Welcome back, Amplifiers!
The collision of new hires and layoffs, together with a surge in reskilling, is changing the job playing field in real time.
This week, we focus on the human story: How you, teams, and leaders can move with confidence through transformation, no matter your starting point.
For all you Amplifiers who want to stay ahead of the upcoming workforce transformation but don’t have the time or resources to figure out how to upskill, we’ve got you covered! We’ve launched a new AI agent that scans the market for you and delivers actionable insights on how to upskill for your target industry. Keep reading to learn more!
JPMorgan Ramps Up Corporate Banking Hiring in Asia-Pacific, Signaling Fresh Growth and Opportunity in Regional Finance.
JPMorgan is accelerating its corporate banking hiring across Asia Pacific, aiming to grow headcount by 20% next year after already doubling its 2025 staffing target.
The expansion is driven by rising demand from Asian companies going global, digital innovation, and intra-Asia trade. Executives see the current industry slowdown as an opportunity to strengthen the bank’s footprint, with China business growing 25% year-on-year despite broader economic headwinds.
Source: Reuters
JPMorgan’s expansion in Asia-Pacific shows that growth-oriented organizations are actively hiring, creating openings for those ready to pivot into emerging or global-facing roles. However, while companies like JPMorgan are expanding, others, such as Australia’s ANZ Bank, are taking a different approach. For more on this contrast and the unpredictability of the job market, see the article two sections below.
Singtel Accelerates Workforce Transformation: Redesigning Teams for a Future-Ready Workforce
Singtel has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore (UTES), reinforcing its commitment to workforce transformation and AI readiness.
The initiative, launched during the month-long BIG Learning Fiesta, focuses on upskilling employees in AI, emerging technologies, sustainability, and power skills. To date, 95% of Singapore-based staff have completed foundational AI training, with targeted pathways for AI practitioners and specialists.
By putting skills first and leveraging technology as a co-pilot, Singtel aims to prepare its workforce for future roles, drive business growth, and empower employees to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Source: Singtel
Work design and adaptability matter: For managers, this means developing skills in team structuring, change management, and coaching employees to thrive in AI-augmented roles.
WSJ: Australia’s ANZ Bank to cut 3,500 jobs in $560M restructure
ANZ Bank is set to cut about 8% of its workforce plus 1,000 contractor roles in a $560 million restructuring under new CEO Nuno Matos.
The moves aim to streamline operations, reduce duplication, and shift toward a more performance-driven culture, while keeping most customer-facing roles intact. The bank plans to release a strategic review in October.
Critics, including the Finance Sector Union, have raised concerns about how remaining workloads will be handled, but ANZ says the changes are essential to safeguard future growth.
Source: Reuters
Restructuring is a reality: Mid-career professionals need to be prepared for career flexibility, while managers need to balance performance demands with employee well-being.
Mercer Global Talent Trends: AI’s Role in Human Productivity
Mercer’s study, drawing on insights from a Pulse survey of 1,800 HR leaders across 24 key markets and 17 industries, reveals that human-centric productivity is the 2025 battleground.
Companies are rethinking the balance between AI and human capability, with work design and upskilling emerging as the real productivity drivers; not just technology alone. Yet only 17% of HR leaders say their organizations are leading in human-centric productivity, while most are still in early stages.
Generative AI is boosting efficiency and innovation, but workers also feel more replaceable, with heavy workloads and poor work design draining energy.
The big challenge ahead: Making productivity gains sustainable while keeping people at the heart of the equation.
Mercer cited “Employee up/reskilling” as the number 1 (51%) biggest boost in productivity in organizations according to C-suites.
Mercer also discussed how Generative AI (GenAI) is expected to transform jobs and tasks between today and around 2027.
Key Takeaways
1. AI’s Huge Impact on Jobs
80% of today’s jobs are likely to be affected by GenAI.
19% of jobs will see at least half of their tasks affected.
The key message: Even if jobs don’t disappear, their core tasks will change significantly.
2. Projected Shift in Task Composition from Today to 2027
Today:
Jobs consist of a mix of Transactional (routine, repetitive, rules-based tasks), Relational (human interaction, collaboration, people management), and Expertise tasks (specialized knowledge, problem-solving, creativity).
By 2027:
Transactional tasks will shrink significantly as they are substituted by RPA (Robotic Process Automation) + AI.
Relational tasks will remain but become increasingly augmented by AI (e.g., AI assisting in communication, client engagement, HR, etc.).
Expertise tasks will stay largely human-driven but also augmented by AI for analysis, research, and insights.
3. AI’s Impact on Productivity
This shift could bring an incremental productivity gain of 10–30%.
Core takeaway: Generative AI isn’t just replacing jobs; it is restructuring them.
Transactional tasks → Automated
Relational and expertise tasks → Augmented
Human work → Re-centered on judgment, creativity, leadership, and empathy
So, the future of work is not “AI or humans” but rather “AI and humans” working together, with people focusing on tasks that require human judgment and AI handling the rest.
Source: Mercer
Access the full report for free HERE:
How This Applies to You - Human-centric productivity is key: Professionals who can blend technical know-how with leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving will be best positioned to take advantage of these shifts.
How These Trends will Affect Your Future: Upskilling is Non-Negotiable
Roles that combine human judgment with digital and AI skills are increasingly valuable. Mid-career professionals should focus on building AI literacy, data analytics, and domain-specific expertise to remain competitive.
If you are…
Thinking of Switching Your Career, or Currently Looking to Upskill…
This might be you.
Here’s the part we talked about earlier:
Introducing Amplified Human’s Upskilling AI Agent: It helps Mid Career Professionals like you reskill ahead of restructures and lead new value creation.
