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Investing in Human Skills in the Age of AI24m
Investing in Human Skills in the Age of AI
By: Aneesh Raman
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The Shift Toward a Skills-First Mindset: A Thought-Leader Roundtable56m
The Shift Toward a Skills-First Mindset: A Thought-Leader Roundtable
By: Aneesh Raman
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Aneesh Raman reposted thisAneesh Raman reposted thisThe biggest threat to your career isn't AI. It's fatalism...
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Aneesh Raman shared thisThanks to everyone who showed up yesterday at the Microsoft Mountain View office to talk about Open to Work! The world urgently needs a more productive conversation about AI and work, one that focuses on giving workers a greater sense of agency rather than a deeper sense of anxiety. Our hope with the book was to do just that by telling a story, told by workers, of how work is changing and, importantly, what work is changing into. Where we go next is up to us and which beliefs we grab hold of in these early days. I have no doubt that we can build a world of work that is anchored, more than ever before, around our unique capabilities as humans. We just have to choose to do so. And then we have to do the work together to make it so.Aneesh Raman shared thisSpent my afternoon with Ryan Roslansky and Aneesh Raman talking about their new NYT bestselling book “Open to Work” — and I genuinely didn’t want it to end. Full transparency: I bought this book the day it dropped and never got around to reading it. So when I heard they were doing a talk, I thought — okay, universe, I hear you. Best decision I made all week. The big idea: the old career playbook is dead. Static skills, predictable ladders, waiting for the “right time” — that’s the old world. The people who thrive in the AI era are the ones leaning into what makes them human. The 5 C’s: curiosity, courage, creativity, compassion, communication. But the part living rent-free in my head? Ryan’s take on what makes someone truly irreplaceable: Clarity — of goals, for yourself and for others. Charisma aka energy — not the performative kind. The kind that makes people around you feel energized. (He used Satya as his example and honestly, I felt that.) Clearing the path aka removing roadblocks — not waiting on other teams, products, or the “right moment.” Just moving. What made the talk so special wasn’t just the content — it was them. The energy they brought into the room, the personal stories from the book tour, the way they made a packed event feel like a genuine conversation. That kind of enthusiasm is contagious. Genuinely privileged to have been in that room. Now that it’s a signed copy, I have absolutely no excuse not to finish it. 📖 Moments like this remind me how lucky I am to work at Microsoft — where access to brilliant minds like these isn’t the exception, it’s just… Thursday. #OpenToWork #FutureOfWork #LinkedIn #Microsoft #ThoughtLeadership #AIEra
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Aneesh Raman shared thisThe greatest disruption to work in human history is underway. The global response isn't keeping up. More and more, I get asked what governments can do to close that gap, including in my conversation with Lord Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Here are 3 big things that policymakers can focus on to help their economies and workers adapt.
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Aneesh Raman shared thisMost leaders are focused on what AI can do. The best leaders are focused on what their people can do with it. That means building a culture that encourages experimentation, protects space for human judgment, and defines success by new value created, not old work done faster. New data backs this up. Microsoft's Work Trend Index out this week finds that organizational factors like culture and manager support account for twice the AI impact of individual effort alone. What's holding companies back isn't their talent as much as the lack of support around them. Full report here: https://lnkd.in/guHQUAyC
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Aneesh Raman shared thisIt’s true, but truncated, to say that Ted Turner was a visionary media entrepreneur. The fuller description is that he was a visionary. Period. I came to CNN long past its founding and yet, in the air and in the everything of that place was still the spirit that Ted summoned and embodied from the first day on. He set out to build something that had never existed, something that would challenge a deeply entrenched status quo, and he summoned a group of like-minded misfits and rebels eager all to disrupt and ready to give all they had, even risk their lives, in pursuit. Through it all he stayed so deeply human. As a person, as a leader, as a visionary. It was always about something other than him - the news, the teams, the impact, the world. That’s why his deepest legacy is thet the spirit that he summoned is as strong today as it ever was, now in all who ever worked at CNN. We could use more visionaries who see how the world could be and how, together, starting with just a few of us, we can make it so. Maybe that’ll be his next legacy. The next Ted Turners out there following a path he forged.
