Reskilling
Training a person into the competencies for a role that has changed or a new role the organization needs, as opposed to upskilling, which deepens skill within the same role. Both are workforce-transition tools.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Business AI Transformation.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
Training a person into the competencies for a role that has changed or a new role the organization needs, as opposed to upskilling, which deepens skill within the same role. Both are workforce-transition tools.
The organizational response that keeps workers and upgrades their skills so they can take on higher-value work AI does not do, reinvesting freed time in the human.
Developing an existing employee's skills so they can perform augmented, hybrid, or new AI-era work, as an alternative to hiring externally or reducing headcount. Explored in depth in Topic 5.2.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- AI Impact on Jobs: Reskilling vs. Displacement · AI in the Workplace and Team Leadership, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
- The Taxonomy of Work in an AI Organization: Your Work Taxonomy Map · Workforce and Talent in the AI Era, Business AI Transformation
- Skills Gap Analysis and Reskilling Strategy · Workforce and Talent in the AI Era, Business AI Transformation
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.