influenceMathematical and statistical thinking Resilience, flexibility and agilitySpeaking, writing and languages Teaching, mentoring and coachingSystems thinking Notes: Capacity of genAI to transform a given skill as a share of all granular skills within each skill group. Analysis based on consolidated GPT-4.1 and Claude Sonnet 4 ratings, with close to 2,900 granular skills from the Indeed database as of July 2025. Source: Indeed analysis; World Economic Forum, Global Skills Taxonomy. Yet, supply of these skills is not keeping pace with demand. The World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey 2025 reveals that just one in two employers consider their workforce proficient in collaboration or creativity, and fewer in resilience, curiosity and lifelong learning. This suggests that while teamwork and collaboration are relative strengths, the mindsets and habits that underpin continuous growth and self-directed learning remain weak points globally. Regional differences add nuance. Employers in Eastern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa report higher workforce proficiency in collaboration, while those in Oceania and Northern America report the lowest shares. Although there is little regional variation for creativity and problem solving, resilience, flexibility and agility are most positively viewed in Latin America and the Caribbean and South-Eastern Asia. Curiosity and lifelong learning are weakest across all regions, underscoring a global challenge in cultivating future-ready mindsets (Figure 5). New Economy Skills: Unlocking the Human Advantage 10