Somethingās happened to this weekās guest, Meredith Wellard. And itās actually something quite wonderful; you can hear it in her voice, animating and energizing her. Itās a mix of excitement at possibility--and almost relief that a lot of checks sheās been trying to cash all her years in HR, L&D and talent management can finally be honored. Her secret? Itās the immediate impact on her organization, Deutsche Post DHL Group (sheās an Australian living and working in Bonn, Germany), sheās getting from a new machine learning and data analytics-powered approach to Skills. She and her teamāas youāll learn over the sound of Homerās āwine-dark seaā and your oars ,as you race ahead on this leg of our almost-concluded Skills Odysseyāhave used that tech to create a unique career marketplace. Youāll soon know why she wants to call it that instead of a āSkillsā one) that will eventually be the friendly, automated, and incredibly well-informed training and new job (or even new career path) digital assistant for all of its half million global workforce. No wonder sheās inspired: and we think you soon will be as well.
