While headlines are spotlighting layoffs, with an average of 500 tech company jobs cut per day in 2025, the real story for most CEOs is a race to empower their people. For today’s leaders navigating the AI boom, failure or success rests largely on their people.
CEOs of the world’s largest companies increasingly view talent not only as a short-term opportunity, but also as a critical driver of long-term competitiveness.
Rather than automating roles, 77% of CEOs are planning to use technology to enhance workforce productivity — putting people at the center of business transformation.
In fact, boosting employee productivity is now the second most common AI investment priority for CEOs, right behind operational efficiency. For CEOs today, the future is not human or machine — it’s human with machine.
