A large part of our focus includes skills alignment. Within any organization, skills misalignments can cause inefficiencies and high turnover. Koi fish are expert-level employees who are assigned to unchallenging job duties, trapping them in a koi pond that limits both company productivity and individual potential. Flying fish are workers who are assigned to job duties that are well above their capabilities; they may need special training to adequately perform. Flying fish are literally fish out of water. Platypus workers are rare, they can adapt to both traditional and unconventional challenges. Their capabilities, however, need to be strategically leveraged. If left unchallenged, they will turn into koi fish. Properly utilized, they can move a company.

Skills become misaligned when talent is leveraged within only two dimensions, that is; skills do fit or skills do not fit. The Skills Alignment Matrix provides a three dimensional perspective that includes Unconventional Experts; a type of talent that has long been misunderstood. Exploring the Skills Alignment Matrix will lead to a deeper understand of how the workforce connects to your culture, to help build a Culture of Experts.