Reorienting work and learning around skills building

Reorienting work and learning around skills b...

Up next

Siemens' Judith Wiese on engineering a global workforce transformation

The multinational's head of HR and sustainability explains how the firm's investment in continuous skills building positions it to handle AI disruptions, demographic shifts, job redesign, and workflow changes. Also, industrial AI, defining core skills, and co-determination. 

Units of work: Riipen's Dana Stephenson on experiential learning

The challenge is orchestrating projects that deliver business, educational, and employment value. The Canadian firm's co-founder and CEO breaks down the process. 

Recommended Episodes

HR Works Presents HR Work Break: Transferable Skills, Growth, and Passion
HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources

58% of workers aren’t sure how to include transferable skills on their resume. However, in today’s labor market, both hard and soft transferable skills are in high demand. Bailey Showalter, VP of Talent Solutions at Credly, knows first-hand how adaptable skills and experience are ...  Show more

Informal apprenticeships and the future of work
World of Work podcasts by the ILO

In a world with high rates of unemployment and underemployment, more and more people are looking for work amidst rapid change that is increasing skills mismatches and shortages. Millions of young people in the developing world acquire skills through apprenticeships in the informa ...  Show more

Global Workers Are Ready for Retraining
HBR IdeaCast

Joseph Fuller, professor at Harvard Business School, says that the story we hear about workers being afraid for the future of their jobs might not be right. In surveying 11,000 people in lower-income and middle-skills jobs and 6,500 managers across 11 countries, Fuller discovered ...  Show more

Workplace Design, Post-Pandemic (Back to Work, Better)
HBR IdeaCast

Anne-Laure Fayard, associate professor at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, was studying the effects of workplace design on employees long before the Covid-19 crisis. Now, she says, the trend of flexible schedules and hybrid offices - where some people come in, others work from ...  Show more