Brian Conlin has been an important advisor to Ibbaka Talent. As the former CEO of Golder Associates and a CEO coach himself he brings deep insight into the skills needed for success at employee owned enterprises.

Thealzel Lee is a connector, not just in the Vancouver innovation ecosystem, but between the fo-profit and non-profit sectors. She brings a richly diverse life experience to her work in innovation. One of her key insights is how silos are coming together in many ways to drive positive change.

Pieter Dorsman is a catalyst for the innovation economy in British Columbia. Over the past two decades he has made a major contribution to making innovation part of Vancouver’s culture. In this interview he talks about the importance of building a board for early and growth stage companies that acts like a team.

Jennifer Rogers is one of the leading practitioners of skill and competency management, having led roll outs for major companies in the energy and resource sector and having worked as a learning and development consultant. We interviewed her to get her view on the state of the art and the impact that skill and competency management can have on the organizations and individuals.

We sat down with Claude Werder, Principal HCM Analyst at Brandon Hall Group on developing potential and how it is a powerful driver of talent retention and growth. In order to make the right talent investments, there are key questions to answer. What skills are available in my organization? How are these applied? Will we have the skills to meet tomorrow’s goals? Where is the potential?

Competency models are a powerful way to organize work, enable internal mobility and align potential with performance. How do you build a competency model?