IBM promotes a new "workforce economics" approach to tie AI-driven productivity gains to end-to-end workflow redesign and workforce reskilling
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IBM described a new enterprise operating approach called “workforce economics,” aimed at reframing decisions around AI by redesigning end-to-end workflows and reinvesting productivity into workforce skills rather than treating AI mainly as individual productivity tooling. The coverage also cites IBM’s reported productivity gains over the past three years and an increased target for 2026, alongside findings about gaps in organizations’ definitions of work across human and AI activities.