2025 Report: Workforce Readiness in the Era of AI

Welcome to episode 079 of the AI for Technical Writers podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals and technical writers. Subscribe today to never miss a single episode!Today’s episode reviews a report released in January by the Institute for Corporate Productivity entitled "Workforce Readiness in the Era of AI: Executive Brief."Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of this fresh report and unpack its observations of AI in the workforce and how it is changing work as we know it.The report points out that use of generative AI in human resources doubled between 2023 and 2024, from 22% to 41%. 79% of organizations surveyed reported that their workforce is unprepared to use generative AI.The Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency is currently taking on new clients. We enjoy helping companies with their documentation and communications strategy and implementation. Contact us to learn about our reasonable rates and fast turnaround.>> Read the Institute for Corporate Productivity report: https://tinyurl.com/2x53uent>> Read the Curt Robbins article "Understanding Anthropic: Rising Star in AI": https://tinyurl.com/46btw22z>> Read the Robbins article "Comparing ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, & Grok": https://tinyurl.com/3zwttxhk>> Read the Robbins article "AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.": https://tinyurl.com/p5t27t7d>> Join the LinkedIn group Technical Writing Success: https://tinyurl.com/mr28u7td>> Subscribe to the Technical Writing Success podcast: https://tinyurl.com/uu9hpyzt