Have you ever wanted to give your career a boost by learning new skills outside of your current role? From aSkills Based Organizationstandpoint, working on projects to develop skills means taking on short-term or temporary assignments to gain experience, learn new skills, and improve existing ones. This powerful approach allows employees to work on a variety of projects that would not be possible if they only rely on projects within the same job scope.
In this page:
Explorerscan consult information about projects they may apply for, which align with their interests, availability, and skills to improve.
Project Leaderscan publish their projects to all explorers.
ASkills-Based Organization (SBO)is a flexible and agile company that emphasizes developing and utilizing employee skills as the primary driver of success. Unlike traditional hierarchical organizations, SBOs prioritize the employees' expertise, continuous learning, and adaptability over rigid structures and siloed departments. Syensqo is in the first steps of this journey and the focus is to embed a skills-centric approach in the way weattract, develop, manage, and reward Talent.
The methodology of our skills-centric approach is:
SKILL IDENTIFICATION
To recognize the skills (hard & soft) needed to perform the work
SKILL ACTIVATION
The development opportunities to improve skills following the 70-20-10 Model
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At Syensqo, we embrace this journey by embedding the principle of experimentation. Our objective is simple: to pilot theSBO Methodology Skills Centric Approachand empirically measure the progress. EXPLORE with us!
SKILL ACTIVATION
The research is clear about how we successfully develop: we benefit most fromlearning by experience or on-the-job training (70%), then learning from others (20%), and sometimes through formal training (10%).
Learning by Experience
One way to activate and learn a new skill is to participate in a project experience.
This page lists the Projects (or ‘Gigs’) available in Syensqo, allowing Project Leaders to post and share opportunities. It is designed for anyone interested and available to join a project, with the goal of activating specific skills.
Be sure to review the guidelines first.
GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT LEADERS aiming to onboard Explorers into their Projects
Complete this template to advertise your project, be sure to complete all requested fields.
Remember, this is a development opportunity for others, so be clear about the skills that will be developed as well as the required time commitment.
Your project needs to be posted here. As such once the template is completed,contact the WIKI team.
When the project is filled, you must request to delete your project from the list by submitting the same Service One ticket.
GUIDELINES FOR EXPLORERS interested in joining projects to activate skills
Clearly identify the skills you want to learn.
Discuss the development opportunity with your manager to ensure alignment on both the skills to be developed and the time commitment.
Reach out to the project leader to express your interest and clarify any questions.
Ensure your profile is up to date in the HR system. This is a great opportunity to….
The process of identifying skills can vary based on the context or project. It might be a centralized effort, like through an Academy, or an individual effort by an employee or team.
The Development Phase focuses on the opportunities employees can explore to build their critical skills, supported by the 70-20-10 Model.
The primary emphasis in these experiments lies on the 70 (learning by experience) and the 20 (learning by others) aspects.
→SKILL VALIDATION (for more information, contactHelena Ferreira)
Skill validation ensures employees have the necessary skills to excel. The validation is an iterative cycle that measures the proficiency level of employees in comparison with the proficiency needed for the job.
