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Workplace Stories by RedThread Research

By: Stacia Garr & Dani Johnson
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  • At RedThread, we love our data, but we know that what you remember is stories. So we spend time listening to thinkers, writers, leaders, and practitioners as they tell their stories about what works in the workplace, what they’ve learned, and what they hope to see in the future. We hope you find it inspirational, motivational, and a touch irreverent.
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  • Skills Management: What is the Secret Sauce? GP Strategies’ Matt Donovan

    Skills Management: What is the Secret Sauce? GP Strategies’ Matt Donovan
    Apr 3 2024
    How do we define work and the skills needed to do the work? The way we view and assess skills is often through assessing and appraising someone’s output. But the problem is that most organizations aren’t capturing the right data and using it to gain insight.

    According to Matt Donovan—the Chief Learning and Innovation Officer at GP Strategies—Job descriptions and skills in general describe the baseline. They are not what makes someone great at what they do.

    So how do we define the work and the skills needed to do the work? How can we capture a high-performer’s secret sauce? What are they doing that’s making it a successful experience versus what’s written in the job description?

    We dive into a fascinating conversation about where we are now, how AI is going to both help and disrupt organizations, and what the future of skills assessment could look like.

    You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...
    • Join the RedThread Research Community! [4:18]
    • Learn more about Matt Donovan and GP Strategies [5:03]
    • What is a skills-based organization? [7:20]
    • How Matt approaches scope of work [9:33]
    • Building buy-in in your organization [15:55]
    • Matt’s advice for adopting a skills approach [19:11]
    • Capturing the “secret sauce” in an organization [21:28]
    • Taking a change management approach [28:13]
    • The lightning round [30:14]
    • Measuring the work being done [37:10]
    • Data-driven performance management [43:32]
    • How do we begin to bridge the gap? [47:05]
    • Why Matt is passionate about learning [54:40]
    Resources & People Mentioned
    • Join the RedThread Research Community!
    • The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
    Connect with Matt Donovan
    • Connect on LinkedIn
    Connect With Red Thread Research
    • Website: Red Thread Research
    • On LinkedIn
    • On Facebook
    • On Twitter

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    57 mins
  • Generating Value from People Data: GSK’s Angela Le Mathon

    Generating Value from People Data: GSK’s Angela Le Mathon
    Mar 20 2024
    GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. They aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

    In her role as the VP of People Data & Analytics, Angela is responsible for generating value from their people data. She has the opportunity to shape thinking and inform strategy. Her job is to translate skills so that everyone can do what they need to with the data.

    She shares more about GSK’s scientific approach, how they’re using AI to gather information, and how skills verification ties in. Don’t miss this fascinating conversation.

    You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...
    • Join the RedThread Research community [4:39]
    • Learn more about Angela and her role at GSK [5:38]
    • Why they’re trying to create a skills-based organization [7:02]
    • The GSK approach = Science x Tech x Talent [8:19]
    • Do we still need skills’ taxonomies and ontologies? [14:44]
    • How GSK gathers and integrates skills data into Workday [16:47]
    • A conversation about the verification of skills [20:10]
    • The lightning round [26:34]
    • How job architecture and skills connect [31:02]
    • When to communicate changes to employees [34:58]
    • The technology and teams necessary to make their ecosystem work [36:30]
    • Unexpected challenges they’ve worked to overcome [41:41]
    • The biggest thing Angela’s learned during this process [43:06]
    Resources & People Mentioned
    • Join the RedThread Research community
    • It’s Time to Split HR by Ram Charan
    Connect with Angela Le Mathon
    • Connect on LinkedIn
    Connect With Red Thread Research
    • Website: Red Thread Research
    • On LinkedIn
    • On Facebook
    • On Twitter

    Subscribe to WORKPLACE STORIES
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    45 mins
  • Skills: Yes, the Juice Is Worth the Squeeze: EPAM’s Sandra Loughlin

    Skills: Yes, the Juice Is Worth the Squeeze: EPAM’s Sandra Loughlin
    Mar 6 2024
    Sandra Loughlin is the Chief Learning Officer and the Global Head of Talent Enablement and Transformation at EPAM, a software engineering and consulting firm. Unlike many of the organizations we’ve spoken about, EPAM has been on a skills journey since its inception over 30 years ago. Building a skills-based organization has been the backbone of everything they do. In this conversation, Sandra shares why the juice is indeed “Worth the squeeze.”


    Resources & People Mentioned
    • Join our RedThread Research Community
    Connect with Sandra Loughlin
    • Connect on LinkedIn
    • EPAM


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    51 mins
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