Creating a Culture of Learning to Fuel the Future of Work | Steve Cadigan | Part One

The Skill Shift

Our workforce is experiencing a rapid pace of change. The tactics and expectations that worked last year, week or even yesterday might not be the answers we need today. In this episode, guest Steve Cadigan, LinkedIn's first CHRO and founder of Cadigan Talent Ventures, provides insights on the importance of learning in this new evolution of the workplace.

Cadigan covers how employee expectations are changing, and how embracing the skill shift and refocusing on the future can impact company success—including how investing in learning can make your business become known as a place where people want to stay and grow.
Check out this episode of The Skill Shift to discover how creating a culture of learning can prepare your business for the future of work.
Resources we talked about in this episode:
Workquake by Steve Cadigan

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Steve's big question when meeting with new companies (00:01:19)

3. Steve's big question when meeting with new companies (00:03:59)

4. The fear of falling behind in the workplace—including AI (00:07:26)

5. Building company culture around the importance of human capital (00:09:58)

6. Steve's journey scaling LinkedIn’s workforce from 400 to 4,500 in 3.5 years (00:14:44)

7. Unlocking new energy through learning on the job (00:17:25)

8. The evolution of job descriptions when it comes to hiring for potential (00:20:14)

9. Steve’s message to HR and senior leadership around investments in learning (00:24:53)

10. How LinkedIn used skill mapping to upskill their employees into Python developers (00:27:31)

11. Why your company should develop a skill taxonomy for every role to develop career paths (00:29:42)