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Showcasing the amazing global speakers at SWP, The Workforce Planning Institutes global strategic workforce planning conference program. SWP brings a truly global perspective to understanding our future workforce requirements.
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In Episode 78, I sit down with Fiona Vines, Chief Inclusion & Wellbeing Officer at BT Group, to trace her unexpected path from banking to HR to leading inclusion across mining and telecoms. I explore with Fiona why diversity alone doesn’t deliver performance without real inclusion embedded in the work, the worker, and the workplace. We connect inclusion to strategic workforce planning—from customer empathy and accessibility to risk, safety, and measurable outcomes. Fiona shares lessons fr...
In Episode 77, I sit down with Elena Magrini and Alison Ettridge from Lightcast to explore how a risk-based approach to Strategic Workforce Planning can transform how organizations think about their people. We unpack the forces reshaping today’s labour market — from geopolitics and economic uncertainty to the accelerating impact of AI — and look at why workforce risk is now firmly a board-level conversation. Alison and Elena share how Lightcast is helping organizations quantify and prioritise...
Episode 76 – From Crew Rosters to Strategic Flight Paths: American Airlines’ SWP Evolution In this episode I sit down with Kipp Stoneman, Managing Director of Customer & Operations Strategy and Performance Analytics at American Airlines. Kipp shares how a career that began in revenue management led him into the world of pilot and flight-attendant planning—and ultimately to driving one of the industry’s most sophisticated strategic workforce planning transformations. We explore lessons fro...
For Episode 75 of the SWP Podcast, I sat down with Peter Louch, Founder & CEO of Vemo, to explore where strategic workforce planning is really heading. We talk about the shift from data scarcity to saturation, why continuous planning beats annual cycles, and how agentic, push-button scenarioing changes the speed of decisions. We discuss how predictive demand/supply modeling truly delivers value (and when it doesn’t), how to keep data from becoming a distraction, and what it takes to...
In this, episode 74, of the SWP Podcast, I finally get the chance to sit down with Tatiana Villalobos Baum, Global Head of Strategic Workforce and Skill Management at SAP — and a familiar face from the SWP London stage. Tati and I dive into her unique journey from finance into HR, and how that analytical lens has shaped her approach to SWP. We explore what makes planning strategic (spoiler: it’s not just data), the mindset shifts needed across the business, and how to turn insights into actio...
Episode of the SWP Podcast features Antoine Aubois, Founder and CEO of Akoya Consulting who helps me unpack the evolution and challenges of strategic workforce planning (SWP). From humble beginnings during the global financial crisis to advising multinational firms, Antoine shares Akoya’s mission to strengthen HR functions by integrating strategic, data-driven, and design-thinking approaches. Together we explore SWP’s ongoing maturity across Europe, the overreliance on tools over strategy, an...
In this episode of the SWP Podcast, I sit down with Andrew Pitts, founder and CEO of Polinode, to explore the game-changing intersection between Organisational Network Analysis (ONA) and Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP). Andrew unpacks how ONA reveals the informal structures, influencers, and energisers that drive collaboration, agility, and transformation within organisations—insights often invisible in traditional org charts. Together, we discuss active vs. passive ONA, how network insigh...
Episode 71 of the SWP Podcast features Oliver Shaw, CEO of OrgVue. Oliver and I discuss the findings of OrgVue's recent research on workforce transformation, focusing on the impact of AI, emotional decision-making, and the challenges faced by CEOs. We explore global perspectives on workforce change, the importance of linking workforce strategies to financial metrics, and the need for intentional hiring practices. The conversation highlights the emotional toll of transformation on leader...
In episode 70 of the SWP Podcast, I sat down with Bob Motion, Director Business Integration RTX Workforce Intelligence, to explore what it means to plan a workforce at scale in one of the world’s most mission-critical sectors. Bob shares how RTX is embedding SWP across a highly complex, engineering-led enterprise — balancing long-term capability planning with rapid shifts in demand, technology, and geopolitics. We dive into how strategic workforce planners can earn trust with business leaders...
