Becoming skills-powered: A blueprint for future-ready organisations

Organisations everywhere are rethinking how work gets done. Traditional job-based structures are struggling to keep pace with rapid change, emerging technologies and evolving workforce expectations.

In a skills-based organisation, work is assigned based on what employees can do, not what their job title says – creating new possibilities for people and performance.

Our recent research, composed of a mix of workshops and quantitative data, showed many are optimistic about the possibilities skills approaches offer, including:

of respondents believing most organisations will become skills-based

Done right, skills approaches can deliver bottom-line value for businesses, whilst improving employee experience and engagement.

Our research found that the biggest barrier, however, was not knowing where to start andpoor data quality.

Our mission is to share practical guidelines for targeted skills approaches, showing not only where to focus but how to measure results.

You’ll learn:

• The key foundations you need: cutting through the noise so you can start simple and avoid common pitfalls
• The business and human case for skills first approaches: aligning with wider business strategy to drive value
• How to design your skills strategy and roadmap: Including a downloadable toolkit and value case guidance
• Embedding skills thinking across the employee lifecycle: focusing on what will push the needle toward your goals
• Redesigning work around skills and AI: rethinking roles, tasks and workflows
• Behavioural shifts and adoption: practical advice for supporting employees, leaders and the people function
• Lessons from practitioners: Insights pulled from our research and embedded podcasts and video interviews