New Economy Skills Unlocking the Human Advantage 2025

Images: Getty Images. Cover by Accurat Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project, insight area or interaction. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose results do not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum, nor the entirety of its Members, Partners or other stakeholders. © 2025 World Economic Forum. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system.Contents Foreword 3 Executive summary 4 Introduction 5 1 Evolving landscape of human-centric skills 6 1.1 What are human-centric skills? 6 1.2 Supply and demand of human-centric skills 7 1.3 Industry and regional transformation trends 22 2 Call to action: developing, assessing and credentialling human-centric skills 26 3 From principles to practice: case studies for assessing, developing and credentialling human-centric skills 30 Contributors 37 Endnotes 38 New Economy Skills: Unlocking the Human Advantage 2