Community Forum – What do your company’s upskilling and professional development efforts look like? (Part 1 of 2)
- Resource Type
- Survey (Community Forum)
- Publish Date
- 05/09/2024
- Author
- Innovation Research Interchange
- Topics
- Business Model Innovation, Improving the innovation pipeline
- Associated Event
- Publication
A: What do your company’s upskilling and professional development efforts look like? (Part 1 of 2)
IRI is doing a study on current upskilling and professional development practices, aiming to understand the current state of practices in member companies. In Q3, we will release a full report showcasing best practices as well as profiles of two companies that are ahead of the curve.
Responses are below.
Community Responses
Other
- Financial acumen
Other
- Part of each employee’s Career Development Plan
- Conversations between employee and manager
Other
- Give people a travel and training budget. Let them manage.
- Company pays for training desired by employees for development.
- In conversations between employees and manager on career planning and growth.
- Part of ongoing personal and career development discussions.
How?
- Expectations to write technical reports at project closing, training and process provided for these reports.
- There are required pathways for collection and dissemination of knowledge.
- There are internal classes on product and process technology areas relevant to different jobs.
- Specific technical skills are spelled out in performance goal planning documents when necessary.
- Knowledge management is a focus area for us.
Other
- General information training
- Email sent to relevant orgs on training and any individual can sign up.
Other
- Lunch and Learn meetings
- Trip reports or knowledge sharing
- As part of person-to-person collaboration