What is the Global Future of Work Navigator?

As demographics shift, cities swell, and automation/AI accelerate, companies face a new productivity and labor reality; the Global Future of Work maps the risks and opportunities through regional surveys across the Americas, Europe, MENA, and Africa of 6,000+ leaders and executives spanning healthcare, education, agriculture, tech, legal, and more.

What are the top trends affecting your business?

Does your company currently utilize any of these advanced technologies?

Do you have the right workforce to meet your strategy?

How job-ready do you think the youth is when it graduates from colleges and universities?

Regional Insights

Macro TrendsSomething here

Long-term shifts shaping broader economy, society, and industries

~50%

View the 'Use of Advanced Tech' as a major trend effecting their businesses

55%

Report that the impact of major trends (incl. advanced tech) has been 'Significant or Disruptive'

~60%

Rank 'Operational Cost' as the most impacted part of their business

Tech AdoptionSomething here

Current pace of adoption and the anticipated impact on jobs

56%

Have adopted and are using 'AI' in their businesses

80%

Plan to 'Significantly' scale advanced technologies in the next 5 years

70%

State that jobs will be 'Created or Transformed' over the next decade

Workforce & SkillsSomething here

Competence of existing workforce and its ability to adopt tech

40%

Report workforce shortages, with the most significant gaps in tech-based roles

65%

Identify advanced tech as the most relevant occupation type in the coming decade

71%

Have a quota for women employees at 'the Company Level'

YouthSomething here

Perception about youth and its skills-level as they join the workforce

43%

Express concern that college and university graduates are not job-ready

46%

Report that youth training in tech-related skills is insufficient

73%

State 'Advance IT Skills and Programming' to be the top tech-skill youth needs to learn

Future of Work Compass Navigator

Macro Trends

Long-term shifts shaping broader economy, society, and industries

Tech Adoption

Current pace of adoption and the anticipated impact on jobs

Workforce & Skills

Competence of the existing workforce and their ability to adopt technology

Youth

Perceptions about youth and their skill levels as they join the workforce