Future of Skills: 2030
Be inspired by some of the pioneers behind the FinTech industry and other domains through these videos. These pioneers will share their stories, insights and what keeps them blazing forward.
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Thought Leadership on the Future of Skills
Thought Leadership on the Future of Skills
Patrick Tay
Assistant Secretary General, MMP
National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)
"Being digitally able, digitally agile and digitally adaptable will be vital for us to thrive in the future"
Gillian Tan
Assistant Managing Director, Development and International
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
"We need to develop and deepen our Singaporean workforce so that our human capital is strongly anchored with a workforce that not only has deep technical skills such as innovation, data analytics and technology development, but also have soft skills like the ability to manage change and sense-make amidst uncertainty."
Ng Nam Sin
CEO, The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF)
The Institute of Banking and Finance, Singapore (IBF)
"The workplace culture must be one that embraces continuous learning as a priority. For individuals, the workplace of the future must be one where you are able to comfortably work in a technology enabled environment."
Terence Chia
Cluster Director, Human Capital Cluster
Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
"There's going to be strong demand for tech professionals to translate technical knowledge to actual products and services. Digital is going to be a horizontal skill for everyone from accountants to relationship managers to administrators."
Julia Ng
Group Director, Workforce Singapore (WSG)
Workforce Singapore (WSG)
"The workforce of the future will be one that needs to be digitally savvy and agile. To remain relevant, finance professionals should upskill and reskill, maintain a growth mindset and be open to new career opportunities."
Dr. Gog Soon Joo
Chief Skills Officer, SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
"Even as digitalisation continues to gather pace in the sector, the human touch is necessary - the sector will (still) need highly skilled people."
Bidyut Dumra
Executive Director, Head of Innovation & Ecosystems - DBS
DBS
"I measure my success by only two things: how much I've learnt, and how much I've laughed."
Dr. Alex Siow
Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS)
National University of Singapore
"With increasing technological advances many people are very worried about their future employment. Technological changes do make some jobs redundant but it creates a lot of new opportunities as well. We should move forward bravely and embrace the future."
Dr. Jin-Chuan Duan
Executive Director, NUS-AIDF
NUS Asian Institute of Digital Finance
"Life-long learning is a cliche but has become ever more relevant in this digital era. Beyond enrichment, it becomes the survival of the fittest in job markets."
Lim Kok Kiang
Chairman for PolyFinTech 100 Committee, Principal & CEO at Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
"Beyond ensuring competence, we need to nurture resilience and agility to enable students and adult learners to take on the jobs of the future and to shape the future."
Dr. Goh Wei Leong
Co-Founder and Advisor, Healthserve
Healthserve
"Imagine.. Where millions of dollars can be made with the click of a mouse, whilst some still make only a few dollars for a day's work under the scorching sun. Now imagine another world, where society does not surge ahead in independent sections, leaving the fallen behind. Imagine a world where society stays back, helps, protects and cares for the weak and injured. So that together, we can move forward and leave no man behind."
Mark Anielski
Founder, President & CWO - Anielski Management Inc. (Canada)
Anielski Management Inc.
"Well-being is the common aspiration of every human being; the English word wealth means 'the conditions of well-being' and the Greek word for happiness translates as 'well-being of spirit.'"
Dr Lilian Koh
Founder & Chair, FinTech Academy; Chair of Healthcare Fintech Alliance
FinTech Academy
"Dr Koh is the editor and co-authored "Singapore: The Fintech Nation", one of the first books about Singapore's financial technology journey and also the first International Handbook of Financial Literacy by Springer."
Varun Mittal
Founder, The Fintech Nation Project
FinTech Academy
"Varun Mittal is experienced at the cross-section of digital business building and financial services in South East Asia and global emerging markets."
Michael Gilmore
"The Seven Dollar Millionaire" Research Director, Albizia Capital
Albizia Capital
"Taking 15 years out of a young person's life and not teaching them about money is just plain wrong, and it has to change."
Kim Pong
Founder, StrengthsAsia
StrengthAsia
"The Future of Skills is Quality Conversations - Regardless that our rapidly changing world will be largely driven by AI and technology, the quality of our lives and work in the future will be driven even more critically by quality conversations between people to build meaningful connections and collaboration."
Sally Chew
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Future of Learning
Future of Learning
"The i3 Glocal Citizen of the World
1. Intergenerational learner
2. Inclusive leader
3. Innovative community builder who co-creates solutions to economic, environmental & social challenges with measurable collective impact"
1. Intergenerational learner
2. Inclusive leader
3. Innovative community builder who co-creates solutions to economic, environmental & social challenges with measurable collective impact"
Neetha Nair
Head, Future Ready Workforce
Prudential Singapore
"What's the future of skills? Hear from Prudential Singapore's Neetha Nair, Head, Future Ready Workforce as she shares more about key digital skillsets that insurers are looking for, and what Prudential is doing to help its employees be future-ready. She also discusses the skill sets that are critical in the next decade and how employees of today can prepare, along with the types of talent that Prudential is looking for."