Episode 69 of the SWP Podcast welcomes Lindsey Taylor, Lindsay Taylor, Senior Director of Strategic Workforce Planning at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Lindsey shares her fascinating and non-linear journey into SWP, from geoscience and operations to leading one of the most established SWP teams in the tech industry. The conversation explores the evolving relationship between SWP, org design, and people analytics, as well as the growing challenges of aligning stakeholder needs, adapting to shift...
Episode 68 of the SWP Podcast welcomes David Boyle, Director of Workforce Planning and Analytics at Altria. Ahead of his appearance at SWP Conference – Chicago, David shares the story of his journey into SWP, the challenges that keep him sharp, and the key ingredients that underpin a successful workforce planning effort. We also dive into the topic of his upcoming session at the conference and the insights delegates can expect to walk away with. I really enjoyed this discussion with David who...
Episode 67 of the SWP podcast features the return of one of our favorite voices in the space, Vijay Swaminathan, CEO and co-founder of Draup. Vijay and I dive deep into the evolving role of the workforce planner in the age of generative AI — from hype to real ROI. We explore how AI is shifting the meaning of “workforce” to include workflows, why our window of opportunity is now, and how planners can bridge the gap between AI infrastructure and real business outcomes. Vijay also gives us a sne...
Episode 66 of the SWP podcast features returning guest and longtime friend of the show, Clare Moncrieff, now Senior Principal of Consulting at Workhuman. Clare and I dive into the unexpected but powerful intersection between employee recognition and strategic workforce planning — a topic I’ve become increasingly passionate about. We explore how recognition data offers untapped insight into culture, human skills, and even hidden networks of collaboration. Clare also shares how Workhuman is lev...
Episode 65 of the SWP Podcast saw me catch up with Jennifer Cline for the first time since SWP Conference - Austin in 2024. This wide-reaching conversation spanned multiple themes commencing with strategic workforce planning in a regulated environment – balancing short-term pressures, data challenges, and the future of work. With key discussion points around demonstrating ROI, measuring SWP Success, aligning cross functional teams and so many more, this episode has so many hidden gems. ...
Episode 65 of the SWP Podcast saw me welcome Sarah Rogers and Sean Finney who, together with team have supported the Asia Pacific SWP conferences ever since we launched. It’s been quite the wait, but we finally caught up with Sarah and Sean here to discuss something I’m personally very passionate about, the critical integration of AI, roles, tasks and most importantly people, into a holistic SWP approach. A wonderful discussion with a couple of leading SWP experts!
Episode 63 of the SWP podcast features legendary people analytics podcaster and good friend Cole Napper. Cole and I discuss all things people analytics and strategic workforce planning and how the respective disciplines have converged and diverged over the years. We hypothesize around the optimal structure to ensure effective delivery and explore Cole's recent move from corporate land to labor market data providers Lightcast. An incredibly entertaining and enjoyable discussi...
It's not every day you meet a living legend in people analytics and workforce planning but Episode 62 of the SWP Podcast does just that. Amit Mohindra is not only an incredibly inspirational speaker, teacher and advisor in the space but also a wonderfully warm, authentic and entertaining human being. Enjoy this intriguing discussion with a true thought leader.
Episode 61 of the SWP Podcast welcomes back one of our favorite SWP tech entrepreneurs - Vincent Barat from Albert. Join Vincent and I as we debrief the incredible SWP Conference - London event and discuss our many highlights of what was a truly remarkable celebration of the great profession of Strategic Workforce Planning.
In Episode 79 (bonus episode), I sit down with my good friend Vincent Barat, founder and CEO of Albert, for a conversation that almost didn’t happen this year. Vince joins me fresh off an unexpected medical drama that forced him to miss his SWP London session — and yes, we get into that story to start. From there, we dive into the material he never got to share on stage, including his “SWP Cookbook” and the four ingredients he believes define mature, scalable workforce planning: governance, d...
Episode 60 of the SWP Podcast explores a fantastic case study involving ATB and Pearson, centred around tech enabled SWP in regulated environments. Juliette Klemencic and Sadhana Bhide share deep insights into technology driven challenges and opportunities in financial services from the perspective of governance, org structure, skills, forecasting and role design. A not to be missed episode with two subject matter experts.
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