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 productivity. Flying fish are unskilled or semi-skilled worker who are assigned to job duties that are above their capabilities; they may need special training to adequately perform. Flying fish are literally fish out of water. Platypus employees can adapt to nearly any challenge. Their skills and abilities, however, need to be strategically realized. They need to know where they stand.

Skills misalignments happen because skills are conceptualized in a way that focuses on one type of expert and completely ignores another. Our skills formula and Skills Alignment Matrix provide unique perspectives that show skills in a whole new light.