Shaping the Future of AI and Skills

Building trust in digital agents through skills-based verification and workforce transformation.

Pearson and IBM are working together to solve one of the most critical challenges of the AI era: Trust.

By combining IBM’s enterprise AI leadership with Pearson’s global expertise in assessment and credentialing, we are ensuring that AI agents become part of your team and that they are verified, capable, and ready to work.

At IBM Think Boston, we’re sharing an early look at how our partnership brings together:

  • IBM’s leadership in AI, enterprise transformation, and technology, and
  • Pearson’s expertise in skills, learning, assessment, and credentialing

This collaboration is focused on helping organisations think differently about AI readiness — from skills and learning to trust and verification — as part of a broader workforce and transformation agenda.  

4–7 May 2026

IBM Think Boston

Dave Treat joined Mohamad Ali, SVP & Global Head of IBM Consulting, for an on‑stage discussion at IBM Think Boston, focused on the broader implications of AI, skills, and human capability in the workplace of the future.

What we’re exploring:

  • The 2030 Workplace: How Pearson’s mission scales in a world of hybrid human-AI teams
  • Agent Verification: An exclusive preview of our framework development for trusting digital agents before they touch live data
  • Managing the “Fleet”: Operationalizing a workforce of digital and human talent
  • Human-Centric Skills: Why soft skills are even more critical in an AI‑powered world  

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