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The role of L&D in building an AI-ready workforce

As AI transforms the world of work, Learning and Development (L&D) teams are central to helping organisations adapt. By building clarity around existing skills, assessing capability, and fostering continuous learning, L&D leaders can prepare employees to thrive alongside technology.

From check-ins to growth: 5 ways to bring development into your 1:1s

Turn routine 1:1s into powerful growth conversations. Discover five practical ways managers can embed development into check-ins, shift mindsets, structure agendas, use prompts and celebrate progress to build momentum and accountability.

SFIA’s Generic Levels of Responsibility: The missing link in leadership

Technical skills get the spotlight—but leadership and soft skills determine whether teams truly succeed. SFIA’s Generic Levels of Responsibility provide a practical, evidence-based way to make these capabilities measurable and actionable across every role. Discover why this framework is the missing link in building future-ready leaders.

The Firmware skills gap: Talent issue or national security threat?

The UK is facing a critical shortage of firmware and embedded systems talent, creating risks for innovation, digital transformation and national security. Learn what’s driving the gap and how a new approach to talent development is helping organisations build job-ready, diverse engineers faster.

Skill alignment first: A better way to build development plans

Discover why starting development conversations with skill alignment and comparing self and manager assessments creates clarity, trust, and better outcomes before moving to role requirements. This approach helps managers and employees explore strengths and gaps, hold collaborative discussions, and set a clear path for growth.

Change Enablement: The missing link in your transformation strategy

Many transformation efforts fail because people lack the skills to keep up. Learn how true change enablement goes beyond communication and training to build capabilities that support adoption, close gaps, and empower your workforce to deliver lasting business impact.

Manager tips: A practical guide to building balanced development plans

Turn insights into action. Follow this guide to create practical, sustainable growth plans that balance experience, collaboration, and formal learning. Discover how managers can use Potential skills insights with the 70:20:10 framework to design development plans that truly work.

Reimagining equity: a smarter path to workforce progress

Reimagining equity in the workplace means moving beyond diversity targets and towards systems built for inclusion. Equitable design helps unlock hidden talent, particularly among women, and supports organisations to close skill gaps, improve retention, and build more inclusive leadership pipelines.

Understanding skills frameworks, taxonomies, and ontologies

Skills are quickly becoming the foundation of future-ready organisations. Explore how taxonomies, ontologies, and capability frameworks work together to help leaders map, measure, and mobilise talent more effectively—empowering smarter hiring, personalised learning, and more strategic workforce planning.

Bridging the skills gap: Modernising your workforce strategy

With rapid tech advancements and shifting talent demands, traditional job-based planning no longer cuts it. Pavan Bilkhoo, Director of HR Transformation at LACE Partners, explores how a skills-first approach can help organisations close critical gaps, align with business goals, and thrive in an evolving world of work.

How skills-based hiring is helping solve the tech talent shortage

With traditional hiring struggling to keep pace, skills-first recruitment offers a smarter way to fill critical tech roles. Discover how focusing on capability over experience unlocks hidden talent, supports workforce agility, and helps employers meet the growing demand for software skills.

What is a skills gap, and how does it impact my organisation?

A clear skills strategy starts with understanding the gap. Explore what a skills gap means, why it matters more than ever, and how to take practical, tech-powered steps to close it and unlock hidden potential in your team.
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