Retaining top talent is a challenge many organizations face. Employees often leave when they feel limited by internal opportunities. For Booz Allen Hamilton—an advanced technology company known for delivering innovative, mission-critical solutions—addressing this issue became a top priority. At the same time, they needed to ensure their teams had the right skills to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

Davos 2025 was yet another learning experience for me this year, reflecting the shifting dynamics of geopolitics, technology, and the workforce. Here’s a summary of my reflections:

The European Union AI Act is poised to reshape how organizations develop and deploy artificial intelligence, raising the stakes for workforce readiness. For enterprises, this regulation isn’t just a compliance challenge—it’s a call to action. How do you ensure your teams possess the AI skills to not only meet legal requirements but also seize competitive opportunities? Achieving organization-wide AI literacy shouldn’t just be a box to check for European enterprises. This is an opportunity to integrate AI, a transformational technology, at every level of the organization. In the years to come, the companies that fully embrace artificial intelligence will achieve a competitive advantage compared to those that only deploy AI as a feature or product. Since the arrival of generative AI in late 2023, enterprises have built and experimented with a range of AI-powered applications. These AI tools are changing the way companies do business, empowering employees to produce more and move faster.