Alexis Katigbak is a Senior Product Manager at TeamFit. See her Skill Profile. “The basic idea of deconstructing work has the potential to change everything HR.

When running analytics on skills, one of the biggest challenges is accessing the data. Let's explore why a system of record for skills and capabilities makes sense, where data exists, where it's needed and what talent management systems are enriched by it.

Put skills at the centre of talent management. Pay attention to internal mobility. Think in terms of shared data ownership. Use multiple competency models.

The stand-alone skills are just building blocks that only came to life when connected to a network.

The skill profile of people in the LinkedIn Connected Car Group was surveyed to see what skills will be needed for the development of the connected car.

What makes each of us unique is not so much a list of skills but the patterns we use to connect them: skill to skill, skill to project, person to person.