Session
When AI Reprices Work: Which Human Skills Gain Value?
What changing tasks mean for skills demand and workforce planning
PAWorld26 NYC · 4–5 November 2026 · New York City
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About this session
As AI changes the economics of individual activities, which human capabilities become more valuable, and which workforce assumptions should leaders revisit? Vijay Swaminathan examines the link between emerging work demands, skills intelligence and practical planning decisions, distinguishing signals about future capability from certainty about future jobs.
Learning outcomes
- Connect a task-level change to a capability requirement.
- Distinguish a planning signal from a confident prediction about jobs.
- Identify a workforce assumption that needs testing before investment changes.
This session will explore
- Explore how AI changes the economics of particular activities.
- Consider which human capabilities may become more valuable as work changes.
- Translate skills signals into questions for hiring, development and workforce plans.
Context
Job titles can conceal changes in the activities that create value. Workforce leaders need to interpret task and skills signals without treating an emerging pattern as a certain forecast of future jobs.
Speakers and contributors
Vijay SwaminathanPresenterCEODraup