From Skills to Skill Stacks: The Real Future of Performance at Work
A skateboarder takes flight, demonstrating skill and balance under pressure as the sun sets in the background. Published: December 30, 2025 Reading time: 5.21 mn Sommaire 1. The Skill Obsession That Holds Organizations Back 2. Why Skills Alone No Longer Create Performance 3. What Is a Skill Stack? 4. AI Didn’t Replace Jobs — It Exposed Weak Skill Stacks 5. The HR Blind Spot: Training Without Architecture 6. Designing Skill Stacks: A Practical HR Framework 7. Skill Stacks and Employability: The Hidden Advantage 8. The New HR Rule of 2025 ✍️ Final Note – HKWeeks Perspective From Skills to Skill Stacks: The Real Future of Performance at Work For years, organizations have invested heavily in skills. They mapped them. They trained them. They benchmarked them against industry frameworks and future job forecasts. Yet despite record spending on learning and development, a paradox persists: perfor...