Skill Collective, A Lightcast Company

Skill Collective, a Lightcast Company, is an HR transformation consultancy founded in October 2022 and acquired by Lightcast in 2025. The company specializes in skills transformation for global enterprises, offering cost-effective and pragmatic consulting that challenges traditional models. Co-founders Oli Meager and Karl established the firm to address the costly mistakes organizations often make in skills investments and to provide a more honest and flexible approach to HR consulting. Skill Collective focuses on delivering high-value, hands-on support to HR teams, providing strategic guidance on skills strategies, succession planning, and talent expansion. They conduct impactful workshops to empower HR professionals and offer innovative solutions for talent acquisition and workforce data frameworks. Their services aim to embed skills-based approaches into HR processes, enhancing decision-making and fostering growth-oriented strategies. The company has worked with various organizations across industries, showcasing their expertise in skills transformation through case studies.