#85 - Dr. Jennifer Diamond Acosta - Job Skills & Upskilling When AI Is Coming For You

Directionally Correct, A People Analytics Podcast with Cole & Scott

Dr. Jennifer Diamond Acosta, the Global Skills Strategy Lead at Kenvue and prior Talent Analytics leader at Allstate, joins the Directionally Correct podcast to discuss her work in implementing skills-based work at scale. In this episode, we discuss how Jen met both Cole and Scott at different points in time, we discuss the “Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze” article for a 2nd time, can you predict turnover better just by asking their manager, are skills just competency models 2.0, what is the future of gig-based work, and more shenanigans in the Nerdery. You’ll want to check out this episode of the #1 people analytics podcast!

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