#12 - From Career Ladder to Climbing Wall: AI & the Future of Work

24min | 07/29/2026

Description

Is AI really destroying jobs? LinkedIn's latest Future of Work data tells a different story.

In this conversation, Sue Duke (VP Public Policy & Managing Director EMEA and Latin America, LinkedIn) and Emmanuel Touzeau (Deputy Group HR Director, AXA) unpack what's actually happening inside organizations as AI reshapes the workplace.

Drawing on data from LinkedIn's 1.3 billion members and AXA's experience training 70,000+ employees, they challenge the "doom and gloom" narrative and explore what the shift really means for workers, students and companies.

In this episode:
• Why the hiring slowdown is driven by macroeconomics, not AI
• The three skill categories defining the AI economy: technical skills, AI literacy, and irreplaceable human skills
• How AI is augmenting jobs — the example of the AXA assistance agent
• Entry-level roles: reinvention, not disappearance
• Why the career "ladder" is becoming a "climbing wall"
• Rethinking education, talent development and lifelong learning
• Why the insurance sector is a goldmine for anyone interested in AI

A candid, optimistic and practical look at the skills that will matter most in the years ahead.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About AXA

We always start with our customers. As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection.

Discover different themes on AXA Podcast!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About AXA

We always start with our customers. As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection.

Discover different themes on AXA Podcast!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

Is AI really destroying jobs? LinkedIn's latest Future of Work data tells a different story.

In this conversation, Sue Duke (VP Public Policy & Managing Director EMEA and Latin America, LinkedIn) and Emmanuel Touzeau (Deputy Group HR Director, AXA) unpack what's actually happening inside organizations as AI reshapes the workplace.

Drawing on data from LinkedIn's 1.3 billion members and AXA's experience training 70,000+ employees, they challenge the "doom and gloom" narrative and explore what the shift really means for workers, students and companies.

In this episode:
• Why the hiring slowdown is driven by macroeconomics, not AI
• The three skill categories defining the AI economy: technical skills, AI literacy, and irreplaceable human skills
• How AI is augmenting jobs — the example of the AXA assistance agent
• Entry-level roles: reinvention, not disappearance
• Why the career "ladder" is becoming a "climbing wall"
• Rethinking education, talent development and lifelong learning
• Why the insurance sector is a goldmine for anyone interested in AI

A candid, optimistic and practical look at the skills that will matter most in the years ahead.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About AXA

We always start with our customers. As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection.

Discover different themes on AXA Podcast!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About AXA

We always start with our customers. As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection.

Discover different themes on AXA Podcast!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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