Will AI transform your team skills? What business leaders say in 2025
According to Deloitte, more than half of global AI leaders adjusted their HR strategy in response to AI in 2025. And according to the World Economic Forum, AI and data will be core skills for workers across all sectors by 2030. What are companies actually doing about it?
Training a broad base: the #1 priority
According to the Deloitte 2025 study of 3,235 senior leaders using AI daily, training a broad workforce base is the most cited HR adjustment. This is counterintuitive: the priority is not hiring data scientists — it's making existing teams capable of working with AI tools.
65% of IT employers expect AI as a core skill by 2030
In technology and telecom sectors, over 65% of employers expect AI and data to be core skills from 2025-2030. Central Asia lags far behind with only a third of employers anticipating this need.
Physical AI: robots, digital twins, monitoring
According to Deloitte, 21% of AI leaders identify intelligent security systems and smart monitoring as having the greatest impact among physical AI types. Collaborative robotics (20%) and digital twins (20%) follow closely.
What this means for your organization
Companies moving fast aren't hiring an army of data scientists — they're giving business teams tools that let them do what they already do, but 10 times faster and with real data. That's the concrete transformation AI brings to operational teams.
Sources
- Deloitte (2025). Most common talent strategy adjustments due to AI worldwide. N=3,235.
- World Economic Forum / Qualtrics (2024). Global employers view of AI as core skills 2025-2030. N=1,000.
- Deloitte (2025). Physical AI types with greatest impact on industries worldwide.