3. We want to understand the skill
level of people across the
organisation
Emily Webber
@ewebber
4. What is your skill level
as a product manager?
1. I am an expert (stand up)
2. I need some training (hand up)
3. I need full training (sit down)
Emily Webber
@ewebber
You’ll only
get a pay rise
if you say
you’re an
expert
5. What is your skill level
as a product manager?
1. I am an expert (stand up)
2. I need some training (hand up)
3. I need full training (sit down)
Emily Webber
@ewebber
You’ll only
get a pay rise
if you say
you’re an
expert
You won’t
get any training
unless you say
you need it
now
12. Emily Webber
@ewebber
Practice
Team
Individual
Now
0-6 months
Next
~ 6 -24 months
Future
~ 2 - 5 years
Needs and wants
for now
Needs and wants to
stay current and
develop
Needs and wants to
progress
Needs to meet
current delivery
outcomes
Needs to
meet roadmapped
delivery outcomes
Current needs
from the
organisation
Upcoming needs
from the
organisation
Future needs from
the organisation
14. Practice
Team
Individual
Now
0-6 months
Next
~ 6 -24 months
Future
~ 2 - 5 years
Needs and wants
for now
Needs and wants to
stay current and
develop
Needs and wants to
progress
Needs to meet
current delivery
outcomes
Needs to
meet roadmapped
delivery outcomes
Current needs
from the
organisation
Upcoming needs
from the
organisation
Future needs from
the organisation
Emily Webber
@ewebber
18. Part 1:
What you do (3 questions)
In your role…
• What do you do day to day?
• What don’t you do that you think you should?
• What do you do, that you think you shouldn’t?
Emily Webber
@ewebber
24. Emily Webber
@ewebber
Assessing skills and capabilities
I have no
experience
I can follow
others
I can do it on
my own
I can lead
on this
★ I want to develop this skill
26. Emily Webber
@ewebber
Skills
Deliberate practice
and learning how to
apply those concepts
Experience
Practice over time in
different contexts,
including specific
local experience
Knowledge
Learning and
understanding
theoretical concepts
Knowledge
SkillsExperience
(incl. local)
Capability
33. From:
Isolated individuals and training
budgets
To:
A collection of connected
specialists who take responsibility
for their collective capability
Emily Webber
@ewebber
38. There are lots of different routes
• Self-directed (blogs, books, forums, MOOCs)
• Coaching and mentoring
• Training (internal, external)
• Communities of practice
• Conferences, meet-ups
• Contextual and experiential (pairing, deliberate
practice)
Emily Webber
@ewebber
39. PhotobyJonathan
“collaborative peer learning group(s)
… develops critical thinking, along
with problem-solving, interpersonal
and communication skills.”
Dev Ralhan, Co-founder and CEO, Next Education
India Pvt Ltd.
Emily Webber
@ewebber
40. Where else can these profiles be used
• understand and updating job descriptions
• feed into career paths and learning pathways
• a foundation for personal learning objectives
• seeing the overlaps and opportunities
between roles
Emily Webber
@ewebber
41. Emily Webber
@ewebber
The lenses for capability profiles
Future
~ 2 - 5 years
Next
~ 6 -24 months
Now
0-6 months
Practice
TeamIndividual
42. Skills and capability maps
are brilliant, as long as they
are usable
Emily Webber
@ewebber