Skills Strategy That Works: Don’t Buy the Tech First

Most organizations exploring skills strategies remain “skills curious” to skills ready, and struggle with where to start. In this episode of Being Intrepid, Sam Herring sits down with Craig Friedman, Talent and Skills Transformation Leader at St. Charles Consulting Group, and author of Enterprise Skills Unlocked to demystify skills-based talent strategies and what they mean for learning leaders. Craig explains why a skills-based strategy is fundamentally a data transformation, and how it can unlock diverse enterprise value such as career mobility, opportunity marketplaces, and personalized learning pathways. He also flags the biggest trap he sees: buying technology before defining the business strategy. Tune in for a practical roadmap for leaders ready to move from interest to execution. Key topics: What a “skills-based strategy” really means in practice Learning pathways, gigs, and staffing tied to skills Common implementation traps and how to avoid them AI’s role in making skills data usable at scale Getting started with a business-driven roadmap Connect with CraigOrder Craig’s book: Enterprise Skills Unlocked: A Blueprint for Building Skills-based Talent Management Connect with Sam