Skills First: How Skills-Based Organizations can use AI to Create the Jobs of Tomorrow, by Jonathan H. Westover PhD

Abstract: This article explores how Anthropic, Amazon Web Services, and General Assembly are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to map skills, reskill workers, and design jobs for emerging industries. Anthropic's Constitutional AI uses natural language processing to analyze job descriptions and inventory skills, helping organizations understand the skills landscape. AWS leverages AI-powered personalized learning to drive internal reskilling at scale, leading to higher certification rates. General Assembly partners with Anthropic to forecast skills needs and develop tailored training programs to seed jobs of the future. These examples illustrate how AI can augment human expertise to inform continuous learning and talent development at the individual, organizational, and systemic levels. Ultimately, the article champions AI-powered, skills-first approaches that empower individuals and companies to actively shape their futures amidst perpetual workforce disruption.