2026 skills economy report
CIOs, CHROs, and business leaders are all facing the same pressure: skills are shifting faster than organizations can keep up. AI, automation, the green transition, and demographic change are reshaping roles, demand, and entire industries. The old ways of planning for talent, static job frameworks, annual workforce plans, traditional training, can’t keep pace with a global skills economy that’s moving in real time.
Leveraging proprietary Cornerstone workforce intelligence, this report analyzes how the global skills market is changing, why skills demand is reshuffling so quickly, and how organizations can build resilience before capability shortages begin to slow growth.
What you’ll learn:
- What forces are driving the rapid reshaping of the global skills economy
- Which skills are rising, which are declining, and what that signals for future skills demand
- How industries are adapting as AI reorganizes roles, workflows, and capability needs
- Why the erosion of entry-level roles is creating a long-term capability gap
- How human skills and AI fluency are converging to redefine employability
- What actions leaders can take now to build resilience in a volatile skills market
Download the full report to understand how the global skills economy is shifting—and what your organization can do now to build capability, adapt with confidence, and lead through the next wave of workforce transformation.
