Workforce Planning in the Age of Compressed Change

Your workforce plan may already be obsolete, and it might not even be finished yet. For years, strategic workforce planning has meant mapping critical roles, scanning the environment, and building scenarios for three to five years out. It was a sound approach when the pace of change gave organizations time to plan. 

But the world it was built for no longer exists. AI has compressed change cycles from years to months or even weeks, and by the time a traditional workforce plan is finished, the assumptions behind it are often already out of date. The result is analysis paralysis: too much time spent planning for a future that keeps moving, and not enough time acting on what’s happening right now. 

So what does strategic workforce planning look like when the future of work has already arrived? 

During this webcast, you’ll: 

  • Understand why traditional SWP struggles to keep pace in an AI-driven workplace
  • Discover the four shifts that make workforce planning faster and more responsive
  • Learn how to focus planning on the decisions that matter most this year
  • Rethink the roles HR and business leaders play in shaping talent strategy

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
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Add event to your calendar: 20261208T190000Z 20261208T200000Z Workforce Planning in the Age of Compressed Change WEBCAST LINK: https://www.hci.org/webcast/workforce-planning-age-compressed-change Your workforce plan may already be obsolete, and it might not even be finished yet. For years, strategic workforce planning has meant mapping critical roles, scanning the environment, and building scenarios for three to five years out. It was a sound approach when the pace of change gave organizations time to plan.  But the world it was built for no longer exists. AI has compressed change cycles from years to months or even weeks, and by the time a traditional workforce plan is finished, the assumptions behind it are often already out of date. The result is analysis paralysis: too much time spent planning for a future that keeps moving, and not enough time acting on what’s happening right now.  So what does strategic workforce planning look like when the future of work has already arrived?  During this webcast, you’ll:  - Understand why traditional SWP struggles to keep pace in an AI-driven workplace - Discover the four shifts that make workforce planning faster and more responsive - Learn how to focus planning on the decisions that matter most this year - Rethink the roles HR and business leaders play in shaping talent strategy https://www.hci.org/webcast/workforce-planning-age-compressed-change Human Capital Institute noreply@hci.org America/New_York public

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Bill Craib
Senior HCI Faculty

Bill Craib is a Senior Faculty Member at the Human Capital Institute and after serving in multiple executive roles over a 12-year tenure at HCI has been the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Learning since 2013. In this capacity, Bill has had the great pleasure to work with dozens of HCI clients to bring Human Capital Institute certifications and learning programs on site. Bill is also the Founder and Managing Principal of Talent Agility Partners, a small consulting firm focused on helping organizations keep up with the pace of change through talent strategies.