Building a Skills-Powered Organization
With Arcadis’ Freek Matheij 

In this episode, Arcadis’ Global Citizen Development & AI Director, Freek Matheij, chats with BST Global’s Chief Marketing Officer, Eileen M. Canady, about citizen development and upskilling initiatives across his organization. Throughout their conversation, Freek emphasizes that, while it’s crucial to encourage employees to exercise their coding and development skills, companies also need to maintain boundaries and oversight of citizen developer output.  

In addition to upskilling and governance efforts, Freek highlights Arcadis’ journey to becoming a skills-powered organization. The active pursuit of this goal empowers employees to refine their skills and forge their own career paths while giving leadership a clear view of the workforce’s strengths and interests.  

When it comes to advancements in AI technology, Freek points out how a more internal focus can be most effective, noting that, “It’s really thinking about how you can use AI and how it amplifies your work.” 

Listen to the full episode to learn what else Freek shared.