AI won’t replace you at work, but someone using AI likely will. Maybe not today or tomorrow. Maybe not this year or even next. But eventually. And if you wait for eventually, it will be too late.

For some, that shift is already happening. A recent report from LinkedIn found that nearly 90% of c-suite leaders say accelerating AI adoption is critical. Not just someday. Now. Together with Microsoft, we also found that a new hiring calculus is locking in, with two-thirds of corporate leaders saying they won’t even consider candidates without AI skills.

This is just the beginning. Ask leaders who truly understand AI about the years ahead, and they don’t talk about tweaks or upgrades. They talk about reimagining work entirely.

This thinking isn’t just true in tech circles. As early as 2023, one-third of content writers on LinkedIn had added AI literacy skills to their profiles, significantly outpacing software engineers at 19 percent. Graphic designers (27%) and marketing managers (24%) showed similar enthusiasm for building AI literacy. By early 2025, AI literacy had become one of the skills LinkedIn members from all over the world added most to their profiles.

Out there right now, a real estate agent is using AI to help write property descriptions and manage scheduling, freeing up more time to walk potential buyers through homes and help them envision raising a family there.........

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