Making Skills Stick: Dow’s Blueprint for Culture and Capability - 2026 Next Practices Weekly
Next Practices Weekly welcomed Lisa Bryant, CHRO of Dow, for a strategic discussion on what it takes to operationalize a skills-based culture across a global workforce. Drawing on her leadership of HR for Dow’s 36,000 employees, Bryant shared how the organization embedded skills into its operating model to better align talent strategy with business priorities.
Joined by i4cp’s Tom Stone and Amber Burton, Bryant outlined the cultural and operational shifts required to bring a skills-based approach to life from leadership alignment and transparent communication to modernizing learning and talent practices.
Key Topics Discussed
- Embedding Skills into the Operating Model
Dow integrated skills across talent practices to align workforce capabilities with evolving business needs. - CareerHub and Internal Mobility
Dow’s CareerHub platform helps employees understand their skills, explore career paths, and drive their own growth. - Leadership Storytelling and Alignment
Consistent executive messaging helped connect skills development to business performance and employee opportunity. - Modernizing Learning and Leadership Development
Learning programs were redesigned to focus on practical capability-building tied to real business priorities. - Operationalizing Skills Across HR
Skills were integrated into hiring, development, and workforce planning to influence everyday talent decisions.
Bryant also discussed how Dow moved beyond defining skills to embedding them into everyday talent experiences through initiatives like the company’s CareerHub platform, modernized leadership development, and stronger change management practices. Watch the full recording to hear Bryant’s candid insights and practical lessons on turning a skills strategy into a lasting culture shift.
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