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Human + AI: the tipping point | ORSYS 2026 skills forecasting study

Published on 9 February 2026

Jobs, skills, employability and performance tested by AI

AI is making inroads into all professions... but what skills will be essential in the future?
ORSYS launches its 1re prospective study to help you anticipate, decide and act.
Trends, concrete impacts and performance levers to transform AI into a differentiating and sustainable advantage.

A reading in three parts:

  1. Observation of the transformations at work
  2. Analysis of actual uses observed by ORSYS
  3. Identification of key skills to be mastered by 2026

In summary

1.The bottom line: AI is transforming work, not destroying it

■ AI reshapes work
■ Accelerating the skills lifecycle
■ Ethical, cultural and regulatory challenges :
     a now inseparable triptych
■ Towards better human-IA collaboration

2. ORSYS data: uses, trends and real needs

■ A shift confirmed by data from our training activity
■ The most popular courses in AI
■ ORSYS survey: «AI usage by profession».»
■ What companies consider to be priority skills

3. ORSYS data: uses, trends and real needs

■ The 2026 strategic top 10
■ Five skill areas to prioritise
■ Focus on professions or functions

In short

1 survey conducted among 717 professionals

41 pages analyses and use cases

Study free of chargewith no form to fill in

Publisher : Marion Chervy

ORSYS survey "the impact of AI on my job"."

ORSYS survey results: «AI usage by profession».»

High impact

49 % anticipate a high or very high impact on their business

Marketing-communication is the function most affected: 74 % have a major impact.

Results of the ORSYS survey "Current uses of AI by business"."
Results of the ORSYS survey "which skills should be developed as a priority in your company"."

To find out more


Our expert

Marion Chervy

ORSYS Editorial Board

Trained in journalism at the Sorbonne and then at Sciences Po Lyon, she began her career in sports journalism [...].