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Skill and expertise management in 2018
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How will the future of work impact skills and skill management?
There will be many futures of work. Which do you want to live in? Which are you preparing for? In a collaborative creative future, we need to manage our skills.
How our skills support and shape our career
Sketching a mindmap of your goals can help you understand the skills you need to develop. Sharing these with your colleagues will encourage collaboration.
Surveys are not a real measure of employee engagement
Measuring employee engagement will not lead to long-term improvements. Employee engagement is hard because it requires two-way communication and commitment.
"The thought is sculpture." ~ Joseph Beuys
The stand-alone skills are just building blocks that only came to life when connected to a network.
"Design is not about aesthetics and being cool. It is about the real life – improving real life." ~ Hartmut Esslinger
Hartmut Esslinger said that "form follows emotions". How do you design a product that connects with your emotions?
Skills for the development of the connected car
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.
Waymarking - skills chart a course to your future
Many of our memories lie below the surface with only a few poking above. Our conscious memories are connected beneath the surface. The same is true of skills.
What does the hiQ Labs vs. LinkedIn Judgement Mean for HR Data?
The hiQ Labs vs. LinkedIn case has important implications for how personal data is owned and what can be done with it. HR and talent leaders should follow this.
The Skill Graph is like a neural network - it captures memories and guides potential
The Skill Graph is like a neural network, connecting the memory of your skills, how you have used them and who you have used them with to your future.
Even if you have the skills, can you connect them?
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.
Time for a new approach to employee engagement
Employee engagement is about helping people to realize their potential. Surveys and rewards are window dressing. They do not get to what is essential.
The unfiltered experience - how our skills connect us
TeamFit helps us remember our skills, how they have developed and how we use them. In doing this it helps us connect people with complementary skills.
Getting ready for 2018 - make skills part of your strategic planning
Capabilities are a key part of Cascading Choices. For professional services, skills are the key. Skill management should be central to strategic planning.
Do more with less - find the right skills to engage
Our smart phones and the apps we have on them have become our personas. Any modern approach to engagement must acknowledge this.
Skills in the LinkedIn Professional Pricing Society Group
A TeamFit analysis of skills in the LinkedIn Professional Pricing Society Group. A random sample of 400 people found 1,935 skills. AI & Design skills were weak.
Collaboration - the doorway into the world of skills
The ability to collaborate is a perfect entry point into the world of skills. There are many important associated skills like empathy and communication.
What are the real drivers of employee engagement?
Employee engagement was a hot topic at HR Tech 2017 in Las Vegas. What are the real enablers of engagement? Do current applications & platforms support these?
Innovation depends on building bridges - How do Francis Bacon, Google Jobs and the Palace on the Water get connected
TeamFit builds bridges between people, teams, business units & companies. Bridges based on skills and competencies. It is these bridges that power innovation.
The ROI on Skill and Expertise Management Part 3: Engagement & Retention
Part 3 of a series on the ROI skill & expertise management. Greater employee engagement and better learning and skill development lead to higher retention.