Global Skills Podcast

About Global Skills Podcast

Hosted by Vanessa Wainwright — global skills strategist and industry leader with over 22 years of experience. The Global Skills Podcast explores one of the most urgent challenges of our time: closing the global skills gap and future-proofing talent in an age of rapid change. Each episode, Vanessa speaks with brilliant leaders from business, education, and government, that are shaping the future of work, reimagining learning, and transforming how talent is discovered and developed. Together, they uncover the real challenges organizations face, the strategies that are working, and what the future holds for skills, AI, and human potential. From CEOs and policymakers to entrepreneurs, educators, and mid-career professionals, this is the space where ideas meet action, helping leaders and learners alike navigate the new world of work. Proudly sponsored by Abodoo, whose mission is to ensure that everyone, everywhere, has access to learning, work, and opportunity by empowering organizations and educators with world-class skills technology to close the gap and future-proof their talent.

Publisher

Vanessa Wainwright

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Oct 2025

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 55 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Sales Enablement in the Age of AI: Closing the Execution Gap with Matt Webb

   Host Vanessa Wainwright interviews CEO Matt Webb about closing the sales execution gap with AI-driven strategies and his XQ concept.

2. 

   7 Sept 2026

   AI and Skills-Based Hiring: Rethinking Recruitment with Dionne Atwill

   Host Vanessa Wainwright interviews Dionne Atwill, CEO and co-founder of Exec TA Social, about how AI and skills-based hiring transform talent acquisition by valuing transferable skills and internal development.

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   24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Future Of Talent: AI, Skills & Leadership with Tom Verboven

   Host Vanessa Wainwright interviews Tom Verboven, Senior Director at Mercer Talent Enterprise, about AI's impact on future talent, leadership, and skills-based organizations.

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The Future Of Talent: AI, Skills & Leadership with Tom Verboven

Published 24 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What sets them apart? Is it the personality of the top leader? Is it the strategy of the company? What do you put it down to? It's a combination, of course. I do think it starts from a clear strategy because that's always the starting point of any assessment we are doing. Because if you have the strategy, A, you have a clear view on what kind of culture you want to create, what kind of values really matter to you, not just hanging on the wall, but what really matters, what kind of culture do you want, what kind of identity you want as a company. If you have that clear, then it's much more easy to derive like, okay, what are the qualities, the skills we're looking at our leaders? […]

Who has been a guest on Global Skills Podcast

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• Matt Webb
• Dionne Atwill
• Tom Verboven
• Dr Deepak Bhootra
• Deepak Parija

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