For technology leaders, disruption is the new normal. The pace of change is unprecedented and accelerating.

New business models are putting pressure on companies to deliver innovation faster. And the competition for talent leaves a lot of teams understaffed and underskilled.

To compete in this climate, you need to be able to reliably and predictably create technology skills at scale.

Tommy Barlow, Director for EMEA in Pluralsight is going to conduct a discussion about how to uncover skill gaps, create bridge plans, and harness the power of digital disruption and why you need to rethink the way you approach skills development:

• How do you assess what technologies are trending in your industry/organisation?

• How to evaluate who has what skills?

• What is your strategy to reskill the workforce of today to meet the needs of tomorrow?

Presenter bio:

Tommy Barlow, Director, EMEA, Pluralsight

With over two decades of management experience, Tommy has partnered with some of the largest companies in the world including leaders in auto manufacturing, medical devices, software, retail, finance, and government. His area of expertise is disruptive technologies and transformation, having spent the last decade focused on helping teams adapt early, drive innovation, and manage the change within their teams to drive optimal outcomes. He currently is helping to lead Pluralsight’s growth in a newly opened headquarters that supports customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

More about Pluralsight:

Pluralsight is an American publicly held online education company that offers a variety of video training courses for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals through its website. Founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard (current CEO), Keith Brown, Fritz Onion, and Bill Williams, the company has its headquarters in Farmington, Utah. As of November 2017, it uses more than 1,500 subject-matter experts as authors,[3] and offers more than 6,000 courses in its catalog. Since first moving its courses online in 2007, the company has expanded, developing a full enterprise platform, and adding skills assessment modules.