You can also access this resource and many others in Issue 361 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Strategic workforce planning (SWP) is consistently ranked as a top priority by HR leaders. Yet it has one of the largest gaps between ranked importance and organizational capability. One costly result of ineffective SWP is a familiar …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. One objective of workforce planning is ensuring that an organization has the workforce capacity to execute its critical goals and priorities. While acquiring more people (e.g., employees, contractors, etc.) is one way to increase workforce capacity, another way is to unlock …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Most of the current AI-and-jobs conversation, including my own recent coverage, has centered on entry-level role impact and the risk of failing to develop the next generation of leaders. But there are also impacts at the other end of the career …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. A few weeks ago, I shared OpenAI’s AI Jobs Transition Framework for the US, a 32-page report which offered a way to classify jobs by how AI is likely to affect them, sorting occupations into those likely to be automated, likely …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Entry-level roles have long served as a foundation for building the institutional knowledge, judgment, and tacit skills that underpin long-term organizational capability. But as AI reshapes how work is performed, early-career workers are feeling the effects directly. This new report indicates …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. An important factor in workforce planning is analyzing demographic data, including aging workforce trends and retirement projections, to understand how demographic shifts may affect the supply of available talent. These data can surface risks that are easy to overlook until they …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. As organizations assess AI’s impact on jobs and work, many rely on AI exposure rankings, or the percentage of job tasks AI has the technical capability to perform, as the primary lens for assessing job disruption risk. But this new 32-page …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Much has been written about AI’s impact on the workforce, but a new article from BCG turns the lens specifically on corporate functions (finance, HR, legal, compliance, procurement, and technology). It contrasts where most corporate functions operate today (siloed departments, manual …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Strategic workforce planning (SWP) is consistently rated a top HR priority among HR practitioners. Yet it also carries one of the largest gaps between importance and capability. I recently shared BCG’s and WFPMA analysis of 28 workforce practices, which found SWP …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. I’ve written several posts and shared many tools on scenario planning as a critical tool for envisioning possible business futures and informing talent strategies. Building on those resources, a new 48-page BCG Henderson Institute report, drawn from more than 100 megatrends …
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