Skills-based hiring, workforce development, AI-enabled upskilling and connecting through culture are mutually reinforcing strategies that will shape the future of work.
At HR Tech in Las Vegas, i4cp founder Kevin Oakes shared the intrinsic link between healthy culture and high performance, and the role culture will play in the age of AI.
New research finds that, at a time when skills are one of the most valuable currencies for businesses, in-house training is imperative for businesses and preferred over going to market to find people with the right fit.
"We started having conversations around moving from a career ladder to a career playground," said Ginnie Carlier, chief talent and culture officer at EY about the growing demand from the workforce to move laterally instead of always up.
AI did not create the human skills gap; it accelerated its consequences. Critical thinking suffers, creating a workforce-development priority for human resource leaders.