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1. Perform a skills gap analysis
Organisations often don’t have people with all the skills they need to achieve particular tasks. In most cases, this results in organisations outsourcing their work to contractors or other firms with the skillset to get the job done. Outsourcing in the short term can be effective, but it cannot be relied on as a long-term strategy.
The first step to performing a skills gap analysis is to understand what skills are critical to the success of the organisation or team. Once these are identified then you will need to analyse if you have people with the skills highlighted. The ideal situation is to have most of the people in your team possess the skills you need. However, if this is not the case, then you need to create a learning plan. If there are a few team members with the skills, you can arrange cross training. On the other hand, if no one in the team has the skills then you may need to contact an external provider like Skill Farm to help you upskill your team.
You can also use data from previous tasks to better understand the learning and development needs of your team.
2. Give people tasks that elevate their capabilities
Pushing your team to go outside their comfort zone will allow them to gain new skills that will greatly benefit the team and organisation. Learning in practice is much better. After identifying the skills that are missing, you can help your team acquire the skills quickly by setting up tasks and mini projects that require the skills. During the tasks and projects, it is important to provide constructive feedback, so the people understand the progress being made and why the tasks/projects are important to the success of the team/organisation.
3. Encourage knowledge sharing between departments
In many organisations, departments operate in complete isolation. In some cases, this is a regulatory requirement, but most of the time it is just the way things are. The issue with this is that it becomes hard for other teams to know what the other teams do and how their work is related. Knowledge sharing between teams helps to add clarity and enables people to understand why a certain function exists and its purpose.
As an organisation, you can encourage your teams to upskill each other. This will make them feel empowered and involved. Research shows 45% of people are likely to stay at a company that provides learning and development opportunities. If people understand why they are doing something, there are more likely to be engaged and perform better.
4. Hold regular training workshops
Holding regular training workshops shows that you are proactive and serious about learning and development. It is very important to ensure people are continuously stimulated at work. Training workshops can help to break routines and inject fresh perspectives into the team. Learning from an expert can save you countless hours and money spent trying to fill skill gaps.
Subject matter experts can upskill your teams in a few weeks and improve outcomes for your organisation. The training workshops should be fun, engaging and interactive to increase knowledge retention and value of the training.
Organisations often don’t have people with all the skills they need to achieve particular tasks. In most cases, this results in organisations outsourcing their work to contractors or other firms with the skillset to get the job done. Outsourcing in the short term can be effective, but it cannot be relied on as a long-term strategy.
The first step to performing a skills gap analysis is to understand what skills are critical to the success of the organisation or team. Once these are identified then you will need to analyse if you have people with the skills highlighted. The ideal situation is to have most of the people in your team possess the skills you need. However, if this is not the case, then you need to create a learning plan. If there are a few team members with the skills, you can arrange cross training. On the other hand, if no one in the team has the skills then you may need to contact an external provider like Skill Farm to help you upskill your team.
You can also use data from previous tasks to better understand the learning and development needs of your team.
2. Give people tasks that elevate their capabilities
Pushing your team to go outside their comfort zone will allow them to gain new skills that will greatly benefit the team and organisation. Learning in practice is much better. After identifying the skills that are missing, you can help your team acquire the skills quickly by setting up tasks and mini projects that require the skills. During the tasks and projects, it is important to provide constructive feedback, so the people understand the progress being made and why the tasks/projects are important to the success of the team/organisation.
3. Encourage knowledge sharing between departments
In many organisations, departments operate in complete isolation. In some cases, this is a regulatory requirement, but most of the time it is just the way things are. The issue with this is that it becomes hard for other teams to know what the other teams do and how their work is related. Knowledge sharing between teams helps to add clarity and enables people to understand why a certain function exists and its purpose.
As an organisation, you can encourage your teams to upskill each other. This will make them feel empowered and involved. Research shows 45% of people are likely to stay at a company that provides learning and development opportunities. If people understand why they are doing something, there are more likely to be engaged and perform better.
4. Hold regular training workshops
Holding regular training workshops shows that you are proactive and serious about learning and development. It is very important to ensure people are continuously stimulated at work. Training workshops can help to break routines and inject fresh perspectives into the team. Learning from an expert can save you countless hours and money spent trying to fill skill gaps.
Subject matter experts can upskill your teams in a few weeks and improve outcomes for your organisation. The training workshops should be fun, engaging and interactive to increase knowledge retention and value of the training.
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The Rise of NVIDIA
The success of the chip manufacturer is now closely linked to the development of artificial intelligence, in which giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet have significantly increased investments in recent years. Nvidia currently controls between 80% and 90% of the market for semiconductors needed
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A.I. Driving Increasing Data Infrastructure Demand
The financial industry is under pressure:
customers want to be served faster and faster and
changing product requirements must be implemented in no time at all. This requires the utmost
level of flexibility and productivity.
The major conclusion: investing in digital infrastructure solutions is essential in order to be
flexible
customers want to be served faster and faster and
changing product requirements must be implemented in no time at all. This requires the utmost
level of flexibility and productivity.
The major conclusion: investing in digital infrastructure solutions is essential in order to be
flexible
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Government Demands "More Competition" In the Tech Sector
Commenting on the Digital Markets Bill, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Minister, Saqib Bhatti, said:
Britain was the third country in the world to build a trillion-dollar tech sector, and our fastest growing firms continue to pull in more capital than counterparts in France and
Britain was the third country in the world to build a trillion-dollar tech sector, and our fastest growing firms continue to pull in more capital than counterparts in France and
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8 Ways to Upskill your Team and Keep Up with Accelerated Change
1. Perform a skills gap analysis
Organisations often don’t have people with all the skills they need to achieve particular tasks. In most cases, this results in organisations outsourcing their work to contractors or other firms with the skillset to get the job done.
Organisations often don’t have people with all the skills they need to achieve particular tasks. In most cases, this results in organisations outsourcing their work to contractors or other firms with the skillset to get the job done.
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Global Investment Summit - Investors and Innovators Announced
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of the world’s biggest alternative asset manager Blackstone, will join Prime Minster Rishi Sunak for a keynote panel discussion on the importance of investing in the skills and technology that will shape the coming decades.
CEO and Founder Anya Hindmarch CBE will
CEO and Founder Anya Hindmarch CBE will
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
As we look forward into 2024, we look back at the huge developments that have been made in Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). In 2023, we saw A.I. being brought to the mainstream with technologies such as ChatGPT from
As we look forward into 2024, we look back at the huge developments that have been made in Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). In 2023, we saw A.I. being brought to the mainstream with technologies such as ChatGPT from