Three questions every competency model now needs to answer
A review of 50 competency models by JST People Strategy found that nearly all are silent on AI. Most were written before AI entered the work.
That leaves organizations hiring and developing people against expectations that no longer match how work gets done.
At JST People Strategy, we believe AI doesn’t just add a competency. It raises the bar on the ones you already have.
That’s why we created Competency in the Age of AI, a research-based guide to help leadership teams and CPOs update their competency models. It’s built around three questions:
AI fluency: What do we expect everyone to know and do with AI?
AI-integrated competencies: What does AI change about the competencies we already have?
Durable competencies: What competencies does AI make more important for the future?
The guide maps ten durable competencies across leading self, leading the work, and leading others, each grounded in published research.
As AI takes on more of the work, these are the capabilities that will set people apart.