How to design and activate the skills-based enterprise that is pivotal for navigating the
“next” of work. As the world navigates the rapid and disruptive effects of AI climate change
and geopolitical conflicts the world of work too needs to change. Jobs are giving way to
skills as the currency of work to ensure a more agile resilient and flexible enterprise that
cannot just respond but must thrive in the face of these challenges. This pivot from jobs to
skills will require us to rethink everything we know about work. Building on his bestselling
book Work without Jobs Ravin Jesuthasan returns this time with coauthor Tanuj Kapilashrami
an international human resources leader to provide the framework organizations need to thrive
in a world demanding perpetual reinvention. Many business and management books focus on
individual skills and competencies the power of AI to make companies more agile through
enabling “internal gigs ” and the societal and policy implications of the external gig economy.
The cases in The Skills-Powered Organization however discuss how leading companies are
reinventing themselves to be skills-based organizations and transforming value for customers
communities and stakeholders. Jesuthasan and Kapilashrami describe the need for new
organizational capabilities like work design and AI-driven resourcing as well as the need to
reinvent current work systems to realize the agility productivity and value-creating
potential of an organization where skills are at the center of its operating model. Providing
a step-by step guide for both new and seasoned leaders this practical and informative book
shows just how to future-proof organizations for the post–fourth industrial revolution world.
