New Economy Skills Unlocking the Human Advantage 2025
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Recognition trends in human-centric skills, 2019–2025 FIGURE 14Percentage change from 2019 Percentage change from 2019 Percentage change from 2019 Percentage change from 2019
2019
2020
2021
-10%
-0%
10%
20%
30%
50%
40%
2024Motivation and
self-awareness 22.1%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
2024 Systems thinking 2%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
2024 Creative thinking 4.4%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
-10%
-0%
10%
20%
30%
50%
40%
2024
Resilience, flexibility
and agility 8.9%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
2024Dependability and attention
to detail 19.3%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
2024Empathy and active
listening 17.3%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
-10%
-0%
10%
20%
30%
50%
40%
2024
Curiosity and lifelong
learning 5.4%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
2024Leadership and social
influence 43.3%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
-10%
-0%
10%
20%
30%
50%
40%
2024
Analytical thinking 8.7%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
2024Teaching, mentoring
and coaching 3.3%
2022
2023
2025
2019
2020
2021
2024Speaking, writing and
languages 8.5%
2022
2023
2025
Notes: Percentage change in the share of total messages mentioning each skill compared to 2019 (2019 share shown in grey).
Source: Workhuman; World Economic Forum, Global Skills Taxonomy.
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