A Focused And Substantive Approach To Addressing Soft (Power) Skills
The motivation behind starting SPICE Quotient had a few basic hypotheses
Organizations are increasingly driven by digital & data
Learning & Development is rapidly becoming a permanent need…
There is severe shortage of the “right” skill supply
Legacy L&D approaches aren’t quite working
Competency development is likely to become the next wave of consulting
While Recognized As A Critical Need, There Appears An Enthusiasm In Increasing Soft Skill Investment
A few statistics on soft skills that are revealing
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Organizations identify soft skills as a critical priority
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Leaders, however, state soft skills are under invested
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Organizations that are satisfied with their soft skill training
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Organizations, have, however still not changed investment levels
What explains the lack of action?
One of the major reasons is, I believe, it’s about how some are dispensed
Legacy approach to soft skills have tended to value “lightness” & be too “abstract”
- For Ex. – Lets Consider Data Storytelling & Analytical Thinking
- Almost every training involving this competency emphasized…
- …the need for protagonists & antagonists
- A story structure involving – emotion, conflict, resolution
All great stuff! But it rarely helped the concerned teams or individuals
communicate actionably with clients or management
- Did not address how to write good “executive summaries”
- Didn’t improve the ability to present a “So What”
- Wasn’t effective at good at training “Storyboarding” skills
- Did not focus on “Power Writing”
And this is exactly what makes SPICE Quotient’s offering different
We have developed a 12-step 4×3 framework for all key competencies
That provides a pathway to making these measurable…
…And identify each individual’s talent zone through a 360-degree approach
So, let’s take a look at that 4×3 framework for Data Storytelling
