The great AI shift in the knowledge economy – Abu Bakkar, HLB International

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Abu Bakkar, chief innovation officer at HLB International, discusses how artificial intelligence is transforming the priorities of the professional services sector, the challenges this presents to the next generation of consultancy recruits and why upskilling has become mandatory.

HLB International is a global network of advisory and accounting firms. In the worldwide top ten of advisory organisations, HLB spans across more than 150 countries encompasses the work of around 60,000 individuals.

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0:00.0	Definitely, AI is impacting our industry, it's transforming everything.
0:09.0	So it's up to really us now on how we upskill ourselves to augment with AI.
0:15.0	And rather than be scared of it, we need to augment ourselves to use AI, whether it's personally,
0:19.0	whether it's professionally.
0:23.6	Yeah, it was a great quote.
0:24.6	You'd mentioned that this would be the last generation of CEOs
0:27.6	that would be working with only a human workforce.
0:30.6	So as the future goes, there will be a hybrid between human and technology bots.
0:39.3	We've had a lot of firms take up vibe coding,
0:42.3	so looking at an idea, how they can conceptualize that idea into a solution,
0:47.3	and vibe coding is really, really good at that,
0:50.3	although maybe not a full-stack development yet,
0:52.3	but it's very good at and giving you a front-end view of things.
0:58.3	From the first-time founders to the funds that back them, innovation needs different.
1:03.8	Our episode partner, HSBC Innovation Banking, is proud to accelerate growth for tech and life science
1:10.3	businesses, creating meaningful
1:12.2	connections and opening up a world of opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors alike.
1:18.0	Discover more at www.h.hsbc InnovationBanking.com slash EN dashGB.
1:29.4	Hello and welcome to the UKTM podcast, a weekly chat with the movers and shakers of the UK
1:35.1	tech industry and the destination for all things UK tech related. I'm your host, Jane
1:40.1	Wakefield, and today I'm joined by Abu Bakar, Chief Information Officer at HLB International,
1:46.8	a global network of independent advisory and accounting firms. Welcome, Abu.
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