Chris Yea

(he/him)

Chris Yea

INSHUR

Head of Talent Acquisition

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Chris Yea is Head of Talent Acquisition at INSHUR, the on-demand insurance innovator, where he leads talent strategy across a fast-moving insurtech environment. He has built and led talent acquisition teams across Europe, the Middle East, South Africa and the US, with experience scaling startups and scaleups from early-stage teams through to hundreds of employees. His background spans workforce planning, leadership hiring, talent operations, employer brand, DE&I hiring and candidate experience. Chris also builds AI-powered tools for talent teams, including tools for role identification, headcount planning, candidate profiling, compensation benchmarking and market insight. At EVOLVE [26], he brings a practical talent and workforce lens to the future-skills conversation, looking at what employers really need, how hiring is changing, and how people can continue to create value as AI becomes more embedded in work.

Sessions

David Daiches

Stephanie Antonian

Mark Monahan

Chris Yea

Andy Budd

13:00

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13:40

Panel

Collaborators Stage

Future Skills After AI: Work, Purpose and What People Need Next

AI is changing the skills people need, the way teams operate and the routes young people take into work. But behind the technology sits a more human question: how do people find confidence, purpose and value in a world where the shape of work keeps changing? This panel explores future skills through that lens. Rather than focusing only on technical capability, it will look at the human skills that become more important as AI becomes more embedded: judgement, adaptability, communication, creativity, curiosity and the ability to keep learning. It will also ask how people move from uncertainty or fear towards a more grounded relationship with AI, one where the technology becomes something they can work with, not something that defines them. Bringing together perspectives from industry, education and future-of-work thinking, the discussion will explore what employers are starting to need, how education can prepare young people for work that is still evolving, and what individuals should hold onto as the tools around them change. This is a practical conversation about skills, but also a deeper one about life after AI: what changes, what stays human, and how people can shape their place in the future of work.

David Daiches

Stephanie Antonian

Mark Monahan

Chris Yea

Andy Budd

13:00

-

13:40

Panel

Collaborators Stage

Future Skills After AI: Work, Purpose and What People Need Next

AI is changing the skills people need, the way teams operate and the routes young people take into work. But behind the technology sits a more human question: how do people find confidence, purpose and value in a world where the shape of work keeps changing? This panel explores future skills through that lens. Rather than focusing only on technical capability, it will look at the human skills that become more important as AI becomes more embedded: judgement, adaptability, communication, creativity, curiosity and the ability to keep learning. It will also ask how people move from uncertainty or fear towards a more grounded relationship with AI, one where the technology becomes something they can work with, not something that defines them. Bringing together perspectives from industry, education and future-of-work thinking, the discussion will explore what employers are starting to need, how education can prepare young people for work that is still evolving, and what individuals should hold onto as the tools around them change. This is a practical conversation about skills, but also a deeper one about life after AI: what changes, what stays human, and how people can shape their place in the future of work.