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From HR Admin to Strategic Partner: How Signify is Transforming Skills with Workday AI. At #WDAYRisingEMEA in Barcelona, I had a fascinating conversation with Natasja Mol, Skills Transformation Project Leader at Signify, about their journey to becoming a truly skills-powered organization. #WorkdayPartner #Sponsored
Signify, the global leader in lighting and IoT solutions, faces a challenge familiar to many enterprises: keeping their workforce equipped with the right skills in an environment of rapid technological change.
Building on Data Foundations
• Natasja emphasized something I've been advocating for years - AI is only as good as the data foundation beneath it. Signify partnered with TechWolf to create an evidence-based skills inventory capturing both employee capabilities and future work requirements. As Natasja told me: "We need to ensure that we have the right skills data of our employees, but also of the work that needs to be done."
Creating Tangible Employee Value
• Through Workday's Career Hub, Signify consolidated learning opportunities, vacancies, mentoring, and career paths into one platform. But here's what struck me: this isn't about replacing human judgment. Managers and employees use the data as a conversation starter, validating AI insights through candid career discussions.
The EU AI Act Reality
• The EU AI Act has transformed their approach. As Natasja explained: "I didn't plan for it as project lead six months ago, but now we need to test even Workday AI...we need to upskill ourselves as HR professionals." This is pushing HR teams to develop new competencies around AI evaluation and bias testing.
The Business Transformation Insight
• Perhaps the most important lesson: "We started off as an HR transformation, but it's a business transformation." Skills transformation succeeds when HR works with business leaders to identify specific use cases. This aligns with what I'm seeing across industries - the most successful AI implementations address business capacity challenges, not just HR efficiency.
My Key Takeaway
• Signify's journey illustrates the shift from viewing AI as a tool to seeing it as an enabler of strategic capability building. For organizations embarking on similar journeys: start with your data foundation, maintain transparency, and ensure your transformation is driven by business needs, not just technology possibilities.
Thank you to Natasja Mol for sharing these insights and to Workday for facilitating these important conversations at Rising EMEA.
#AI #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #Workday #NatWest #WorkdayRising
From HR Admin to Strategic Partner: How Signify is Transforming Skills with Workday AI. At #WDAYRisingEMEA in Barcelona, I had a fascinating conversation with Natasja Mol, Skills Transformation Project Leader at Signify, about their journey to becoming a truly skills-powered organization. #WorkdayPartner #Sponsored
Signify, the global leader in lighting and IoT solutions, faces a challenge familiar to many enterprises: keeping their workforce equipped with the right skills in an environment of rapid technological change.
Building on Data Foundations
• Natasja emphasized something I've been advocating for years - AI is only as good as the data foundation beneath it. Signify partnered with TechWolf to create an evidence-based skills inventory capturing both employee capabilities and future work requirements. As Natasja told me: "We need to ensure that we have the right skills data of our employees, but also of the work that needs to be done."
Creating Tangible Employee Value
• Through Workday's Career Hub, Signify consolidated learning opportunities, vacancies, mentoring, and career paths into one platform. But here's what struck me: this isn't about replacing human judgment. Managers and employees use the data as a conversation starter, validating AI insights through candid career discussions.
The EU AI Act Reality
• The EU AI Act has transformed their approach. As Natasja explained: "I didn't plan for it as project lead six months ago, but now we need to test even Workday AI...we need to upskill ourselves as HR professionals." This is pushing HR teams to develop new competencies around AI evaluation and bias testing.
The Business Transformation Insight
• Perhaps the most important lesson: "We started off as an HR transformation, but it's a business transformation." Skills transformation succeeds when HR works with business leaders to identify specific use cases. This aligns with what I'm seeing across industries - the most successful AI implementations address business capacity challenges, not just HR efficiency.
My Key Takeaway
• Signify's journey illustrates the shift from viewing AI as a tool to seeing it as an enabler of strategic capability building. For organizations embarking on similar journeys: start with your data foundation, maintain transparency, and ensure your transformation is driven by business needs, not just technology possibilities.
Thank you to Natasja Mol for sharing these insights and to Workday for facilitating these important conversations at Rising EMEA.
#AI #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #Workday #NatWest #WorkdayRising
