HR Daily: Workforce decisions ignoring crucial ‘capability’ assessment

Mike Erlin writes for the Institute of Managers and Leaders on why skills alone don’t explain productivity. The missing layer is capability: the capacity to consistently apply knowledge under the conditions a role actually demands. As AI accelerates work, that distinction becomes one of the defining leadership challenges of the decade.

AbilityMap co-founder and CEO Mike Erlin has published a feature article in Human Resources Director (HRD) Australia on why AI acceleration makes human capability more important, not less. The argument cuts against the grain of most AI-and-work commentary. Where the...

NOAH Intelligence examines the shift from one-off training to continuous capability systems in talent development. AbilityMap is featured as an operational example of a capability framework that measures jobs and people across multiple skill domains, creating a common language for role requirements.

CEO Mike Erlin speaks to Dynamic Business about the hiring frustration that spanned three countries and became AbilityMap’s capability assessment platform.

As part of February's CEO of the Month video series by LinkedIn News Australia, Mike Erlin shares his view on how to unlock your team's full potential. "We assume that if someone is smart and motivated, they'll figure it out. And if they're struggling, we can train them up,...