This episode was supposed to be about upskilling and reskilling exclusively... but we quickly shifted to skills-based organizations because that is where upskilling and reskilling start. 🤔

You have to know what skills you are trying to build!

I had THE best person for this discussion IMO. My guest was Lori Niles-Hofman. Lori hosts an upskilling course on LinkedIn Learning. She describes herself as an EdTech and AI Transformation Strategist. She is an author having written The Eight Levers of EdTech Transformation which will be published this spring. She has also been an L&D leader for big organizations. Her command of the big picture and the details was impressive.

And this discussion was full of new ways of thinking:

A skills based organization moves away from discussions about job titles to discussions around particular skills.

Upskilling and reskilling become a lot easier when we focus on individual skills as opposed to a large set of skills as is common to an L&D program.

Her clients focus on a limited number of skills as they move towards a skills-based organization

You might start with ONE skill.

Her insight was so precise and experienced - it was amazing. And it was different - Lori is not afraid to consider new ways of doing things!

This episode was also sponsored by iSpring L&D software. I did a demo of this software which is remarkably easy to use because it's embedded into PowerPoint. And most of us know how to use PowerPoint. Check out the demo or check out iSpring if you are in the market for an e-learning platform. I've pasted discount codes below for 10% off until December 31, 2025

0:00 Intro
1:54 Upskilling/reskilling - Don't we do this?
3:53 The role of job descriptions
5:30 Skills-based organization
7:54 A renewed focus on L&D
9:46 An example
12:13 Compensation for skills
13:23 Which skills?
15:47 Soft skills?
16:33 Making it happen
19:20 Changing the focus of L&D
20:52 What about employee interests?
22:49 Implementation
24:26 Degree-type skills
25:42 Learn more

Check out the sponsor for this episode! iSpring Solutions!
www.ispringsolutions.com/

They have offered discount codes (good until the end of 2025) as follows:
'ANDREA-SUITE' - For purchasing iSpring Suite with a 10% discount.
'ANDREA -SUITE-MAX' - For purchasing iSpring Suite Max with a 10% discount.

I also had fun demo''ing their product:    • iSpring Learning & Development Software DEMO  

Find Lori at any one of the following places:
www.linkedin.com/in/lorinileshofmann/
www.linkedin.com/learning/upskilling-and-reskillin…
www.theeightlevers.com/
www.loriniles.com/

You can find me at
thehrhub.ca/