23/09/2026
During the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week, Amit Gupta, Ecosystm CEO & Founder, joined JA Asia Pacific and the JA Worldwide to launch our impact report, ‘The Workforce Blueprint for AI’. It was a privilege to bring this work to a global discussion on how AI is reshaping work, skills, and opportunity.
The launch was followed by a discussion bringing together employers, educators, philanthropy, and young people. 5 takeaways stood out:
➤ There will be no single AI transition. Countries, regions, industries, organisations, and communities will move at different speeds.
➤ More AI means more need for human judgement. Decision-making, problem-solving, context, accountability, and collaboration become more important as AI takes on more tasks.
➤ The entry-level career ladder is changing. If AI removes some routine work, employers need new ways for young people to build experience and judgement.
➤ AI readiness will determine who benefits. Skills, infrastructure, education, and practical access will shape how widely the gains from AI are realised.
➤ Young people need to shape the response. They are already using AI to learn, create, and build, and should have a role in how it is developed and used.
Ecosystm’s three-horizon framework maps how AI will change work: from tasks, to workflows, to connected systems. According to Amit, “As it becomes difficult to train for specific jobs and technologies, organisations and educational systems need practical frameworks that help them build capabilities that remain valuable as work evolves.”
Thank you to all who contributed to the discussion in New York: Dr Vivek Kumar, Amanda Hilligas, Arvind Rajagopalan, Maxwell Tawiah, and Howard Leong.
Thank you to Ecosystm authors Sash Mukherjee, Louise Francis, and Darian Bird for helping start a critical conversation for Asia Pacific’s policymakers, education systems, organisations, and young people.
📄 Access the report: https://www.jaasiapacific.org/post/ai-workforce-blueprint
