Day 1: Building a Reliable Skills Taxonomy

Skills Taxonomy Design

• Define consistent skill naming rules
• Separate skills from tasks and traits
• Group related skills logically
• Avoid duplicate skill synonyms

Skill Evidence and Proficiency

• Define evidence for each skill
• Describe proficiency through demonstrated work
• Avoid self-rating as sole evidence
• Use clear level distinctions

Role-to-Skill Mapping

• Map critical skills to role outcomes
• Separate core and differentiating skills
• Assign expected proficiency by role
• Validate mappings with job experts

Day 2: Mapping Skills to Roles and Pathways

Skills Gap Analysis

• Compare required and available proficiency
• Prioritize gaps by business impact
• Distinguish individual and systemic gaps
• Avoid overstating uncertain skill data

Career Pathway Design

• Define plausible role transitions
• Identify bridging skills between roles
• Show multiple progression routes
• Separate promotion from skill growth

Development Opportunity Matching

• Match learning to specific gaps
• Consider projects mentoring and practice
• Sequence development by prerequisite skills
• Define evidence of skill improvement

Day 3: Using Skills Data for Workforce Decisions

AI-Assisted Skills Inference Review

• Treat inferred skills as hypotheses
• Check evidence behind suggested skills
• Avoid inferring sensitive attributes
• Require human confirmation before decisions

Internal Mobility and Talent Pools

• Identify adjacent roles by skills
• Build transparent talent pool criteria
• Protect employee choice and privacy
• Track readiness with evidence

Skills Intelligence Dashboard

• Track priority skill coverage
• Monitor critical gap trends
• Show pathway and mobility indicators
• Document data quality limitations

• Case analysis applying Skills Taxonomy Design to realistic work
• Hands-on workshop developing Skills Gap Analysis with evidence
• Peer review challenging Internal Mobility and Talent against clear criteria
• Final lab producing Skills Intelligence Dashboard for workplace use