A Better HR Business26 Touko 2025

Episode 284 – Identifying Skills Gaps and Designing Personalised Learning Plans Using AI – with Robin Adda from SkillsAssess

It's been estimated that up to 30% of the UK workforce currently lacks the skills needed to do their jobs effectively.

The founder and CEO of SkillsAssess, Robin Adda, joined me on the podcast to talk about his bold new mission: to fix the broken skills training ecosystem.

(NOTE: Register for Robin's upcoming panel discussion on AI for HR & L&D.)

A highly successful serial entrepreneur, Robin's latest venture, SkillsAssess, uses AI-powered assessments to help businesses and training providers truly understand what skills people have, and what training they actually need. It’s smarter, faster, and more targeted, and could just be the missing link in workforce development.

By using AI-powered assessments, SkillsAssess helps identify individual skills gaps and creates personalized learning pathways to close them.

Robin is a true veteran in EdTech and IT Training. He’s founded and scaled successful companies (including GTS Learning, later acquired by CompTIA), and his entrepreneurial journey includes a legal win against Apple back in the '80s.

From running a word processing bureau in the pre-internet days to selling his company to one of the biggest names in tech, Robin’s story offers valuable lessons and inspiration for anyone in business, HR, or tech.

In a wide-ranging discussion, Robin and I talked about:

✅ Building and sustaining resilience in leadership. ✅ The risks of generic, one-size-fits-all training. ✅ How AI is transforming HR and learning. ✅ What makes SkillsAssess stand out in the skills/L&D space. ✅ The value of a flexible, content-agnostic platform. ✅ Aligning training with organizational goals and values. ✅ The future of effective workforce development. ✅ And much more.

If you are curious to see AI-powered assessment in action, please check SkillsAssess.ai website and book a demo.

For show notes and to see details of our previous guests, check out the podcast page here:

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