The Skills-Powered Organization

How to design and activate the skills-based enterprise that is pivotal for navigating the "next" of work. As the world navigates the rapid and disruptive effects of AI, climate change, and geopolitical conflicts, the world of work, too, needs to change. Jobs are giving way to skills as the currency of work to ensure a more agile, resilient, and flexible enterprise that cannot just respond but must thrive in the face of these challenges. This pivot from jobs to skills will require us to rethink everything we know about work. Building on his bestselling book Many business and management books focus on individual skills and competencies, the power of AI to make companies more agile through enabling "internal gigs," and the societal and policy implications of the external gig economy. The cases in Providing a step-by step guide for both new and seasoned leaders, this practical and informative book shows just how to future-proof organizations for the post-fourth industrial revolution world.

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Ravin Jesuthasan, a recognized futurist and authority on the future of work, human capital, and automation, is Senior Partner and Global Leader for Transformation Services at Mercer. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s steering committee on work and employment. He is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Work without Jobs (MIT Press), as well as Transformative HR, Lead the Work, and Reinventing Jobs.

Tanuj Kapilashrami is an international banker, currently Chief Strategy & Talent Officer at Standard Chartered Bank. She is a Non-Executive Director of the Board of Sainsbury's PLC, an Associate Non-Executive Director of the Board of NHS England, a member of the Asia House Board of Trustees, and a Board member of Autumn, an integrated digital wealth, health, and lifestyle solutions start-up. She has previously also served as a Board member of the UK Financial Services Skills Commission.

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Contents
Introduction: Becoming a Skills-Powered Organization xi
1 Defining and Leading the Skills-Powered Organization 1
2 The Reinvention of the Legacy Jobs–Based Organization as a Skills-Powered Organization 21
3 The Skills-Powered Organization and the Work Experience 33
4 The New Organizational Capabilities Underpinning the Skills-Powered Organization 49
5 The Role of AI in Building a Skills-Powered Organization 67
6 The HR Function and Its Role in Orchestrating the Skills-Powered Organization 79
7 Beyond the Organization 93
8 A Guide to Becoming a Skills-Powered Organization and Thriving in a Skills-Powered World 105
Acknowledgments 117
Notes 119
Index 125