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Stage 8 - Skills
Recorded on October 21st '25 / 3:00 PM to 3:25 PM CEST

Breaking Down Silos: A Real Skills-Powered Enterprise

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Skills, AI, and Business Strategies Are Inextricably Linked

Skills transformation is more than an HR initiative, it’s a necessary enabler of business strategy and agility, especially in an AI era. In this session, Sandra Loughlin, Chief Learning Scientist at EPAM Systems, explains the connections amongst skills, AI, and business strategies; illuminates the foundational data infrastructure required to realize all three; and provides a concrete business rationale for investment in skills.

Speaker
Sandra Loughlin
Chief Learning Scientist
EPAM Systems
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In a business environment dominated by AI, Technology, People, and Operations divisions can no longer afford to work in isolation—AI requires a fundamental realignment across functions to realize business strategy. Sandra Loughlin, Chief Learning Scientist at EPAM Systems, reveals how skills transformation is foundational to the future of business and equips leaders to work across siloes to envision and drive success for their organizations and employees.

Key takeaways:

  • Skills transformation core to business strategy, not an HR initiative
  • The data infrastructure necessary to support AI also powers skills-based talent decisions
  • Skills transformation is inevitable for most organizations
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Speaker
Sandra Loughlin
Chief Learning Scientist
EPAM Systems
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