AI Is Reshaping Employment: How Secure Is Your Job?



We’re entering a new era where exponential business growth no longer equals exponential headcount.

Corporates are applying the FIFO method: Fit In Or F-ck Off.

Loyalty, tenure, and conformance are being replaced by capability, contribution, and commitment.

The numbers don’t lie!!

• Microsoft: Satya Nadella cut 15,000 jobs this year despite explosive revenue.

• Amazon: Andy Jassy says teams will be smaller and scrappier, with AI doing jobs people once did.

• Alphabet (Google): Sundar Pichai made clear strong growth ≠ more staff.

• Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Verizon, Intel: All cutting jobs despite profits.

And in Australia

• Atlassian: Sacked 150 via terse video calls.

• ANZ: CEO Nuno Matos demanding speed and radical change.

The question isn’t whether AI will take your job — it’s whether you’ll adapt fast enough to stay relevant.

So, how do you stay employable?

• Build AI literacy – learn how to use AI as your productivity partner.

• Show measurable contribution – be the person who makes tech worth it.

• Adapt mindset – replace entitlement with agility and value-creation.

As Allen Pathmarajah has always said  “ your people are not your greatest asset — your  rightpeople are your  greatest asset.”

The workplace of the future will reward those who fit in, skill up, and step up.

What’s your strategy to stay employable in the AI era?

5 pointers for corporates to handle #ai transformation

The Tech Council of Australia share 5 pointers to be on the AI ride . Maria Macnamara shares them succinctly in her LinkedIn post 

Now's the time to be brave and act. 

💎Develop your vision. 

💎Choose your niche and own it. 

...

💥There are many things to consider - here are 5 to get you started: 

1. be deliberate, move fast and collaborate. There's absolutely no time to waste. 

2.  plan for the transition of your workforce - they who will need to be re- educated, reskilled, redeployed, retained or retired. AI reduces weeks to minutes. 

3. manage the impact on the #environment

4. be conscious of security. The cyber threat is on a whole new level. 

5. be alert and alive to what's happening globally - clearly in China and the USA, Middle East, the Stans, the Global South and Africa. Enormous investments are being made there. 

Maria Macnamara’s post

Digital Fluency is no longer optional - it is essential

VET in NSW have identified  the evolving digital skill needs across seven key vocational education sectors in NSW: 

Through extensive research, surveys, focus groups, and stakeholder consultations, the project found that 94% of respondents believe jobs now demand more digital skills than just two years ago, yet over 93% reported a significant gap between industry requirements and current training offerings. 

Foundational digital competencies such as cyber security, cloud computing, data analysis, and effective digital communication are now baseline expectations across all sectors.

There were 10 cross-industry digital foundation skills that were consistently identified as critical to workforce readiness:

1. Digital literacy (ICT use and navigation)

2. Online communication and collaboration

3. Cyber security awareness

4. Data entry and digital record-keeping

5. Use of workplace-specific software

6. Problem solving with digital tools

7. Online customer service etiquette

8. Digital scheduling and time management tools

9. Remote work protocols and virtual meetings

10. Social media and content creation for business use

These skills support not only individual employability but also organisational resilience and adaptability in an increasingly digital economy.

#A.C.F.I.P.S (NSW ITAB) #bsilearning #nexttechrevolution 

💥 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐭.

Great article from my Friend Tatyana Kanzaveli and AI 

Some jobs won’t disappear.

They’ll just stop needing… you.

Interpreters. Historians. Travel agents. DJs.

Writers. Editors. Analysts. Programmers.

All scored highest on “AI applicability.”

Translation? The machines are not coming — they’re already drafting your emails, analyzing your markets, and editing your podcast.

📊 The data’s clear:

If your job involves 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜 , it’s officially on notice.

What’s less obvious?

The real threat isn’t job loss. It’s job 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

Same title. Same hours. But now, you’re just supervising the algorithm.

Human in the loop? Try human on the leash.

🚨 Here’s the new career test:

Would it take you 5 years to master your job?

Or 5 minutes to train an LLM to do it?

👀 Want to future-proof your career?

Start where AI stops:

Judgment. Empathy. Imagination.

And the courage to ask better questions than the bots can answer.

#TheFutureIsNow #WomenInGenAI #AI #GenAI #ReimagineWork #FutureOfWork

AI and the Future: A New Epoch of Innovation and Optimism

Inspired by insights from the All-In Podcast with Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Chris Wright, and Doug Burgum

Over the past 200 years, history has repeatedly shown that every seismic shift in innovation—while initially feared—has ultimately led to higher productivity, better living standards, and an expanded workforce. 

From the industrial revolution to the digital age, new technologies have displaced some jobs but created many more in return, reshaping society for the better.

Today, we stand at the edge of a new paradigm: Artificial Intelligence

Lessons from the Past

In the recent All-In Podcast episode featuring financial luminaries and political leaders like Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Chris Wright, and Doug Burgum, a compelling case was made for how AI is following a familiar arc of disruption—and opportunity. They placed AI in the context of:

• The Railway Boom – which shrunk vast continents and created global trade.
• The Airplane Age – opening the skies for commerce and culture.
• The Moon Landing – galvanizing innovation and national pride.
• Reagan’s Deregulatory 1980s – which unleashed capital markets.
• The Internet Explosion of the 1990s – digitizing communication and commerce.
• The Smartphone and Social Media Era of the 2010s – which changed how we interact and transact.

Each innovation came with existential hand-wringing over jobs and security. Each time, humanity adapted—and thrived.

AI: A Force for Growth, Not Fear

As Scott Bessent pointed out, AI will not shrink the workforce—it will grow it. But in new, unpredictable ways.

Yes, some repetitive, manual tasks may be automated. But AI will:

• Unlock new industries and creative roles
• Empower small businesses and solopreneurs
• Democratize expertise and education
• Accelerate scientific discovery and medical breakthroughs

Doug Burgum, with his experience in technology and governance, argued that AI could be the tool that helps governments do more with less—increasing productivity in the public sector, much like what Reagan’s deregulation did for the private sector in the ’80s.

The Challenges That Lie Ahead

However, AI doesn’t operate in a vacuum. As highlighted by the podcast panel:

• Geopolitical tensions, especially around China selling U.S. treasuries, raise questions about global trust in the U.S. financial system.
• High debt levels, interest rates, inflation, and tariffs may slow down adoption if capital becomes too expensive.
• The U.S. might even face a shift away from traditional Treasury Bills—will the next “currency” of trust be data and energy rather than coins and notes?

Cheap Energy: The Fuel for the AI Boom

One key insight from Chris Wright, a veteran in the energy sector, is that AI’s exponential computing power requires exponential energy supply.

This makes cheap, clean, and scalable energy essential for AI to reach its potential. That could mean:

• Major advances in nuclear fusion
• A resurgence in next-gen fossil fuel alternatives
• A breakthrough in battery storage and grid tech

Climate issues remain a parallel concern. Without a solution to sustainable energy, AI’s growth could be bottlenecked by physical and environmental limits

The AI Era: A Defining Chapter for Humanity

If the past 200 years have taught us anything, it’s this: technological disruption is not the end—it’s a beginning. The AI revolution will not just change how we work. It will change what work is, and who gets to do it.

The All-In Podcast team leaves us with a powerful takeaway: The future is not something we inherit—it’s something we build. And AI, like the railway and the internet before it, is our next great track to lay.

🔗 Follow the discussion on the All-In Podcast with Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Chris Wright, and Doug Burgum to hear more real-time insights into AI, economics, and the evolving world order.

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