“The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.”
– Robert Greene, Author
Skills are essential to the long-term success of every organization.
We help overcome your skills challenges, and build an agile skills ecosystem to upskill, reskill, and rightskill your workforce at scale.
What is a Skill?
A skill is a unit of proficiency that requires learning, effort, and deliberate practice. A skill is:
Observable
Measurable
Transferable
Skills
Skills are key building blocks for:
Competencies + Capabilities
Why Skills?
Humans are motivated by purposeful learning. If they feel they are developing skills to perform better in their jobs, aligned to organization goals, they are more engaged, motivated and productive.
Skills are a force multiplier for productivity and business results.
Typical Skills Challenges
Industry Trends and Best Practices
From | To |
|---|---|
Skill Planning | Skills Mindset |
Recognize and Reward Performance and Contribution | Recognize and Reward Performance, Contribution and Growth |
Static, manual skill library | Dynamic, AI-powered skill architecture |
Manual skill profiles based on self and manager ratings | Dynamic skill profiles based on ratings, internal and external HR, engagement, learning, collaboration and performance data |
Self-directed, continuous learning | Learners connected to others, guided to continuous skill growth opportunities, and exposed to organizational skill priorities |
React to needs for “hot skills” and “skill of the month” | Focused, sustained investment in durable, evergreen skills; Targeted focus and investment in more dynamic, emerging skills |
RCG Skills-based Organization Capability Model
Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Game
Applications of AI can do 4 things:
Analyzes data, identifies trends and correlations.
- Real-world example: Google Maps predicted travel time.
- Skills example: Analyze skill gaps. Predict future skill gaps. Dynamic skills/competency framework
Assists you with tasks.
- Real-world example: Alexa, Smart Traffic lights.
- Skills example: Candidate
ranking. Skill priority ranking.
Adapts and personalizes your experience.
- Real-world example: Google Maps route highlights, Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn.
- Skills example: Adaptive Learning. Opportunity matching.
AI can automate tasks.
- Real-world example: Gmail spam filter. Driverless cars.
- Skills: Automated skill model update, job posting.
Modern Skills Ecosystem
The skills engine uses AI and data from internal and external data sources to analyze and enable individual and enterprise skill development.
Partner-Powered Solutions
Talent Intelligence - Powered by Eightfold.ai
Talent Intelligence – Introduction
An overview of how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming talent experience and skills strategy.
Upskilling and Reskilling
How AI can enable agile upskilling and reskilling in response to changes in talent and business strategy.
The Capability Matrix
How deep-learning AI helps companies hire, promote and enable internal mobility based on what people can do next, instead of only what they’ve done in the past.
Learning and Career Mobility - Powered by Degreed
Degreed Career Mobility
How to enable internal mobility and career progression with skill data.
Knowledge Economy
How Degreed supports individuals and organizations to close skill gaps.
Degreed Skills-Oriented Demo
Demonstration of the Degreed platform and how it supports skills strategy.
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