Jobs and Skills

Anyone with internet access can download the course material for a Harvard degree, take part in the 'gig economy' or do an office job from home. That's a profound and very recent change. The pandemic put the focus on how those technologies that were disrupting our economic and social lives also helped us to adapt. But history suggests that if we leave it to the market, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will usher in a long and damaging period of dislocation. We can see it coming, we know we're going to have to reskill, so what are we going to do about it and how are businesses and industries going to manage the change?

In this context, it's crucial for businesses, governments, and civil society to work together to find common solutions and take decisive action. Through its Centres, the World Economic Forum integrates public-private efforts to achieve greater impact.