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The “Invisible” Skills Your HR System Can’t See | Mariia Potupchik on Skin in the Game (Teaser)

April 05, 2026 • Debbie Go • Season 2 • Episode 4

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Your HR system tells you a person’s title and function. It tells you nothing about their skills.
If you have two "Senior Product Managers," your dashboard likely treats them as identical units. But in reality:
- One is a data analysis and AI integration expert.
- The other is a stakeholder management and design thinking expert.

On paper, they are the same. In practice, their readiness for AI transformation is worlds apart.

In this #SkinInTheGameWithDebbieGo teaser, @MariaPotupchik —Founder & CEO of @YourSkills_Pro —cuts through the AI hype to reveal the real blind spot: companies are still looking at job titles instead of capabilities.

“Every HR system in the world organizes people by role, department, and seniority. That tells you nothing about what someone can actually do.”

That’s why she built YourSkills: to make the invisible visible—mapping real capabilities, not job titles.

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Mariia: Everyone is talking about AI will take your job and all the headlines make you more stressed. AI isn't the threat. The threat is flying blind. While the biggest transformation in the generation, I should say, reshapes your entire workforce and YourSkills is this intelligence layer that helps you to navigate this complexity.

Debbie: If you look at the data coming out of YourSkills right now, what would you say is the single biggest blind spot companies have when it comes to identifying talent? So if we solve that one issue, how does the future work look different for both the employer and the employee?

Mariia: Great question, and there are a lot of conversations about skills-based approach, but They're still they're looking at job titles instead of capabilities. And every HR system in the world organizes people by role, by department and seniority. That has been for many years and the system is quite outdated, but that tells you nothing about what someone can actually do.