#13: Humans and AI: Why Upskilling is Key

AI Asia Pacific Institute Podcast

"My humble recommendation is to empower ourselves through upskilling and having an open mindset to become a life-long learner" — Carolyn Chin-Parry

Carolyn Chin-Parry is the current Women of the Year from the Women in IT Asia Awards. She is a Managing Director and Digital Innovation Leader at PwC Singapore and also leads PwC's Asia Pacific Digital Upskilling Initiative for 84,000 employees in the region. Carolyn is an active contributor of PwC Singapore's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and provides pro bono digital upskilling for charities, NGOs and social enterprises. She is a Board Director for a charity, the Digital Industry Vice Chair for the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, and sits on the Advisory Boards for the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Shes Loves Data (non-profit) and EGN. Carolyn is a former Chief Digital Officer and has led some of the largest transformation projects in Asia Pacific for multiple industries. She has been previously featured by The Economist, CIO Magazine, Standard Chartered Bank, Microsoft, IBM, Nomura, GovTech, SGInnovate and many more. In her free time, Carolyn enjoys time with her young family and actively researches on technology to help under-represented communities.

In this podcast, we discussed on pressing topics relating to how the current challenging times has impacted:

- the Future of Work

- the Future of the Workplace

- the casual workforce which is disproportionately female (and what we can all do to help under-represented communities)

- how humans and AI have their own roles to play in the future and why upskilling is key

You can get in touch with Carolyn on LinkedIn.

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