Skills Are Not the Strategy

This roundtable, hosted by Julius Schelstraete (TechWolf), is for HR leaders knee-deep in the messy middle of a skills transformation. It’s based on lessons from 30+ enterprise projects and honest conversations with HRBPs, Talent leaders, and Transformation teams. No frameworks. No jargon. Just what actually works. This won’t be a playbook parade. It’s a straight-up conversation about what gets traction, what doesn’t, and what to do when the business shrugs and asks, “So what?” Bring your toughest challenges. We’ll bring the candor.

We’ll dig into:

• Why starting with “skills” often backfires, and how to focus on real business problems instead.
• How to turn vague taxonomies into wins the business cares about.
• What kills trust, and what earns it back.
• How to position skills as a tool for growth, managing risk, and staying flexible, not just another HR project.