A candid interview on shifting from next-day manpower planning to a skills-based, long-term workforce strategy. Learn how to align with the business, blend people and financial data, reskill at scale, manage vendors, and build a learning culture that sustains change.

This interview explores how to rebalance an operation optimised for short-term delivery towards a skills-based, long-term workforce strategy. We cover aligning HR with the business on a shared vision, moving from headcount to capability, and coping with location-based constraints.

Practical examples include transparent reskilling deals, an AI-driven skills platform using a single external framework, an open internal talent marketplace, and new roles such as learning architects and skills experts. We discuss integrating HR, finance and sales data to become predictive, how to structure vendor relationships and best-of-breed choices, and the culture shift required – from ambassadors and inspiration days to metrics that prove impact.

The conversation explores:

• Balancing day-to-day manpower planning with long-term workforce strategy.
• Building a shared vision with the business – governance, projections, and accountability.
• From headcount to capabilities – designing a single external skills framework.
• AI-driven skills profiling, calibration, matching and an open internal talent market.
• Reskilling at scale – learning architects, skills experts, curation and delivery mix.
• Integrating HR, finance and sales data to predict demand and strengthen hiring.
• Vendor strategy – early adoption, best-of-breed, contracts, and cost control.

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