Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan What Every CHRO Must Know About Building a Skill-Based Organization with AI
Nov 3, 2025
Mikael Wornoo, Co-founder and President of TechWolf, shares insights on transforming HR into skill-based organizations using AI. He discusses how companies can map, measure, and mobilize employee skills beyond traditional job titles. The conversation highlights challenges like handling messy data and capturing 'invisible skills' such as empathy. Mikael also explores the evolution of internal talent marketplaces and the vital balance between human insight and AI-driven processes. This is essential for HR leaders aiming to navigate the AI era effectively.
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Skills Over Job Titles
- Skill-based organizations require mapping employee skills and job requirements at the skill level rather than relying on job titles.
- TechWolf treats this as a data problem, using AI to collect, govern, and return skill data into HR systems.
Validate Before Deciding
- Use skills data for high-level analysis but validate before making individual employee decisions.
- Start from clear business problems because perfect data is unnecessary and slows progress.
Personalization At Scale
- The skill-based model personalizes talent processes at scale without replacing existing HR systems.
- It improves recruitment, learning, and internal mobility but isn't a total operating-system rewrite.
