Ford’s CEO Jim Farley is sounding the alarm about how rapid tech advancements—especially AI—are leaving many workers, particularly blue-collar employees, struggling to keep up. He argues that companies need proactive plans to help these workers adapt, but it’s not just on businesses—society also needs to stop undervaluing manual labor and start respecting skilled trades as much as white-collar jobs.

Editor’s Note: This isn’t just about Ford—it’s a wake-up call for every industry riding the AI wave. If companies and society don’t figure out how to bring workers along instead of leaving them behind, we’ll end up with a deeper skills gap and even more economic inequality. Farley’s pushing for a cultural shift, not just corporate training programs, and that’s a conversation worth having.