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This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers: AI Index report, 2026 State of Global Workplace report, work redesign, ensuring critical roles are filled with top talent, and succession planning scenarios.g.
- Role-Based vs. Pool-Based Succession Planning: A Few Ideas for Determining the Right Approach | Brian Heger | My cheat sheet that helps HR practitioners evaluate whether to use role-based succession, pool-based succession, or a combination of both based on their organization’s context.
- How Leaders Can Close the AI Readiness Gap | The Conference Board | A new 28-minute podcast explores how CHROs can assess and accelerate AI maturity. AI fluency as a leadership expectation that influences succession and promotion decisions is also discussed.
- 8 Questions for Determining if a Vacant Position Should Be Backfilled | Brian Heger | My cheat sheet with questions to help leaders decide whether to backfill vacant roles, reducing the costly cycle of hiring, layoffs, and rehiring.
- Rethinking Skills-Based Talent Models: 4 Paths to Business Value | Deloitte Insights | A new article based on an analysis of 87 organizations and more than 28 skills strategies shows why skills-based talent practices create the most value when anchored in specific business outcomes.
- Beyond Tomorrow: Four Scenarios for the World of 2050 | BCG Henderson Institute | A new 48-page report presents four plausible scenarios for the world through 2050, two with direct workforce planning implications.
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