From Skills To Capabilities: Rethinking Upskilling For A Future-Ready Workforce

The days of ladder-like careers and one-dimensional roles are fading fast. Emerging technologies, shifting workforce demographics, and evolving socioeconomic trends are accelerating the demand for new skills at every level of the organization.

But in a world where change is constant and disruption is inevitable, cultivating a skilled workforce is no longer enough. Organizations must combine cognitive and empathic skills with contextualized knowledge and practical wisdom in order to prepare employees to confront a volatile, uncertain, and complex world with confidence, better positioning their organizations to face the future, however ambiguous it may be.

In this article penned by NovoEd Chief Learning Strategist Todd Moran, he makes an argument for why building human-centric capabilities — not just skills — is key to workforce resilience in a post-linear career world.

Read Todd’s article in HR.com here.