The European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp) is gaining significant traction in Europe where it is being used to structure large scale training programs and to guide workforce development. We spoke with Margherita Bacigalupo about the approach she took to the design and development of this model and how her skill in UI and UX design helped her in this work.

Ibbaka is conducting design research into the design of competency models or frameworks. In this post we summarize the approach of Jeff Griffiths. Jeff began his career in the military. He has thought deeply about how transversal (general) and vertical skills combine to create frameworks.

The second post summarizing a series of interviews Ibbaka has conducted with experiences competency model designers. This one is the the person leading the skill curation team at a major technology company. She applied design thinking to organizing the skill curation process, and found two quite different approaches in her organization: The Chunkers and the Slicers and Dicers!

Ibbaka is conducting design research into the design of competency models or frameworks. This is the first of a series of posts that summarize our interviews with leading practitioners. Learn about the diversity of approaches people are taking to competency model design. Competency models connect organizational goals to individual skills.

Skill and competency models are designed. As with anything that is designed, there are different ways to approach this. Ibbaka is committed to supporting the diversity of approaches to designing and applying skill and competency models.

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