IAC-01:2026 Standard — First Evidence-Based Talent Management Standard: Structure, Requirements, and Application

The IAC-01:2026 standard, developed by the Argentine Institute for Quality (IAC), establishes 32 verifiable requirements distributed across 6 clauses for evidence-based human talent management. The pilot evaluation in 18 organizations in Argentina and Colombia demonstrated that 83% fail to meet the competence evaluation with traceable evidence requirement (they use subjective assessments without defined criteria), 72% measure 'training hours' but not 'demonstrated post-training competence,' and 91% lack retention indicators linked to verified turnover causes. The standard integrates with ISO 9001 (clause 7.2 competence), ISO 27001 (Annex A people controls), and ISO 30414 (human capital metrics). The 5-level maturity model produced classifies evaluated organizations: Level 1 Intuitive (44%), Level 2 Reactive (28%), Level 3 Defined (17%), Level 4 Managed (8%), Level 5 Optimized (3%). 12 genuinely auditable metrics with traceable evidence were identified, and 7 metrics that inevitably depend on subjective perception (the latter excluded from the model).