SKILLS /by TechWolf: an industry defining event revisited

What happens when 25 HR directors gather at an idyllic vineyard to discuss the skills-based organisation and the future of work?

TechWolf had the pleasure to host a remarkable evening with CHROs of leading companies.

Topics
Traditional talent management, as we have known it since the 1990s - standardised, process-driven, centralised and in silos - is obsolete and the whole function is undergoing a transformation in agile and future-proof organisations.

As work is becoming more complex and disruption is everywhere, companies place more value on insights into the talent they have as an organisation.

The gamechanger
Over the last couple of years, technology has improved so much that it is now possible to look at workforces in high resolution. AI, and Natural Language Processing in particular, brings the skills-based organisation within reach.

Quotes from the evening
“Technology is powerful, but not by itself. It is part of ‘the four leaf clover of HR’, consisting of the employee, the people manager, HR and technology”
- Jelle Jacquet, Deputy Chief People Officer at Orange.

“In recruitment, learning, future-proofing and talent development, skills have become very important. Skills are the Holy Grail of what we’re looking for to find those building block that makes the difference”
- Gunther Koch, CHRO at Agfa-Gevaert.