Simon Gillin

Simon Gillin is Director, Talent & Workforce Strategy at MinterEllison, with deep experience in Strategic Workforce Planning and designing organisations for the future. He has worked across industries to help leaders understand how technology, including AI, is changing work, the skills organisations need, and how roles and workforce models need to evolve. Simon is particularly interested in moving the AI conversation beyond technology to the practical questions of how work changes, what people will do differently, and how organisations can prepare their workforce for what comes next.

I approach AI from a workforce and work design perspective. My background in Strategic Workforce Planning has involved helping organisations look several years ahead and understand how changes in technology affect the work people do and the capabilities and skills they will need. This includes considering the impact of AI on future workforce needs. I see AI as an opportunity to redesign work, not just automate it. That means getting practical about which tasks change, how jobs evolve, where human judgement adds the most value, and how organisations prepare people for new ways of working.