The swift arrival and adoption of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence platforms has disrupted the workforce and created uncertainty among today's workers, with 22% fearing they will lose their jobs to modern technology, up from 15% in 2022. With more technological advancements on the horizon, continuous reskilling and upskilling are crucial to developing our workforce to evolve alongside technology, but the onus can't fall solely on workers. If leaders expect their business to adapt to the Age of AI and capitalize on the opportunities associated with this technology, they must foster a culture of continuous, proactive workforce development.

With 3 in 4 (75%) companies that prioritize hiring AI talent struggling to find qualified candidates, proactive reskilling is key to harnessing AI's potential. Here's how AI will reshape jobs, ways learning teams can identify skills gaps and strategies to achieve workforce readiness.

AI will not take your job, but it will change it

A common myth is that AI will broadly eliminate jobs, but its limitations in critical thinking and empathy as well as its lack of ability to adapt to new situations restrict its capacity to fully replace human workers. The fact is that while half of the workforce reports leveraging AI on the job, it remains a workplace tool, rather than an employee substitute. Increasingly, understanding and using AI is no longer a "tech skill" but a universal workplace competency that businesses will use to evaluate current employees and candidates.