TLDRIBM stock trades at $229.66, up 0.05%, after an early rise above $233.IBM finds a major gap between employee AI skills and CHRO workforce priorities.About 71% of CHROs rank AI oversight skills as essential for the workforce.Around 60% of employees worry AI adoption could erode key workplace skills.IBM finds clear human and AI workflows can improve quality and reduce risks.International Business Machines Corporation stock traded at $229.66, up 0.05%, as the company released new research on workplace AI skills. The study found a wide gap between skills human resources leaders prioritize and those employees consider important. IBM shares had earlier climbed above $233 before giving back most intraday gains.International Business Machines Corporation, IBMIBM Study Finds AI Workforce Skills GapThe IBM Institute for Business Value surveyed 1,500 chief human resources officers and 8,800 full-time employees worldwide. Researchers conducted the surveys between April and June 2026 with support from Oxford Economics. The research covered organizations across 21 geographies and 23 industries.About 71% of CHROs identified supervising, validating, and overriding AI outputs as the most important workforce skill. However, only 29% of employees ranked human judgment among their important skills. This difference highlights a substantial gap between management priorities and employee perceptions.Meanwhile, 60% of employees expressed concerns that increased AI use could weaken some workplace skills. Critical thinking ranked as the skill employees most frequently believed could decline. Among concerned employees, three-quarters reported that AI had already weakened at least some abilities.Critical Thinking Becomes Central to AI WorkflowsCritical thinking also ranked highly among human resources executives assessing skills needed alongside workplace AI systems. About 57% of CHROs identified critical thinking and problem framing as important capabilities. Another 48% identified human judgment as an important workforce capability.The study also linked clearer human oversight with stronger employee confidence in decisions supported by AI systems. About 62% of CHROs reported improving confidence when organizations incorporated judgment into workflows. By comparison, 57% reported declining confidence when organizations lacked clear judgment mechanisms.Accountability remains another issue as companies expand workplace AI adoption across different business functions. About 43% of employees said organizations blamed them when AI-supported processes produced problems. Furthermore, 41% of CHROs believed employees could feel uncomfortable challenging or overriding automated outputs.HR Departments Face AI Adoption ChallengesOrganizations also reported additional workloads linked to the adoption of AI across everyday business processes. About 80% of CHROs said AI creates unseen tasks involving validation, corrections, context, and exception management. Similarly, 42% of employees said AI increased their workload or left some work unrecognized.However, many human resources departments remain behind other business functions in their own AI adoption. The study found 72% of organizations make limited or no AI use within HR operations. CHROs also reported weak capabilities in AI literacy, performance measurement, and managing organizational changes linked to adoption.IBM found stronger results among organizations that clearly divide tasks between employees and automated systems. These organizations reported an 18% reduction in risk and a 20% improvement in quality. However, 46% of organizations still exclude CHROs when leadership teams define broader AI strategies. The post International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Stock: New Study Reveals AI Workforce Skills Gap appeared first on Blockonomi.