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Aneesh Raman shared this¡Open to Work ya está disponible en Español en España, Argentina, México y Colombia y llegará a más países próximamente! Ryan and I wrote this book because work is changing fast and everyone deserves a roadmap. Thousands of readers in the English-speaking world have already picked it up. We're excited to bring it to Spanish-speaking readers. To give you a sense, here's what we say at the very beginning in the book's dedication: "This book is dedicated to every member. To you, in fact. No matter where you live or what you do, no matter what kind of job title you hold or what kind of career trajectory you're on, this book is for you, about you, and how nothing, not even AI, can beat you at being you." 👉 Find the Spanish edition here: https://lnkd.in/gGNp5guw Grupo Editorial Oceano
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Aneesh Raman shared thisDanke, Hamburg! In Germany, wrapping up a week across Europe where Open to Work has sparked hundreds of conversations from bookstore events to media interviews to customer roundtables all culminating at today's OMR Festival with over 70,000 attendees from around the world. Thank you to everyone who made the time to come out, stay awhile, and talk through this with us. Every single one of you is how the word gets out, how people who are anxious or confused or skeptical find out there's a path forward. We get to decide where this goes. As individuals, as communities, as countries. We're in it together. Helen Tupper, Wilfred Frost, Georgia Lewis Anderson, Hannah Prevett, Lord Ed Vaizey , Hendrikje Rudnick, Céline Flores Willers, Ivana Tadić, Lara Sophie Bothur, Pina Meisel, André Pechmann, Paul Bowles, Olga Sidash, Jane Farquharson, Elliot Vaughn MBE, Nicole Harper, Carlo José, Brian Murphy, Elizabeth Brouwer (She/Her), Melissa Gee Kee, Theresa O'Brien
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Aneesh Raman reposted thisAneesh Raman reposted thisAI is going to change 70 per cent of the working landscape by 2030, but it’s important to keep honing the skills that make us uniquely human says LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer, Aneesh Raman.
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Aneesh Raman shared thisJoined Sky News this morning with Wilfred Frost and we got into a question that keeps coming up not just in the UK but all over the world: What do you say to a new graduate who did everything right and still can't find a job? My advice is to start with strengths you already have. This generation grew up with AI. They're not afraid of it, they're using it day-to-day. And they're likely to be the most entrepreneurial generation we've seen when it comes to building real-world experience before even landing that first job as they embrace freelancing, side hustles, creator businesses, and treat careers like a climbing wall from day one. The job market is genuinely hard right now. But this generation is genuinely better equipped for this moment than any before them.
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Thanks for moderating such an engaging and fun discussion Shawn Villaron! Book talk skill unlocked for you!
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Jason Wild congrats and great to be book buddies with you and Linda and Emily ! We’re hanging right there near you with Open to Work!
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Aneesh Raman liked thisAneesh Raman liked thisWe keep saying: “Copilot is getting better.” But this week, something fundamentally shifted. Not a new feature or another capability. But a complete rethink of how AI shows up in your work. Microsoft redesigned how Copilot lives across everything you use every day. And what stood out to me is not what it does, but how it behaves. It’s becoming less visible, more embedded and far more aware of what you’re trying to get done. You don’t go to a tool anymore. The intelligence meets you right in the flow of your work. That changes everything. We are moving from asking a question and getting an answer to a flow where context leads to action, and action leads to progress. It sounds small, but it fundamentally shifts how work happens. Because real work is not one prompt. It’s messy. It lives across emails, documents, meetings and conversations. And suddenly Copilot starts to move with you through that process and connect the dots for you. What I find most interesting is that the interface actually gets quieter. Less noise. Fewer obvious controls. More subtle guidance that appears exactly when you need it. And that requires something from us too. Trusting the system more. Letting go of doing everything step by step. Starting to think in outcomes instead of tasks. For me, this is not about adopting a tool anymore. This is about redesigning work itself. We’ve been teaching people how to use Copilot. But I think we’re entering the phase where people stop using it consciously and start working with it without even thinking about it. 💡 And honestly… that’s where it gets interesting. And maybe just a little uncomfortable. Which usually means we’re exactly where we need to be. Read more from Satya Nadella https://lnkd.in/eUXS5yYB and Jon Friedman 📷 this prompts....is one of my favorite prompts this week! 💖
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Aneesh Raman liked thisAneesh Raman liked thisWow, Microsoft Copilot has leap-frogged ahead. A couple weeks ago, I was using Copilot only as needed. It was slow. It was smart, but not on par with other generalist AIs. Now I am living in Copilot Cowork. Is the functionality as powerful as Claude Cowork? Probably not (though it is using Claude's engine). But it is connected to everything in my company. It is something that our CIO would actually approve because it has the safeguards in place that a company our size needs. Over the next several years, I think we are going to see Microsoft become a dominant, if not the dominant player in the generalist AI space. Not because they necessarily have the best user experience or the latest features, but because it works at scale, because it has the advantage of platform. That's what they've done everywhere else. Just look at Teams. Slack (13%) is the superior product, but Teams has almost triple the market share (37%). This is the Microsoft playbook.
