Agility | Streamlining your job architecture for a skills-based approach

The pace of change has never been greater, and the need for agility across the enterprise and job architecture is now business critical. In just three years, the average enterprise has experienced five major transformations, and most expect even more upheaval in the years ahead.

Yet, while the nature of work is evolving rapidly, the way organisations define that work has barely changed, at a time when organisations are shifting to a skills-based approach.

Traditionally, jobs were defined through static job descriptions, long lists of tasks describing what an individual was expected to do. In slower times, this approach worked. Roles remained relatively stable and these documents could sit unchanged for years.

But today, that static view of work is holding organisations back. Work, skills and technology are evolving constantly and many organisations are still relying on job data that no longer reflects the reality of what people actually do.