Skills Based Organization - Easier Upskilling & Reskilling

This episode was supposed to be about upskilling and reskilling exclusively... but we quickly talked about the skills-based organization because that is where upskilling and reskilling start.

You have to know what skills you are trying to build!

I had THE best person for this discussion IMO. My guest was Lori Niles-Hofman. Lori hosts an upskilling course on LinkedIn Learning. She describes herself as an EdTech and AI Transformation Strategist. She is an author having written The Eight Levers of EdTech Transformation which will be published this spring. She has also been an L&D leader for big organizations. Her command of the big picture and the details was impressive.

This discussion was full of new ways of thinking:

- A skills based organization moves away from discussions about job titles to discussions around particular skills.

- People might be paid based on skills rather than job title.

- Upskilling and reskilling become a lot easier when we focus on individual skills as opposed to a large set of skills as is common on an L&D program

- Her clients focus on a limited number of skills as they move towards a skills-based organization

- You might start with ONE skill.

Her insight was so precise - it was amazing. And it was different, Lori is not afraid to consider new ways of doing things!

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