91. Learning Your Way Into the Future with Amie Ninh

About this episode

The episode discusses career pivots and continuous learning in the context of AI with guest Amie Ninh.

What does it take to pivot your career—and keep doing it as the world changes? In this episode, I sit down with organizational development and AI learning expert Amie Ninh. Amie started her career as a preschool teacher before making a series of pivots into the tech world, eventually focusing her work on how organizations adopt AI and navigate the human side of change. We talk about what it really looks like to change paths—from the role of timing and network to the importance of following your curiosity and building transferable skills. Amie shares how she navigated multiple career pivots, the trade-offs she made along the way, and how she thinks about designing a career that evolves over time. We also dive into how she taught herself AI from scratch. Through a self-directed practice she calls “AI Sundays,” Amie steadily built her knowledge by experimenting with tools, learning in community, and pushing beyond what she already knew—all without a technical background. This conversation explores career pivots, continuous learning, and how to stay adaptable in a moment where AI is rapidly reshaping the workplace. Resources: Learn more from Amie on Medium Read Moving Through the AI…

People in this episode

Host: Sandhya Sudhakar

Guest: Amie Ninh

Topics covered

• career pivots
• AI learning
• organizational development
• continuous learning
• adaptability
• self-directed practice

Keywords

• career change
• AI
• learning
• organizational change
• transferable skills
• self-directed learning
• adaptability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NOVA, Women Defining AI

Books & works: Moving Through the AI Adoption Curve: A Practical Guide for Non-Developers, Empire of AI

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