New IBM CHRO Study: AI Puts Critical Thinking at the Center of Workforce Priorities
IBM's Institute for Business Value published a global CHRO study finding a disconnect between the AI skills executives say matter and what employees prioritize: 71% of CHROs rate supervising, validating and overriding AI outputs as the workforce's most essential skill, while only 29% of employees rank judgment as important. The survey of 1,500 CHROs and 8,800 employees found 60% of employees worry AI is eroding their skills, with critical thinking cited most often as declining, and 46% of organizations do not involve the CHRO when AI strategy is defined.
Key figures
- Chro respondents
- 1500
- Employee respondents
- 8800
- Employees worried about skills erosion
- 60%
- Employees ranking judgment as important
- 29%
- Chros rating ai oversight as essential skill
- 71%
- Organizations not involving chro in ai strategy
- 46%
- Risk reduction where workflows defined as human led or ai executed
- 18%
- Quality improvement where workflows defined as human led or ai executed
- 20%
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