Ibbaka periodically conducts surveys on critical skills. Our most recent survey was in January 2022. In this post we share some preliminary results and note what others are finding in related work. The full report will come in mid February.

What critical skills will matter most in 2022? What skills do you want to develop? What skills does your organization need? This survey asks about critical skills and puts them in the context of the business and thinking frameworks we will be using and major technology trends. The results will be published in late January.

Brandon Hall Group, a leading research firm in the talent and learning space, is currently conducting an important survey on How Do You Build Teams for the Future of Work? We plan to tag teams on our platform with different types of teams and see if there are any differences in skill patterns. What questions about skills and teams would you like to pose and see answered?

The debate on nature vs. nurture goes back many centuries. We know both talent (nature) and organizational culture (nurture) come together to driver performance. Talent management is responsible for bringing these together. Ibbaka is conducting a short survey to understand how talent management is evolving as the economy moves towards a post Covid 19 ‘new normal.’

Assessments are an important part of work in skill and competencies. It is human nature to want to know how we are doing and to compare ourselves with others. Ibbaka has been doing research in this area and has just published a report of our findings.

There are many reasons to assess skills. With those many reasons come a wonderful variety of different approaches. Ibbaka has opened a short survey to explore how and why levels of expertise get assessed and what is done with these assessments. Please share your insights.