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Skills Transformation Roadmap

4 Steps to Chart Your Course Toward A Skills-Based Organization in 2026

Most organizations know they need to become "skills-based." However, knowing and doing are two different things.

The gap between skills ambition and skills transformation comes down to three things: invisible metrics, cultural resistance, and tools that measure activity instead of change. Without a clear roadmap, even the best intentions stall.

This roadmap breaks down what's working—and what's stalling—across organizations that have made the shift. Real frameworks. Real case studies. Real results.

Trusted by today's leading skills-based organizations

In this resource, you will learn:

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Why most skills initiatives fail—and how to avoid the same traps
The invisible gap that keeps organizations stuck in "announcement mode" while talent stays hoarded and skills gaps stay hidden.

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The 4 critical steps to fast-track your skills transformation
From reviewing your career framework with a skills-first lens to switching from taxonomy to ontology for a living, 360 view of your workforce.

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How culture accelerates (or blocks) your entire strategy
Why the best tools fail without trust, transparency, and visible mobility—and how to build all three.

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Real proof it works: case studies from LSEG, UCI, and CarTrawler
How LSEG streamlined 25,000 jobs into 1,100 skills-based profiles. How UCI cut attrition by 50%. How CarTrawler gained visibility into 2,800+ skills.