What is the Upskilling Agent?
It is an AI agent on our Amplified Human platform that takes the role you want to be promoted to, then it scours the internet, collects relevant information, and reports back to you with a personalized analysis showing exactly how to get there. It tells you which skills to build, how to learn them, and how to prove progress, all in one prompt.
Why is our Upskilling Agent better than what other companies are doing?
It connects three things that are often siloed: Skills development, Career paths, and Market demand. Organizations now can close capability gaps faster, support internal mobility, and track ROI with real metrics (e.g., sprint completion, certification attainment, and skill-gap closure).
Here’s How To Try it For Yourself:
Go to amplifiedhuman.biz → Upskilling Intake Specialist → Start Chat
Epic Prompt Card | Mid-Career Growth Radar
The function of the prompt block is to leverage AI to provide actionable career guidance for mid-career professionals.
You can expect to receive 3 things:
First, a 90-Day Reskilling Path containing essential skills to acquire, matched to your personal job goal.
Second, a list of in-demand cross-functional projects: Types of real, high-impact projects or initiatives currently prioritized by organizations facing transformation.
And last, measurable outcomes to for your own progress tracking e.g., upskill completion rate, project delivery, KPI.
Prompt Block (Copy & Paste the below into Amplified Human or any other LLMs):
Your Role:
Amplified Mid-Career Reskill & Lead Agent.
Your Objective:
Guide mid career professionals to proactively build future-ready, relevant skills and lead change in times of restructure.
Inputs:
CURRENT_ROLE [Add in your current role information],
DESIRED_LEADERSHIP_GOAL [Add in your current career goal information],
REGION [Add in your current region].
Output format:
Checklist—skills, milestones, project targets, strictly based on verified news/market trends.
90-Day Reskilling Path: Essential skills or certifications to acquire.
In-Demand Cross-Functional Projects: Types of real, high-impact projects or initiatives currently prioritized by organizations facing transformation.
Measurable Outcomes & Milestones: Specific, quantifiable results or milestones aligned with reskilling and leadership growth (e.g., upskill completion rate, project delivery, team KPI improvements).
How to Build a 30-Day Team Cost-Saver Challenge Multi-Agent Workplace in Amplified Human (Non-Technical Guide)
What You’re Building:
A workflow that links multiple AI agents together to empower mid-career team leads and managers to identify, launch, and deliver measurable cost-saving initiatives within their teams in just 30 days, showing strategic impact and resilience during market volatility.
This section gives you a general guide to follow when setting up your multi agent workflow. The general flow and the function of each agent is listed below.
The Agent Blueprint:
Agent 1: Data Collector
Gathers your team’s spend data, project list, and workflow/process bottlenecks.
Agent 2: AI Cost-Saver Generator
Recommends the top 3 quick-win projects to reduce costs or improve efficiency.
Agent 3: Budget Guard
Checks all recommendations for compliance, risk, and company policy.
Triggers a review node automatically if the risk is higher than “Medium Risk”.
Agent 4: Output Tracking Dashboard
Monitors savings and visualizes progress against KPIs.
Agent 5: Action Monitor
Logs execution and for managers to check if targets are missed.
KPI: Team Cost Savings | Baseline: $0 | Target: $1,000+/quarter
Build This Workflow In:
amplifiedhuman.ai → AI Agents (Build Multi-Agents) → Workflow → “Create Workflow”
*The above is a high level overview. Our team can help provide detailed recommendations for agent instruction design, knowledge base, and dashboard output.
*This site is only available to the Amplified Community. Register a free account on the App!
AH Team Spotlight: Our AI Intern's Journey - 2 Months in 15 Minutes
A huge thank you to Chan Jin Kai (aka JK) for his incredible work over the past two months!
From Day 1, you jumped in with energy and curiosity, making a significant contribution to our AI agent development. Your hard work and dedication has truly made a difference, and we’re grateful for the impact you’ve had.
Follow JK’s intern journey and everything he’s accomplished at Amplified Human within the past 2 months!
TLDR: He’s created TEN useful workflows using 50+ unique agents that we’ll you can discover on our YouTube Channel!
An Intern’s Journey in an AI Native Startup: 2 Months in 15 Minutes
Here are some words from Llewellan Vance, our Strategic Director, who worked closely with JK during his time with Amplified Human.
From the Amplified Human team: Wishing you all the best on your journey ahead, we look forward to your continued success!
#Startup #Internship #FunTimes #LearningExperience #FirstJob
"When JK joined us, he had not build an agent or a workflow, and within 1 week, we started developing our first productized solutions together and not before long, JK was surpassing my own capabilities with some of the features in our operating system. This is a testament to the no code platform capability we have created and more importantly the potential that anyone has to build out AI solutions with Amplified Human. I'm extremely proud of JK and look forward to be hiring him full time when he comes out of university, assuming someone else has not snatched him up with his newfound skills."
Start Your Engine Before It’s Too Late.
From JPMorgan’s expansion to ANZ’s restructuring, from Singtel’s workforce redesign to Mercer’s global talent trends, this week’s stories show one thing.
The future of work rewards those who are ready to adapt.
AI is rewriting jobs as you’re reading this, but it’s your ability to reskill, redesign, and lead with human judgment that puts you ahead of others in the same playing field.
With Amplified Human, you don’t just read about transformation, you get to practice it.
Try the Upskilling Agent to map your 90-day reskill path.
Build a cost-saving AI workflow with your team in 30 days.
Join our community and see how peers are navigating change.
The market is moving faster than ever. Don’t just keep up.
It’s Your Turn to Act.
Get Started with Amplified Human | Download the app: [iOS] [Android]
Yours in momentum,
The Amplified Human Team
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