Talent Transformation - A Conversation with Eric Shepherd, Martin Belton and Steven Forth

Steven Forth is co-founder and managing partner at Ibbaka. See his skill profile here.

The Talent Transformation Guild is building a community where people in leadership roles in talent can come together to share experiences and to shape the future of talent management as a profession. It is led by Eric Shepherd and Martin Belton. Eric is also making a big contribution to the community through his leadership of the PIEEE 1484.20.2 standard Recommended Practices for Defining Competencies.

Erci, Martin and Steven spoke in September about Open Competency Models, how the cycle of Adaptation-Resilience-Efficiency is changing how we think about talent management goals and how the Covid-19 Pandemic has accelerated the future of work.

You can watch the interview here on the Talent Transformation site.

Share your ideas on the critical skills for the future of work. Three minute survey.

What are the critical skills for the future of work?

We have an ongoing research program into critical skills. You can follow that work here.

Below are a list of skills we have explored in depth to date.

1. Connections - Foundational

2. Conversation - Social

3. Critical Thinking - Foundational

4. Empathy - Social

5. Learning - Foundational

6. Managing trade offs - foundational

7. Play - Foundational

8. Problem Solving - Foundational

9. Reflection - Foundational

10. Sketching - Foundational

11. Trust - Social

For some context on our work on critical skills see What are the critical skills for the future of work?

Note that Ibbaka’s default skill categories are as follows:

• Foundational - the skills used to build other skills

• Social - the skills used to work with other people

• Business (Organizational) - skills used to conduct business and operate an organization

• Technical - the classic STEM skills (Science, Technology, Engineering and (Applied) Math)

• Design - skills used in developing new design and solutions

• Tool - the actual tools used to carry out Business, Technical and Design work

• Domain - broad areas of knowledge and culture

Where do I learn more about critical skills?

Here are some critical skills we are exploring:

• Abstraction - Foundational

• Adaptation - Foundational

• Choice Making - Foundational

• Coaching - Social

• Community Curation - Social

• Inference - Foundational

• Observational Learning - Foundational

• Resilience - Foundational

• Sense Making - Foundational

• Writing - Foundational

Want us to cover a skill that is not on the list? Join us for a conversation about the critical skills we will all need to adapt to the future of work.

Ibbaka Posts on Competency Models and Competency Frameworks

• Competency models as learning plans

• From user experience to competency model design - Margherita Bacigalupo and EntreComp

• Competency framework designers on competency framework design: Jeff Griffiths on transversal and vertical skills

• Competency framework designers on competency framework design: The chunkers and the slice and dicers

• Competency framework designers on competency framework design: Victoria Pazukha

• Two podcasts on competency model design from Vancouver

• The A in KSA is for Abilities or Attitudes or Attributes?

• Do competency frameworks need competency definitions?

• Should you have a personal competency model?

• Designing a skill competency model - the Ibbaka approach

• Design research - How do people approach the design of skill and competency models?

• Designing a blueprint for your competency model framework

• From competency model design to competency model generation

• The WEF on Building a Common Language for Skills at Work

• Aligning skill and competency models with microcredentials - a conversation between Don Presant and Kul Sharma

• Three Metaphors for Skills and Competencies

• The Skills for Career Mobility - Interview with Dennis Green

• Competencies or skills - what should you assess?

• Lessons Learned Launching and Scaling Capability Management Programs

• Designing a Competency Model for Innovation Coaches

• Talent Transformation - A Conversation with Eric Shepherd, Martin Belton and Steven Forth (this post)

• Who cares about skill and competency models

• Competency Model Definitions - the IEEE ups its game

• Simple (very simple) skill and competency models

• Individual - Team - Organizational use cases for skill and competency management

• Design decisions for developing a competency framework

• What is skill management?

• Competency models are living documents and need curation

• Some key use cases for competency model adoption

• Designing the Open Competency Model Architecture

• A third skillscape

• Building skill and competency models together

• Getting past competency model PTSD

• Co-creation of Competency Models for Customer Success and Pricing Excellence

• Competencies for Adaptation to Climate Change – An Interview with Dr. Robin Cox

• Architecting the Competencies for Adaptation to Climate Change Open Competency Model

• Introducing open competency models

• Integrating Skills and Competencies in the Talent Management Ecosystem

• Organizational values and competency models – survey results

• Why your job architecture needs a competency model

• Are values part of your competency model?

• How to build competency models

• A skill name is just a word, isn’t it?

• Current trends in skill and competency management

• Enabling internal mobility - a design thinking approach