WorkLab Aneesh Raman: AI won't decide the future of work—unless you let it
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Apr 1, 2026 
Aneesh Raman, LinkedIn’s Chief Economic Opportunity Officer and co-author of Open to Work, talks about how AI is reshaping jobs and the skills that will matter. He explores why urgency around AI grew and argues people, not tech, will decide its path. He outlines 'onlyness,' organizational redesign, and the five C's of human skills in short, practical takes.
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AI Shifts Work From Efficiency To Human Strengths
- AI will out-efficiency humans but unlock work that leverages millennia-old human strengths like imagination, resilience, and storytelling.
- Aneesh Raman argues the industrial-age view reduced humans to efficiency machines; AI frees work to center human adaptability and creativity.
Build Your Career Around Onlyness
- Build your onlyness by mapping unique curiosities, capabilities, and networks instead of relying on job titles.
- Raman illustrates his own path: storytelling, coalition building, and economic opportunity combined into a role only he could fill.
Start Now With Intent Agency And Urgency
- Act with intent, exercise your agency, and treat urgency as a catalyst: start transforming your work now rather than waiting for clarity.
- Raman says begin by being pro-human, committing to change choice by choice, and avoiding paralysis by fear.
