Skills of the Future, Work, and Creative Thinking
World Economic Forum – The Future of Jobs Report 2025 (Global)
Headline: The Future of Jobs Report 2025 – Skills Outlook
Synopsis: Highlights creative thinking as one of the fastest‑growing and most demanded skills worldwide, emphasizing that human creativity, collaboration, and resilience are critical complements to AI and automation.[5]
Date: January 6, 2026 (skills outlook chapter)
URL:https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/in/full/3-skills-outlook/
World Economic Forum & Indeed – Skills Brief (Global)
Headline: New Economy Skills: Unlocking the Human Advantage
Synopsis: Synthesizes labor‑market data showing that creative thinking and resilience are among the fastest‑rising skill needs globally, while supply of these skills lags behind employer demand.[6]
Date: 2025
URL(PDF):https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_New_Economy_Skills_Unlocking_the_ Human_Advantage_2025.pdf
Forbes (USA)
Headline: 70 % Of Employers Say Creative Thinking Is Most In‑Demand Skill In 2024
Synopsis: Reports that more than 70% of companies expect creative and analytical thinking to grow in importance, framing creative problem solving as a core requirement for career advancement in an AI‑rich workplace.[7]
Date: January 28, 2024
OECD – PISA 2022 Creative Thinking (Global)
Headline: PISA 2022 Creative Thinking
Synopsis: Presents the OECD framework and results for assessing creative thinking among 15‑year‑olds worldwide, defining creative thinking as the ability to generate, evaluate, and improve ideas across written, visual, social, and scientific domains.[8] [9]
Date: June 24, 2024
URL:https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/sub-issues/creative-thinking/pisa-2022-creative-thinking.html
NCEE – National Center on Education and the Economy (USA)
Headline: PISA in Perspective: Cultivating Creative Thinking
Date: February 24, 2025
Synopsis: Interprets PISA 2022 results to argue that school systems must deliberately cultivate creative thinking through open‑ended tasks and supportive climates if they want students prepared for complex future challenges.[10]
URL:https://ncee.org/pisa-in-perspective-cultivating-creative-thinking/