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Aneesh Raman liked thisAneesh Raman liked thisI'm thrilled to announce that I've been appointed Deputy Editor of WIRED. I come to the role as a huge fan of WIRED’s reporting in the last couple of years, particularly the incredible work the US team have done on ICE and DOGE. Some of my favourite pieces in recent months include the AI agents coming for your dating life, the integral mysteries of the pelvic floor and life under a digital blackout in Iran - not to mention this week's AI or Die Trying. Now I’m looking for brilliant freelancers in the UK and EU working across technology, politics, science, health, security, culture and beyond. So what will that reporting look like? Across Europe, the political centre is fragmenting as radical movements on both the left and right gain ground. The EU is racing to regulate AI as drone manufacturers are reshaping warfare in Ukraine. Breakthroughs in bioscience are accelerating as vaccine scepticism spreads and the wellness industrial complex grinds on. Defence-tech start-ups are booming, data centres are threatening the green belt and the space race has been privatised. The boundaries between technology, politics and power are collapsing. WIRED’s journalism is about clarity at a time of over-information and exposing the invisible systems behind modern life. Pitch me at rosie_swash@wired.com
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Aneesh Raman liked thisAneesh Raman liked thisHere are the top 10 states in the latest Microsoft U.S. AI diffusion index. Oh, look at that, Maryland is #1! 1. Maryland 2. Utah 3. Texas 4. Virginia 5. New Jersey 6. Nevada 7. California 8. Connecticut 9. Georgia 10. Florida Three other findings: - There is a breakdown of diffusion by county and it is clear that there is a significant rural-urban divide. - More than 30% of the US working-age population is using AI, up 3%. - A powerful driver of AI diffusion is the presence of colleges and universities.
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Aneesh Raman liked thisAneesh Raman liked thisFinishing my first week at International Crisis Group —an organisation I’ve long admired and am now incredibly grateful to be a part of. For work-related matters, you can reach me at my new email:📩 jvaughan@crisisgroup.org My mobile number remains the same! https://lnkd.in/edGE6c6G
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Aneesh Raman liked thisAneesh Raman liked thisFinishing my first week at International Crisis Group —an organisation I’ve long admired and am now incredibly grateful to be a part of. For work-related matters, you can reach me at my new email:📩 jvaughan@crisisgroup.org My mobile number remains the same! 🫶
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Aneesh Raman liked thisAneesh Raman liked thisLast week, at our How to Start conversation, Jason Sudeikis gave the best defense of young workers I've heard yet. In this moment of AI fear, young people are being told they're not needed in the workplace, that they-- you-- will be irrelevant and superfluous. But why has SNL been successful for 50 astounding years? Because Lorne Michaels has brought in a constant flow of young people, Jason said. The workplace depends on fresh talent, new dreams. Thank you to Jason, University of Southern California and the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. Link to full convo, plus the job matchmaking session at the end, in comments.
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Aneesh Raman liked thisAneesh Raman liked thisThis week, I wrapped up my chapter at The Project on Workforce at Harvard. Over the past four years, we have moved beyond a pilot cross-disciplinary project and have seen time and again our work informing stronger pathways to economic mobility in this country through the implementation of practices and policies we have illuminated through research. I'm proud and grateful to have served this mission alongside a team I admire profoundly. Kerry McKittrick, thank you for showing me every day what both fearless leadership and partnership should look like. David Deming, Joseph Fuller, Peter Blair, Raffaella Sadun, thank you for pushing us to trying and erring on the side of daring to be greater, always. Amanda R. Holloway, Ed.D., Ariel Higuchi, G. Matthew Snodgrass, Nathania Silalahi, Joann C., thank you for embodying our idealism in every action. There are so many more people I'm grateful for; you know who you are. I can only feel thrilled about the present and future of the Project on Workforce, precisely because this intrepid team will continue steering the mission forward. And so will I.
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