In exclusive interviews with 12 Fortune 500 CTOs, a surprising trend emerges: 63% now tie executive bonuses to upskilling metrics. From Lockheed Martin’s “digital twin apprenticeship” program to Foxconn’s VR-enabled factory floor promotions, discover how leaders are retaining top talent amidst the AI revolution. We reveal three counterintuitive strategies: why Siemens pays engineers to teach community college, how ASML turned machine operators into quantum computing tutors, and what TSMC learned from video game guilds about cross-generational knowledge transfer25.