#66 🌏 Reinventing Roles and Reskilling for the AI Economy 为 AI 经济重塑角色与再培训

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On 21 August 2025, I attended the session “Reinventing Roles and Reskilling for the AI Economy”, presented by SGInnovate and the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF).

The discussions shed light on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming not just technology, but the very nature of work itself.

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🔹 AI as Empowerment, Not Replacement

As Lai Yit Khai, Assistant Director at SGInnovate, reminded us, “AI is about empowerment, not replacement.”

In just two years from Year 2023 to Year 2025, AI and Machine Learning leapt from being ranked #10 to #1 in terms of critical technologies shaping industries.

This surge has created new roles such as:

• AI Engineer / Machine Learning Engineer
• AI Scientist / AI Researcher
• Computer Vision Engineer

Scholarships and structured pathways are being developed to grow this talent pool—ensuring Singapore’s workforce remains globally competitive.

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🔹 The Urgency of Job Redesign

Kelvin K. highlighted that disruption is no longer on the horizon; it is already here.

📊 World Economic Forum – Future of Jobs Report 2025

• 39% of skills will be disrupted within the next 5 years
• 63% of employers say skills gaps are a major barrier to business transformation
• 85% of employers plan to upskill their workforce by 2030

The takeaway? 👉 Job redesign is no longer optional. It is the lever to attract, retain, and empower employees while aligning workforce capabilities with evolving business goals.

SNEF’s consulting approach involves diagnosis and design, ensuring that the end result is not just efficiency, but enriched job roles.

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🔹 Support for Enterprises

Through the Productivity Solutions Grant – Job Redesign (PSG-JR) scheme, more than 600 organisations have benefited from consultancy support. Enterprises can:

• Engage pre-approved job redesign consultants
• Tap on funding support to defray consultancy costs

Approved applications span businesses of all sizes:

• 156 projects from firms with 1–9 employees
• 201 projects from firms with 10–30 employees
• Even enterprises with >200 employees have had 53 approved projects

This demonstrates that no company is too small, or too large—to reinvent roles for the AI economy.

✅ 12 Pre-Approved PSG-JR Consultants include:

Aon, BDO Singapore, CET Global Pte Ltd, Cadence HR Consulting, EY, EON Consulting & Training, Mercer, NTUC LearningHub, SFIC Institute, Singapore Polytechnic, LiT Strategy, and KLC International Institute.

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🔹 Building Career Pathways

Bing Shun Lim emphasized the role of Career Conversion Programmes (CCPs) in enabling workers—especially mid-career PMETs—to transition into emerging AI-driven roles.

This structured support ensures both employers and employees can embrace transformation with confidence.

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🔹 Final Reflection

AI is not about automating people out of jobs; it is about augmenting human potential.

By leveraging AI to handle repetitive and data-intensive tasks, professionals can focus on strategy, creativity, and critical thinking.

The question for businesses is no longer “Should we reskill?” but “How fast can we redesign roles to remain future-ready?”

💡 The time to act is now.

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👉 What are your thoughts? How is your organisation preparing for AI-driven job transformation?

P.S: I am glad to see younger generation of presenters at this event accompanying Stephen Yee, Assistant Chief Executive, SNEF for his opening keynote address. Your time has arrived.

This article is also published on Mar Vin, Foo’s LinkedIn profile page.

#65 🌏为 AI 经济重塑角色与再培训

2025 年 8 月 21 日，我参加了由 SGInnovate 与 新加坡全国雇主联合会（SNEF） 主办的 《为 AI 经济重塑角色与再培训》 研讨会。

讨论重点不仅在于人工智能（AI）如何改变技术，更在于它如何重塑工作的本质。

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🔹 AI 是赋能，而不是取代

SGInnovate 助理总监赖毅恺 提醒我们： “AI 的核心不是取代人类，而是赋能人类。”

短短两年间，人工智能与机器学习的重要性从第 10 位跃升至第 1 位，成为引领产业的关键技术。

这股浪潮正在催生全新的职位，例如：

• AI 工程师 / 机器学习工程师
• AI 科学家 / AI 研究员
• 计算机视觉工程师

奖学金与结构化培养路径正在建立，以确保新加坡人才储备能够在全球保持竞争力。

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🔹 工作再设计的迫切性

SNEF 高级经理 Kelvin Kho 指出，颠覆已不再是未来，而是当下。

📊 世界经济论坛《未来就业报告 2025》

• 39% 的技能将在未来 5 年内被颠覆
• 63% 的雇主认为技能差距是业务转型的重大障碍
• 85% 的雇主计划在 2030 年前提升员工技能

结论很明确： 👉 工作再设计已不是可选项，而是必要条件。它是吸引、留住和赋能员工的重要杠杆，同时确保劳动力能力与企业目标相匹配。

SNEF 的咨询流程以 诊断 + 设计 为核心，最终结果不仅是提高效率，更是 丰富岗位内涵。

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🔹 企业支持举措

通过 生产力解决方案补助计划（PSG-JR），已有超过 600 家企业 受益于咨询支持。企业可：

• 聘请 预先核准的岗位再设计顾问
• 利用补助资金抵销咨询费用

获批申请覆盖各类规模的企业：

• 156 个项目 来自 1–9 人的小企业
• 201 个项目 来自 10–30 人的企业
• 甚至 200 人以上的大企业 也有 53 个项目 获批

这说明，不论企业规模大小，都可以通过岗位再设计进入 AI 经济时代。

✅ 12 家预先核准的岗位再设计顾问包括：

Aon、BDO、CET Global、Cadence HR Consulting、EY、EON Consulting、Mercer、NTUC LearningHub、新加坡家具工业理事会学院（SFIC Institute）、新加坡理工学院（SP）、LiT Strategy、KLC 国际学院。

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🔹 职业转型路径

SNEF 高级经理林炳顺 强调，职业转换计划（CCPs） 在帮助中途职业的 PMET（专业人士、经理、执行人员和技师）转型为 AI 驱动的新岗位上，扮演着关键角色。

这些结构化的支持，让雇主与员工都能有信心拥抱转型。

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🔹 最后的思考

人工智能不是要把人“自动化掉”，而是为了 扩展人类潜能。

当 AI 处理掉繁琐、重复、数据密集型的任务后，人类专业人士便能专注于 战略、创造力与批判性思维。

对企业而言，问题不再是 “我们要不要再培训？”，而是 “我们能多快完成岗位再设计以保持未来竞争力？”

💡 现在就是行动的时刻。

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👉 想请教大家：贵公司在应对 AI 驱动的岗位转型时，正在采取哪些措施？

很庆幸看到年轻的一辈呈现趋势性的科技与商业津贴资讯，一同陪伴开启论坛的是 Stephen Yee , 副总裁，SNEF。“你们的时代降临了。”

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