Join us for our ground-breaking new podcast series, "Solving the Capability Gap," where we delve deep into the evolving skills landscape. Together, we'll explore how organisations can pivot towards a skills-based approach to their talent strategy, enhance their workforce's adaptability and agility, develop AI skills in the public sector, and nurture a culture of continuous learning.

Series three will feature five impactful, thought-provoking episodes as Andy explores critical topics in solving capability gaps using skills-based approaches with a fresh line-up of Trailblazers. For the first time, we will also include a complete series wrap-up at the end.

Weekly episodes will be available on our website and on your preferred podcast platforms, including Apple, Google, and Spotify, starting Tuesday, 13 August.

Read a synopsis for each of our episodes:

**Episode one:**
**Adopting continuous learning models for developing and preparing workforces for the future.**

**Featuring**:
Subho Banerjee, Deputy Commissioner and Head of APS Academy and Capability

Organisations today face many challenges. With high levels of Australian employees reporting that they feel burnt out at work and the skills needed to perform current and future roles significantly shifting, learning and development can help organisations develop and prepare their workforces for the future.

In the first episode of our new series, we will be joined by Subho Banerjee, Deputy Commissioner and Head of the APS Academy and Capability. Together, we will visualise what a continuous learning culture looks like, and formulate a strategy for how organisations can foster learning and development to develop and prepare their workforces for the future.

**Episode two:**
**Becoming a skills-based organisation**

**Featuring:**
Julie Tickle, Chief People Officer, TAFE NSW

Are the skills people have or could develop more important than their original qualifications? We’ll explore this intriguing question in the second episode of our series on solving the capability gap. Joining us is Julie Tickle, Chief People Officer at TAFE NSW. Together, we'll discuss how organisations can adopt a more skills-based approach to their talent strategy, covering everything from recruitment to mentoring, coaching, and the role of collaboration and cross-functional teams in skill identification. We’ll also delve into best-practice strategies for measuring these skills and more.

**Episode three:**
**Workforce Agility & The Agile Enterprise**

**Featuring:**
Sandra Lerch, Executive Director of Strategic Workforce Futures, Public Sector Commission, Queensland Government

In times of constant uncertainty, employees may face higher burnout levels and become disengaged. Thriving amid such ambiguity, though challenging, is achievable. In the third episode of our series on solving the capability gap, we'll explore this theme with Sandra Lerch, Executive Director of Strategic Workforce Futures at the Public Sector Commission, Queensland Government. With extensive experience in managing change and preparing agile, inclusive workforces for the future, Sandra will shed light on the pivotal strategies she developed for the 'Even Better Public Sector for Queensland' initiative. We’ll discuss collaborative approaches and identify key skills needed for future readiness.

**Episode four:**
**Developing AI skills in the public sector**

**Featuring:**
James Christie, Director of Artificial Workflow

According to LinkedIn's Workplace Learning Report for 2024, 4 in 5 people want to learn how to use AI in their profession. In the public sector, there is considerable uncertainty about how and where to best utilise AI, and whether existing technical skills are necessary to acquire AI competencies. We will tackle these crucial questions and more in the fourth instalment of our podcast series on solving the capability gap, where we will be joined by James Christie, Director of Artificial Workflow and guest instructor on our Enhancing Processes with AI Elevate course.

**Episode five:**
**Fostering a culture of continuous learning**

**Featuring:**
Maeve Neilson, General Manager of Health, Safety and Security, Ministry of Justice, New Zealand

In the concluding episode of our series, we are joined by Maeve Neilson, General Manager of Health, Safety, and Security at the Ministry of Justice in New Zealand. A seasoned leader, Maeve excels in building cross-functional teams and will share her valuable experiences from coordinating the team for the Mosque Shooter sentencing event in New Zealand. Together, we will delve into the importance of skill acquisition, examine how learning and development vary across multi-generational teams, discuss the components of effective learning experiences, explore how leaders can re-engage employees with a human-centric approach, and discuss strategies to foster a culture of continuous learning within an organisation.

More in our Solving the Capability Gap series: