Skills development

What you need is already inside your organisation—you just can’t see it yet.

The world of work is shifting fast. Roles are evolving, career paths are nonlinear, and the half-life of skills is shrinking. Traditional job-based structures can no longer keep up. That’s why forward-thinking organisations are moving towards a skills-based operating model—where people are valued not for their job title, but for what they can do and are capable of becoming.

At ImpactWork, we help you make that transition. Our Skills Powered Organisation service transforms how you attract, develop, and deploy talent—based on capabilities. Because; static roles won’t solve dynamic problems.

39%

of today’s existing skills will be completely obsolete between 2025 and 2030.

Want to know why?

The Challenge: Why Talent Walks Away

Most organisations still operate within rigid job architectures and siloed talent systems. The result? Skills are hidden, underused, or lost altogether. This leads to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and an overreliance on external hiring.

The core challenges we see:

Outdated job structures that don’t reflect today’s agile ways of working.
Skills mismatch – Job descriptions don’t align with actual skills, leading to inefficient hiring and frustration.
Lack of visibility on internal skills—making it hard to deploy the right people at the right time
Disconnected learning and development efforts, with little alignment to strategic workforce needs
Underdeveloped internal mobility strategies, leading to unnecessary turnover
Growing skills gaps, especially in digital, sustainability, and leadership domains

The impact

Our approach.

We help you redesign your organisation around skills—giving you the flexibility to match talent to work more dynamically, anticipate future gaps, and unlock the full potential of your people.

Our approach includes:

Skills discovery – We map the skills you have today—both stated and hidden. Through self-assessments, data analytics, and team interviews, we build a living skills inventory across roles and functions.

Skills Strategy & Architecture – We define a skills taxonomy that fits your organisation’s context and ambitions. This includes identifying critical skills for the future and linking them to your talent, learning, and workforce strategies.

Skills Activation –We build and embed use cases that bring your skills strategy to life—such as internal mobility, project-based deployment, skills-based hiring, and learning pathways tailored to capability gaps.

Governance & Technology –

We support the selection and implementation of skills platforms, and help HR and leadership teams take ownership of a skills-first approach through training, governance, and change management.

This isn’t a one-off project—it’s a scalable shift in how your organisation thinks and operates.

'Stop chasing talent. Start building capability.”

The impact.

Organisations that transition to a skills-powered model gain agility, reduce talent risk, and improve workforce ROI.

What our clients experience:

Greater visibility on internal capabilities and gaps
Stronger internal mobility and lower external hiring costs
More targeted learning and development investments
Better alignment between strategy, work, and workforce
A future-ready HR model that enables adaptability and growth

And for employees? A more transparent, flexible and empowering career experience—where potential matters as much as past performance.

We help you move from guessing to knowing. From static roles to dynamic skills. From reactive workforce planning to strategic talent decisions.

Want to become a skills-based organisation?

Discover how our services can help you with your skills development, skills strategy and transitioning to skills-based work. From upskilling to skills marketplaces or designing your entire HR strategy around skills - we got you!

Our services

Skills-Powered Organisation

Sustainable HR strategy

Recruitment Excellence

40%

more skills development in organisations that became a skills-based organisation (source: Udemy)

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Rogier van Hamburg

Co-founder ImpactWork

There's many challenges in the world of work, but together we can tackle them. We're here to help you improve your HR strategically and create thriving workplaces. Check our services pages for more information on how we can help, and feel free to reach out!

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Of our profit is going to projects that support sustainable work causes. Example: Helping novices to find work.

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