New Economy Skills Unlocking the Human Advantage 2025

Contributors Acknowledgements The Centre for the New Economy and Society aims to empower decision-making among leaders in business and policy by providing fresh, actionable insight through collaboration with leading experts and data-holding companies. We are pleased to have collaborated with and thank the following contributors: Matthew Graci NLP Research Scientist, Workhuman Annina Hering Senior Economist, Indeed Hiring Lab, Indeed Khoa Le Nguyen Applied Behavioral Scientist, BetterUp Tamojit Maiti Senior Data Scientist, Coursera Meisha-Ann Martin Vice-President, People Research Jack Moran Public Relations Manager, Coursera Kate Niederhoffer Chief Scientist, Head of BetterUp Labs, BetterUp Isha Vicaria Manager, People Insights and Analytics, WorkhumanThe authors would also like to thank the many communities of the World Economic Forum that contributed to this paper, including the Reskilling Revolution Champions, Chief Learning Officer Community, the Future Skills Alliance, the Education 4.0 Alliance, the Global Future Council on Human Capital Development and the Partner Institutes Community for their strategic guidance and data contributions. The authors would also like to acknowledge the support of colleagues in the Centre for the New Economy and Society, particularly Neil Alison, Alison Eaglesham, Ricky Li, Ostap Lutsyshyn and Tanya Milberg. We also thank all those involved in the design and production of this paper, including Mike Fisher and Martha Howlett for editing, and Accurat Studio and Studio Miko for design.World Economic Forum Mario Di Gregorio Mission Specialist, Skills Initiatives, Centre for the New Economy and Society Genesis Elhussein Manager, Reskilling Revolution and Skills Initiatives, Centre for the New Economy and Society Ximena Jativa Insights Lead, Education, Skills and Learning, Centre for the New Economy and Society New Economy Skills: Unlocking the Human Advantage 37