Leadership Masterclass 4: Adapting to the New Reality: Navigating AI and the Future of Work

Masterclass Four –‘Adapting to the New Reality: Navigating AI and the Future of Work’ - will test ideas including whether AI will bring humans and machines closer together rather than replacing human work. Will artificial intelligence and machines augment humans, combining the relative strengths and weaknesses of both to allow businesses and humans to grow? Or is AI the end of a large proportion of jobs that exist today? Can we predict the jobs that will exist in the future, and what are the risks and opportunities that will manifest themselves as the world transitions to a new digital age?

Wilson Wong

A data scientist and futurist, Wilson has over 30 years of experience of applied research into organisations – their leadership, values/ culture, futures strategy, and the evaluation, management and development of human capital for policy & practice, investors and in academia. His research consulting and futures strategy development clients include the Metropolitan Police, Logica, Standard Chartered Bank, Nottingham County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, DWP. MoD, Human Capital Development Corporation, HCLI, and RBS.

He is Visiting Professor at Nottingham Business School, Adjunct Professor at HK Baptist University, and sits on several academic research strategy boards, and is Chair of the journal, IJHRD. Wilson was the Head of Insight & Futures, and Head of Research at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD, UK) for over a decade, and helmed the research at the European Association of People Management (EAPM) and the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA).

A UK human capital metrics expert to ISO, and a member of the UN Millennium Project global futures experts network, Wilson co-edited Human capital management standards: A complete guide, published by Kogan Page and conducted two studies on human capital futures in Singapore and Malaysia outlining key drivers and alternative scenarios based on the maturity and execution of the policy responses.

Dr Laura Weis

Laura is Global Talent Innovation Director at WPP, where she is responsible for future-proofing talent management practices and adapting to the impact of AI on WPP’s people. Prior to her current role,  Laura was Future of Work Lead at Satalia, a UCL startup that is now the AI arm of WPP. At Satalia, she focused on digital twins, workforce optimisation, strategic planning, and organisational network analytics.

Holding a PhD in Social and Organisational Psychology at UCL, Laura thrives on connecting diverse people, research, and technology to drive new ideas and facilitate stimulating discussions.

Laura is a former England boxing national champion, and now deeply involved in international coaching and refereeing.

Ermir Qeli

Ermir Qeli leads Data Science and AI at Swiss Re, a global team of talented data strategists, data scientists and engineers dedicated to realizing the full potential of data analytics at Swiss Re.

In his role, he has been championing the use of data to solve various business problems in insurance and reinsurance and to bring machine learning and AI/generative AI to the core of the reinsurance industry. Prior to Swiss Re, Ermir had various roles focused on data analytics, visualisation and software engineering. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Marburg, Germany.