The Pink-Collar AI Crisis: IBM's CTO Warns Women "Use AI Now or Get Leapfrogged"

<p>Pink-collar jobs, admin, customer service, reception, teaching, and nursing are overwhelmingly held by women. They're also the roles most exposed to AI disruption right now. And the data shows women are using AI less than men. </p><p></p><p>That's the leapfrog risk. And IBM's Chief Technology Officer for Australia and New Zealand wants every woman listening to understand it before the gap gets bigger. </p><p></p><p>In this episode of AI Ready Women, Georgie Hubbard and Lou Compagnoni sit down with Angelica Veness, the CTO who openly says she can't code, and built her career through human-centred design instead. Angelica breaks down what's actually happening in the AI economy, where women are getting locked out, and the exact steps to move from AI-cautious to AI-curious to AI-queen… starting this week.</p><p>____________</p><p>📚 The Bold Move: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.theboldmovebook.com" target="_blank">https://www.theboldmovebook.com</a></p><p>____________</p><p>Connect with Georgie:</p><p>🔵 LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/</a></p><p>🟪 Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard</a></p><p>♦️Website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.georgiehubbard.com" target="_blank">https://www.georgiehubbard.com</a></p><p>____________</p><p>Connect with Lou Compagnone:</p><p>🔵 LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/</a></p><p>____________</p><p>Connect with Angelica Vaness:</p><p>🔵 LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelica-veness-9866519/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelica-veness-9866519/</a></p><p>🟣 Free AI Learning: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://skillsbuild.org" target="_blank">https://skillsbuild.org</a></p><p>____________</p><p>CHAPTERS </p><p>[00:00] Open</p><p>[01:50] From gym sales to IBM CTO: Angelica's non-linear path </p><p>[06:00] Why design thinking is the AI superpower </p><p>[09:30] The obligation to use AI, not just design it — and why LLMs are learning male questions </p><p>[12:30] SIGNAL 1: Dr Tara Behan's warning — concentrating pain into the human part of the sys