In my last blog post, I wrote about being and staying learning agile to keep our people’s skills up-to-date. One important factor we look at is the ability to adapt, and do it quickly, also known as the Adaptability Quotient (AQ). At Spotify, we hire for adaptability and do our best to encourage and cultivate […]
A constant challenge for most organisations is to make sure their people are up to date with the skills they need. It’s a subject that’s been debated within HR (and in particular Learning & Development teams) for some time, but with the rate of change in the world increasing every day the pressure on solving […]
When you’re in the midst of a paradigm shift it can be difficult to understand that you are, since there is never a clear end or beginning. However, we have already been transitioning into the 4th Industrial revolution in the past few years according to the World Economic Forum (they introduced the term broadly in […]
In looking back at this year and trying to wrap it up, we realise how much learning has been happening…and not only related to core job-skills. A lot of the learning has come out of a necessity to adapt to changing circumstances, of working in the home office – either with a bunch of ‘new […]
These days, Learning & Development (L&D) professionals are swamped with digital tools that exist to improve, scale, expand and differentiate learning. Otherwise known as Learning Tech (LT). The HR tech industry is booming and LT is no outlier. The number of players on the LT market has exploded, according to Josh Bersin there are more […]
It started with our Leadership Criteria Back in the day, when we were still less than 1000 employees, we decided to create our Manager SLA, our service level agreement, defining what a great people manager is at Spotify. We wanted to do it the way we usually do things around here. In collaboration and with […]
Our experiences in the past few weeks have probably been similar to yours – like we’re all part of a giant experiment. From one day to the next our reality changed, and our entire band instantly started working from home. And just like that, our biggest challenges became finding the best ways of working in […]
The simple way to increase engagement Looking for a magical way to get better leadership, a more inclusive environment, clear direction for everyone, and employees who recommend the company to others? Good news, there is almost one! It’s spelled c-o-n-v-e-r-s-a-t-i-o-n. It won’t solve all your problems, but if you can get everyone in the company […]
Failing is not the opposite of success We’ve written about failing before on this blog. How it’s not the opposite of success, but rather part of the path to success. We’ve also shared how we encourage people to dare and try (and then sometimes fail), how we celebrate failure as a learning opportunity and do […]
How self-led workshops are supercharging our teams The mission of our Learning and Development team is simple: Enable and empower all of our band members to learn faster than the world is changing. That way we can keep innovating and delighting our end users, make it possible for more music and entertainment creators to live […]