If there is one report that I believe business leaders, politicians and policy-makers need to engage with to understand how key changes are going to affect the economy, then it’s the Future of Jobs Report 2025 from the World Economic Forum.

Drawing on insights from more than 1,000 global employers representing more than 14 million workers, it identifies a series of powerful forces shaping the global labour market, from generative AI to demographic shifts, the green transition, economic uncertainty and increasing geopolitical fragmentation.

While we constantly worry about the way new technologies such as AI are going to destroy jobs over the next few years, perhaps the most striking finding is the forecast that 170 million new jobs will be created by 2030, while 92 million jobs will be displaced.

Initially, this net effect of 78 million jobs is great news, but it’s not necessarily the numbers that are important but how sectoral churn will demand specific skills transformation in the workplace.

According to the report, technology-related roles will grow fastest, led by demand for big data specialists, fintech engineers, AI and machine learning experts, and software developers.

Green jobs also feature strongly, particularly roles linked to renewable energy, environmental engineering and electric vehicles.

These roles are not just growing in relative terms but also represent how economies will generate value and respond to........

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