Virkware perspectives

Ideas for a more connected, agile workforce

Practical thinking on how organisations can make talent more visible, give employees greater agency and turn workforce insight into action.

Talent mobilitySkillsCareer growthEmployee experience

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Explore the ideas shaping internal talent

Browse perspectives for HR leaders, business leaders and managers building organisations where people can contribute, develop and move with greater freedom.

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Talent mobility & workforce agility

Mobilise capability across roles, projects and organisational boundaries.

Internal gigs2 min

How Financial Institutions Can Benefit from Internal Gigs

A practical look at using short-term internal projects to improve allocation, innovation, governance and applied learning in financial institutions.

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Organisational agility2 min

Maintaining Agility in a Growing Organization

Four forms of connectivity that can help a growing organisation preserve its ability to collaborate, decide and act.

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Internal mobility4 min

How to Make Internal Mobility Contribute to Employee Engagement and Retention

Strategies and measures for turning mobility from a job-posting process into a meaningful employee-development channel.

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Skills & career development

Make skills and aspirations useful in the everyday experience of work.

Career pathways3 min

Dynamic Career Pathways: Empowering Employees to Drive Their Own Growth

Why career pathways should help employees explore possible futures and connect aspirations to practical next steps.

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Skills strategy3 min

Becoming a Skills-Based Organization — An Approach

A three-part approach that moves from an active skills directory to actionable insight and skills embedded in work opportunities.

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Skills frameworks4 min

Why Skills Framework Initiatives Fail, and How You Can Make Them Work

Common reasons skills initiatives lose momentum—and practical choices that can keep them relevant and usable.

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Employee experience & connection

Strengthen the human networks that help employees feel seen and supported.

Internal networks3 min

The Power of Internal Networking: Helping Employees Thrive in Your Organization

Why an employee’s experience of organisational scale is shaped by their network—and how leaders can help that network grow.

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Employee engagement3 min

How Internal Talent Marketplaces Can Boost Employee Engagement

How connection, agency and market-style matching can make development opportunities more responsive to changing employee needs.

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Mentoring3 min

Mentoring Is Effective in Improving Engagement — We Are Just Not Having Enough of It

A case for making mentoring easier to access and allowing useful connections to grow throughout the organisation.

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Adoption & business value

Build the case, conditions and operating rhythm for lasting adoption.

Business case10 min

Create a Business Case for an Internal Talent Marketplace

A structured guide to defining non-financial value, estimating financial impact and addressing risks to benefit realisation.

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Implementation5 min

10 Steps to Successfully Adopt an Internal Talent Marketplace

From purpose and leadership sponsorship to participation, measurement and continuous evolution.

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People management4 min

Use Your Internal Talent Marketplace to Be a Better People Manager

Ten ways managers can support development, embrace change and help translate organisational strategy into action.

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