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 […]
What is Skills Management Software?
The success of your organization is largely dependent on the skills, abilities, and knowledge of your workforce. As you navigate changes in technology, working environments, and business goals, it’s critical to keep employee skills and competencies top of mind. Top leaders around the globe are leveraging competency and skills management software and verified skills data […]
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 […]
Willis Towers Watson Selects Kahuna
Houston, TX, January 21, 2021, Kahuna Workforce Solutions announces that Willis Towers Watson has selected Kahuna’s SaaS skills and competency management platform to expand the employee skills and development strategies within their benefits outsourcing division. With Kahuna, Willis Towers Watson will be able to assess and track proficiencies against defined competencies at a level and […]
Hashmap Selects Kahuna
Houston, TX, November 18, 2020, Kahuna Workforce Solutions announces Georgia based Hashmap Inc., a preferred Snowflake SI focused on accelerating outcomes and solutions in data, cloud, IoT, and AI/ML, has selected Kahuna’s SaaS skills and competency management platform to automate the assessment and development process for their team of technologists and engineers. Leveraging Kahuna allows […]
