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Diving briefs:
- The AI skills gap has accelerated dramatically as companies rush to deploy technology. Nash School/Harvey Nash Digital Leadership Report Released in May. The company surveyed Over 2,000 technologies leader.
- Over half of IT leaders They say their company was struggling downstream of AI talent, Up from 28% In the previous version of the report, Released in 2023. AI know-how has moved from existence to existence 6th least Technology skills ranked number one in 16 months, showing the fastest increase in over 15 years.
- 9 in 10 respondents said Their company was piloting or investing in the use of AI, Up from 59% Report for 2023. Despite the rise, more Two-thirds of the leader They said they have not yet received measurable investment returns from technology.
Dive Insights:
Deploying AI has long been a company's need, and executives want to plug automation into key processes in search of productivity wins. Despite the ambition, there are still a large number of projects Stuck during the experimental stage.
Some obstacles are in the way of full-scale adoption. Data defects and financial constraints. The looming skill gap has also weakened the Enterprise AI plan.
“AI is so new, there is no “playbook” here,” he said. Bev White, CEO of Nash Squaredin research announcement. “There's a mix of approaches, including formal training available, approaches to expanding the pool to reskill IT staff and staff outside of traditional IT capabilities, and experimenting and knowledge sharing and transferring on jobs. This should coincide with the development of new operational models where AI is sewn into them.”
The two-year 23% Point Jump in AI Skills was the most rapid increase in certain skills Harvey Nash has recorded since he first began tracking the metric 16 years ago. The lack of AI talent has been reported by the majority leaders of several sectors. Education, logistics, manufacturing, business services, pharmaceuticals.
Enterprise AI's ambitions are steadily driving demand for AI's workforce and widening the talent gap. In fact, the job posting tracked a massive surge in January's Generated AI job openings.
