5. Talent & Succession
Skills-based building blocks
The 18-month foundation
Use when
Planning the shift from jobs-only to skills-informed talent systems
- 1
Taxonomy
Common skills language mapped to job architecture
- 2
Assessment
Self + manager + evidence; honesty over precision
- 3
Visibility
Skills searchable; people own their profiles
- 4
Matching
Gigs, mobility, mentoring matched on skills + aspiration
- 5
Pathways
Learning and career paths generated from gaps
How to use it
Sequence matters and each stage is only as good as the one before; announcing a talent marketplace (stage 4) before taxonomy and assessment exist is the standard expensive failure. Treat as an 18-month-plus build, start with one job family, and keep the taxonomy small enough to maintain. This is also the data foundation most HR AI use cases quietly depend on.
Card details
- Model type
- Sequence
- Origin status
- Synthesis
- Content last reviewed
- 28 July 2026
Origin
SynthesisSkills-based organization practice, drawing on Bersin and Deloitte work; sequenced here.