
Your How-To For Creating Strategic Impact in Hiring
October 3, 2025
John Brazier

We know that some of the top pains for HR leaders are closing the skills gaps, investing in existing talent, and responding to a variety of learning needs.
However, companies with high levels of digital skills utilization report annual revenues that are approximately 168% higher. And new estimates indicate that advanced digital skills are helping to raise global GDP by roughly $6.3 trillion every year. The alternative can be a longer waiting period to hire external talent, resulting in delays in delivering innovations, operational inefficiencies, and staff frustration.
More and more organizations see how cloud can accelerate their operations, competitive agility, and ability to innovate—and despite the economic headwinds, organizations with their sights set on cloud will see the correlation to investing in their people brings business resilience and forward momentum.