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Did you know that the way most organizations think about skills is likely outdated? This means many organizations may be using incomplete or inaccurate methods to make strategic people-related decisions. Too often, people treat skills as a fixed attribute rather than an evolving, expanding aggregate of capabilities.
In this episode, I speak about this with Koreen Pagano, Co-Founder of Rising Tide Cooperative, is a globally recognized executive with deep expertise in skills strategy, AI transformation, analytics, learning technology, and immersive experiences. Koreen has held product leadership roles at Lynda.com, LinkedIn, D2L, Degreed, and Wiley. In her current role at Rising Tide Cooperative, she serves as an advisor, consultant, and executive coach to a range of companies, supporting their transformation initiatives. Koreen is a seasoned international speaker and author of two books: Building the Skills-Based Organization and Immersive Learning.
WE DISCUSS:
- Motivations for writing her new book
- Defining a skills-based organization
- Benefits of becoming skills-based
- Types of organizations that can benefit
- How an L&D team evolves in a skills-focused organization
- The three Vs of skill data: validity, volume, and variety
- How to determine proficiency levels
- How to move toward becoming a skills-based organization
- Recommendations for identifying skills and subskills
- Types of skills data to capture
- Why measuring an aggregate of skills is better than measuring individual skills
TIME: 39 minutes
TRANSCRIPT: ELC089: Building The Skills-Based Organization Transcript
RESOURCES:
- Building the Skills-Based Organization by Koreen Pagano
- Connect with Koreen on LinkedIn
- Rising Tide Cooperative

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