Many organizations are “skills curious,” but few feel confident about how to execute an impactful skills strategy. In this episode of Being Intrepid, Sam Herring talks with Craig Friedman, Talent and Skills Transformation Leader at St. Charles Consulting Group and author of Enterprise Skills Unlocked. They discuss what skills-based talent strategies actually are and how learning leaders can use them to drive targeted, effective development.
Craig breaks down why a skills-based strategy is fundamentally a data transformation, how it supports career mobility and just-in-time onboarding, and how to avoid the most common trap: buying technology before setting a business strategy. You’ll also learn how AI is reshaping the skills landscape and why it may accelerate organizations from skills curious to skill optimizers in the next few years.
Key topics:
- Skills-based talent as a data-driven HR transformation
- Skills strategies for opportunity marketplaces, personalized learning pathways and staffing
- Avoiding “technology first” implementation mistakes
- How genAI is accelerating the value capture of skill strategies
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Order Craig’s book: Enterprise Skills Unlocked: A Blueprint for Building Skills-based Talent Management
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