Jim Read

Former Global Learning & Competencies Center at ConocoPhillips Uncharted Insights

Jim Read is a consultant and capability architect with more than 25 years of experience spanning engineering, finance, strategy and learning. He recently led the global Learning & Competencies Center at ConocoPhillips, where he drove learning innovation, modernized competency frameworks, and shaped high impact development experiences at scale. Jim’s passion is driving toward clarity in a noisy world, helping leaders surface solutions that already exist but simply haven’t yet been seen, named, or embedded. He is now President of Uncharted Insights, where he assists organizations in unlocking hidden capabilities and building the skills necessary to thrive in an AI enabled world.

Main Conference Day One | Tuesday, March 24 2026

1:40 PM How Industry Leaders Built Trusted Skills Data - and What It Unlocked

Validated operational skills data is the missing link between workforce management and operational performance. Most organizations still can't say with confidence who is truly ready to do the work—relying instead on course completions, generic HR skill tags, or tribal knowledge. Operations doesn't trust this data and therefore can't use it, leading to avoidable safety risks, quality issues, and lost productivity.

But when skills are measured, validated, and trusted, companies unlock a different level of execution: intelligent worker assignment, shift balancing, and prioritized training investments that target the skills that matter most. What was once a compliance exercise becomes an operational advantage.

In this panel, leaders who’ve made this shift will share how they tackled the data and process challenges, the impact on safety and throughput, and the measurable ROI they’ve achieved. We’ll also explore where they’re headed next, and how trusted operational skills data is becoming the foundation for AI-driven workforce optimization and digital transformation.

Presentation by Kahuna Workforce

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