How to Staff Your Skills Program for Success
We talk a lot about the drastic impacts technology is making in the business landscape, both in operational functions and back-office processes. But the truth is organizations still heavily rely on people to make the business run. Running a successful skills management program is no different. The quality of people that you put into place […]
The Risk of Mismanaging Skills Management
Establishing a strategy for managing and maintaining your skills management program is a vital step in the process of deploying a skills management function in your business. It’s often the difference between organizations that experience a wasted investment and those that achieve a future-proofed program. In this blog, we’ll talk through the risks of mismanaging […]
Competency Assurance & Safe Operations
As we listened in on the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) session, Perspectives from the Field, the message was clear. What keeps frontline rig managers up at night? The safety and competence of their workforce. Competency assurance is essential to safe, effective operations. What is competency assurance? Competency assurance at its most basic level […]
Top Engineering Skills & Competencies
Why do you need an engineering skills framework? The engineering industry is vast and complex with a variety of different roles and job functions. Even within the same organization, engineers can hold positions in electrical, mechanical, software, or chemical engineering, just to name a few. The top engineering skills needed can vary significantly, but there […]
What are QSEN Competencies in Nursing?
What are the QSEN competencies? The six QSEN competencies were created to help prepare and equip nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide quality and safe care in the health systems in which they work. Incorporating specific QSEN competency statements delivers needed standardization across nursing education, licensing, and certification programs. Why are QSEN competencies […]
Reskilling, Upskilling, and Cross-Skilling Build Workforce Capability
As organizations grapple with labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and new technologies, the skills needed to keep pace, or even outpace, industry peers quickly evolve. PwC encountered the question, “How are we going to prepare our people?” in almost every conversation with leaders at the World Economic Forum. With 87% of executives experiencing skills gaps […]
Kahuna Collaborates with Wolters Kluwer
Kahuna collaborates with Wolters Kluwer to enrich nursing competency testing and development. Houston, TX – April 12, 2022 – Kahuna Workforce Solutions announced it is working with Wolters Kluwer to combine Kahuna’s modern competency management platform with Lippincott Solutions® evidence-based clinical-information solutions. Together, the two resources will help health systems provide a rich learning and competency […]
Kahuna Announces Record-Breaking Q4
Houston, TX – February 10, 2022 – Kahuna, the leading skills and competency management company, announced today that it executed a highly successful fourth quarter in 2021, with sales results at 120% of plan, confirming the strong demand for tech-enabled operational skilling initiatives. Among the many customer additions is a Fortune 500 industrial tools and […]
Kahuna 2021 Year In Review
Well, it’s January 2022 otherwise known as the 25th month of 2020. Our high hopes for a complete return to normalcy may have been naïve but achieving significant milestones within the skills and competency management space, despite the ebbs and flows of uncertainty is a testament to the strength of our people and our incredible […]
Employee Skills: Metrics That Matter
Employee skills — metrics that matter — or do they matter? All industries have experienced change over the last year and a half. Leaders have narrowed their focus on the survival and stability of their organizations. Looking to the future, they’ll need to concentrate on steps to safely emerge into the “new normal” of post-pandemic […]
Kahuna Partners with Dozuki
Houston, TX – April 1, 2021: Kahuna and Dozuki announce a new partnership, combining Kahuna’s modern skills management software with Dozuki’s standard work instruction software to offer a full life-cycle approach to training, skills development, and safety for manufacturing companies. A McKinsey study explains that as manufacturing organizations focus on bridging the skills gap within […]
Kahuna 2020 Year In Review
I would love to pretend as if 2020 was any other year but we all know that isn’t the case. Rather than focus on the challenges we all faced, I would like to highlight why 2020 was a successful year for Kahuna. By most measures, the company outperformed expectations all the while strengthening relationships with […]
