Trend Talent rewritten
Summary
Talent stops being a fixed pool to compete over and becomes a portfolio of human and machine capability co-evolving through use, with capabilities expiring faster than learning systems renew them - a gap EY names Talent Debt.
Classification
Main topicLabor & Future of Work
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-25)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Futures Reimagined: EY Megatrends 2026 and beyond EY (Ernst & Young Global Limited) page=30;section=Megatrend 4: Talent rewritten 2026 accessed 2026-07-25
Observed signals 3
Part of issues 9
- IssueAutomation of entry-level work breaks the leadership pipeline1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueCapability managed as a portfolio with depreciation curves1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDesigned friction to stop human capability eroding1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFour co-evolutionary principles for organisational learning1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGovernment: low AI adoption risks compounding Talent Debt1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueIndustrial products: widening the pool rather than deepening the pipeline1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueOwnership gives way to orchestration when intelligence is abundant1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRetail: talent polarises as shopping bifurcates1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTalent Debt compounds like financial debt1 trends · 0 signals
Relation types: constitutes · supports
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