Worried about how AI will impact jobs, careers, or leadership?
Then this episode is a must-listen.
I’m Sital Ruparelia, your host. With 25+ years in leadership, recruitment and talent management — including a decade at Microsoft leading Executive Talent Acquisition across Asia — I now speak weekly with business leaders, HR heads, and subject matter experts at the intersection of talent, tech, and transformation.
In this first episode of Talent X Tech, I sit down with Annella Heytens — a global HR leader with experience at Microsoft, AWS, and Coca-Cola — to talk about career growth in an AI-enabled world.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why career paths will be non-linear in the AI age.
- What skills matter most as the world of work evolves.
- Why learning agility is your future-ready superpower.
- How to take ownership of your growth (and help others do the same).
- What it means to disrupt yourself before the world does.
- Career advice for early professionals — and their parents.
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0:00 Highlights reel of the interview
0:45 Introduction
1:41 Favorite Asian food
2:24 Annella’s big career leap that shaped her style and mindset
10:33 Lessons from taking career risks
12:26 AI’s impact on jobs
14:48 AI: Types of new jobs/skills
15:57 Continual learning of technology skills
20:08 Human-centric skills needed in the New World of Work
22:32 Career management in the AI-enabled workplace
26:58 Self-driven careers & risk-taking
28:20 Leadership & succession in a tech-enabled workplace
32:33 How HR policies need to evolve for the New World of Work
35:50 How companies should reward for innovation and risk-taking
39:39 Asia: How to lead and manage talent in Asia
41:26 Career advice for graduates today
44:26 Advice for parents
46:12 Advice Annella would give to her younger self
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