70: AI and the Future of Work: LinkedIn’s Blake Lawit on Skills, Hiring, and Competitiveness

The U.S. may lead in building AI—but it ranks 24th in adopting it. In this episode, Tammy Haddad speaks with Blake Lawit, LinkedIn’s chief global affairs and legal officer, about LinkedIn’s new report, “Skills and AI: The U.S. Workforce Imperative.” Drawing on LinkedIn’s real-time labor market data, Lawit explains why widespread AI-driven job loss isn’t showing up “yet,” why the bigger challenge is job transformation, and why the skills required for work are changing fast. He also shares what LinkedIn is doing to support skills-first hiring—including verified identity and verified skills—and what workers, employers, and policymakers should focus on next.