Embracing Skills-Based Learning and Leadership in the Modern Workplace

Avil Beckford
3 min readJul 15, 2024

Introduction

When was the last time you conducted an audit to determine if your employees have the skills to drive the organization’s growth? And is your business leveraging technologies such as AI to grow faster? Do you have the right leaders in place to drive change? These are some topics Udemy, the course platform, explored in depth.

The Shift to Skills-Based Organizations

There’s a shift in organizations from thinking, “We need employees who can fill this role,” to “We need people who have these skills.” Welcome to the skills-based organization. It appears organizations that are innovative can grow exponentially. These innovative organizations build a skills-based infrastructure to keep up with the pace of change.

Rising Demand for Skills

According to the Udemy Trend Report, “With nearly 10 million new global learners over the last year, spanning 134 million course enrollments, the demand for skills has never been higher. Learners and organizations know that the way to keep up with the ongoing changes in talent and technology is to be agile and adaptive, and, ultimately, to keep pace with the competition.”

Essential Skills for the Future

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Avil Beckford

Founder, The Invisible Mentor & Art of Learning: https://bit.ly/32bK3k2 Interviewer | Book-a-holic | Reimagining what it means to read nonfiction books