Are you a leader at a rapidly growing or large company committed to embracing new technologies as they emerge? Are you part of a team that wants to be at the forefront of innovation and disruption? Are you looking to meet and adapt to customer demands faster, and with more agility, so you can be the first to market? Is your company concerned about other agile startups gaining market share in your space?

If yes, this playbook is for you.

Especially if you’re looking for ways to diversify, build skills and develop talent in-house,
and if you recognize:

• Your employees are your number one asset and strategic priority.
• Retaining and developing employees can add to your bottom line.
• Adopting—and maximizing—new technologies is critical to being disruptive.
• Developing internal talent allows you to respond to business and market needs faster than hiring externally does.

This guide is designed to show you how leading companies use Technology Skill Development (TSD) to efficiently build a bigger talent pool of engaged and skilled technologists that drive faster innovation—and how you can apply the same strategy and practices in your organization. This playbook will help you:

• Understand the critical need for TSD by giving you a deep dive into the direct impact it has on your organization’s ability to stay competitive and reach goals.
• Implement TSD tailored to your org by detailing the components of a successful program and identifying the key players, tools and milestones that will engage your teams with continual upskilling.
• Make TSD your competitive advantage by showing you which levers to pull in order to optimize skill development across your org while avoiding the potential barriers to success.
• Measure the impact of TSD by discovering the metrics that will indicate progress, efficiencies and insights gained across each initiative.