From skills to strategy - shaping tomorrow’s workforce 

Attendees joined leading HR professionals, workforce planning and talent management experts at the CIPD Workforce Planning and Talent Management Conference on 26 November.

In today’s complex and fast-moving landscape, workforce planning and talent management are no longer optional, they are business critical. Organisations must respond to shifting labour market dynamics, evolving employee expectations, and accelerating advances in technology, all while ensuring the right people are in the right roles, at the right time.

This conference was designed to equip people professionals, workforce planning and talent professionals with practical tools. Attendees discovered insights and inspiration to lead this transformation.


Your conference takeaways were


Harnessing AI for workforce planning

Attendees explored how AI, automation, and digitisation are reshaping roles, workflows, and organisational design, and learn how to innovating AI tools into workforce strategies to support skills gaps and future needs.


Futureproofing your workforce strategy

We understood how demographic shifts, evolving employee expectations, economic and policy changes impact workforce planning, and learn how to develop agile, forward-looking strategies in response.

Designing strategic frameworks

Attendees gained practical tools to build and embed workforce plans that integrate with broader business strategy, ensuring leadership buy-in and aligning workforce capability with long-term organisational goals.

Adopting a skills-first approach to workforce design

We explored how to shift your focus from traditional job roles to organisational capabilities by embedding a skills-first mindset...

Leveraging AI-powered talent data and analytics

Attendees discovered how AI-powered talent analytics can enhance forecasting, revealed talent gaps, and understood how to drive evidence-based decisions that shape a resilient and productive workforce.

Empowering internal mobility and inclusive progression

Gained insights into how to retain and grow talent through career pathing, upskilling, and inclusive performance mapping that supports all employees at every stage of their journey.


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