Workplace Stories by RedThread Research

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. They aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

In her role as the VP of People Data & Analytics, Angela is responsible for generating value from their people data. She has the opportunity to shape thinking and inform strategy. Her job is to translate skills so that everyone can do what they need to with the data.

She shares more about GSK’s scientific approach, how they’re using AI to gather information, and how skills verification ties in. Don’t miss this fascinating conversation.

You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...

• Join the RedThread Research community [4:39]
• Learn more about Angela and her role at GSK [5:38]
• Why they’re trying to create a skills-based organization [7:02]
• The GSK approach = Science x Tech x Talent [8:19]
• Do we still need skills’ taxonomies and ontologies? [14:44]
• How GSK gathers and integrates skills data into Workday [16:47]
• A conversation about the verification of skills [20:10]
• The lightning round [26:34]
• How job architecture and skills connect [31:02]
• When to communicate changes to employees [34:58]
• The technology and teams necessary to make their ecosystem work [36:30]
• Unexpected challenges they’ve worked to overcome [41:41]
• The biggest thing Angela’s learned during this process [43:06]

Resources & People Mentioned

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• It’s Time to Split HR by Ram Charan

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