𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐈 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲-𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐬 — 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬?

Forget the Ladder. Young Professionals Need a New Career Map.

At last week’s Hong Kong Women Professionals & Enterpreneurs Association (#HKWPEA) x Data & AI Literacy Association (#DALA) luncheon forum on AI-Powered Business Strategies in Action, I had the honor of moderating a vibrant panel with three inspiring women leaders in #AI and #innovation. Heartfelt thank to Crystal Fok #Cyberport, Jacqueline Chong #AWS & Cindy Chan #Smartmore for their insightful sharing. Special thanks to Tommie Lo for his amazing Preface’s office space to host this event.

What truly moved me was the audiences — a room full of women professionals who brought empathy, insight, and bold questions to the table. One question stood out: “𝐈𝐟 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬?”

𝐌𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜:
✅ New roles will emerge — Algorithm Explainers, AI Ethicists, Prompt Engineers.
✅ AI won’t replace people, but people who know AI will replace those who don’t.

But the 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 is this:
In the AI era, human skills — empathy, storytelling, negotiation, critical thinking — are not just relevant, they’re essential.
Young people may lose traditional entry points, but they gain a golden opportunity to build hybrid careers powered by both tech fluency and human depth.
With lower barriers to entrepreneurship, they can solve real problems, scale globally, and redefine success.

𝐀𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, we must think of how we can leverage our new generation. We can empower them to be smarter with AI and human skills. They support us not in the traditional ways. With less administrative burden, we and our junior colleagues can meet/serve more clients and deliver more customer-centric high quality services. 𝐀𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, we must go beyond automation. We must design new pathways, rethink education, and create opportunities that honor both innovation and humanity.

I left the forum more inspired than ever — not just by the tech, but the human side of AI. I have a lot to learn from our women leaders as their perspectives really make a difference and sometimes it’s blind spots for male leaders.

Appreciate the effort from HKWPEA Julianne Doe, Vivien Lee, Grace Tse 謝佩欣 CPA & Jennifer Tan. Also, so grateful to have met so many great women leaders in HK like Elsa Yuen, See Salome, Helen CY Kan, Kelly Y.S. CHAN, FCCA, FCPA, FHKIoD, Janet Yuen, Angela Lee & more.

𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐈, 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐤: “𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞?” 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

 

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