The Pink-Collar AI Crisis: IBM's CTO Warns Women "Use AI Now or Get Leapfrogged"
About this episode
The episode discusses the risks of AI disruption on pink-collar jobs predominantly held by women and features insights from IBM's CTO on how women can adapt to the changing landscape.
Pink-collar jobs, admin, customer service, reception, teaching, and nursing are overwhelmingly held by women. They're also the roles most exposed to AI disruption right now. And the data shows women are using AI less than men. That's the leapfrog risk. And IBM's Chief Technology Officer for Australia and New Zealand wants every woman listening to understand it before the gap gets bigger. In this episode of AI Ready Women, Georgie Hubbard and Lou Compagnoni sit down with Angelica Veness, the CTO who openly says she can't code, and built her career through human-centred design instead. Angelica breaks down what's actually happening in the AI economy, where women are getting locked out, and the exact steps to move from AI-cautious to AI-curious to AI-queen… starting this week. ____________ ✨60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator✨ Learn More here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Me: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn…
People in this episode
Host: Georgie Hubbard
Guests: Lou Compagnoni, Angelica Veness
Topics covered
- AI disruption
- women in technology
- pink-collar jobs
- career development
- human-centred design
Keywords
- AI
- women
- career
- technology
- disruption
- pink-collar
- IBM
- human-centred design
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: IBM, AI Ready Women, SkillsBuild
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