From Roles to Skills: Using AI to Transform Workforce Planning
While some practitioners of strategic HR fear that AI might one day replace them, the reality for the foreseeable future is far more encouraging: AI is powerful tool, but like any tool, it is only as effective as the human being who deploys it. AI is not here to supplant our work—it is here to guide and supplement our efforts, lending a competitive advantage to those who can harness its power.
Nowhere is this more true than in the realm of workforce planning. For large and complex organizations, planning was once an arduous and lengthy process, whereby hundreds of distinct talent needs across diverse geographies had to be identified, studied, and projected with careful attention. Now, AI can do much of this initial heavy lifting in minutes, freeing up the planner to focus on the critical 20% of talent that drives the most value. Speeding up the initial planning process leaves ample time for refinement and execution.
Key takeaways
- Pitfalls of your current workforce planning effort and how they can be remedied with AI
- How to move beyond role-based planning to better understand current and future skill gaps and surpluses
- How WFP will provide better guidance for external hiring and internal mobility
- How to increase managers’ adoption of AI in their strategic workforce planning
