SWP - The Strategic Workforce Planning Podcast

Episode 35 of the SWP Podcast welcomes Ralf Buechsenschuss from Microsoft.  Ralf is an incredibly intelligent and insightful people and analytics leader with a passion for leveraging data and insights to drive how organisations work.  What I loved most about this episode is the exploration of the role organisatonal network analysis plays in strategic workforce planning.  This is a critically under...

Episode 34 of the SWP podcast welcomes Vincent Barat, Co-founder and CEO of SaaS platform Albert. I had the chance to catch up with Vincent ahead of SWP Conference to chat all things SWP, Technology and entrepreneurship in this highly entertaining and engaging discussion.  Loved the thought leadership around SWP and the important role technology can play.

Episode 33 of the SWP podcast welcomes will three leading members from Deloitte’s Human Capital team in the US.  I was joined by Kevin Moss, Managing Director - Human Capitan, Dhruv Patel, Senior Manager – Human Capital and Michael Morgan, Senior Manager – Human Capital. This was a fantastic discussion off the back of the team’s participation in SWP Conference – San Diego, covering topics includin...

Episode 32 of the SWP podcast welcomes will Crandle, Co-founder and CEO of Horsefly Analytics. Will is privileged to lead an extraordinary team of professionals committed to revolutionising workforce strategies through data-driven insights. With over two decades of experience building and scaling technology platforms, Will has successfully helped shape and guide the Horsefly product into the amazi...

Episode 31 of the SWP podcast welcomes Vincent Lebunetel, Global Head of Skills Intelligence at Visier. Vincent is the Co-founder and former CEO of Boostrs. He previously led Corporate Innovation and the EMEA consulting division at CWT. Vincent is a board member and an investor in Tech’4’Team, TGI and Woobe and he also acted as an advisor to Welcome City Lab and Plug and Play and served as a mento...

Episode 30 of the SWP podcast welcomes Michael Cox, Head of People Analytics for Nestle – Europe.  Michael led a revolutionary shift in SWP approach at Nestle which was underpinned by a fascinating change leadership initiative.  Michael is an incredibly engaging and inspirational SWP leader who was a joy to have on the podcast.  I’m really looking to hearing more about his and Nestle’s transformat...

What can you say about this incredibly inspirational HR leader and wonderful SWP Advocate that hasn't already been said?  As the sun sets on Jane's incredible CHCO career we look forward to seeing what her next chapter looks like.  It was wonderful having her join SWP Conference -  San Diego in person last month and our day 1 wrap up was an out and out highlight. I caught up with Jane in...

Episode 28 of the SWP podcast welcomes Morgan Rossi, Global Director at LinkedIn.  Morgan advises some of LinkedIn’s largest and most important clients on their talent acquisition, workforce planning, and employer branding strategies. Outside of her daily role Morgan serves as the ‘Women at LinkedIn’ external communications lead and is LinkedIn’s NYC employee charity liaison board member. This was...

Episode 25 of the SWP podcast welcomes Peter Louch - founder and chief executive of Vemo.  Vemo brings to market a state-of-the-art workforce planning software and services offering that enables organizations to more proactively manage their business, align talent management and acquisition with what drives business success, and provide HR and Line professionals the strategic HR tool that integrat...

Episode 26 of the SWP podcast welcomes Ben Zwieg – Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Revelio Labs – a global leader in workforce intelligence. Ben is an Adjunct professor with both the NYU Stern School of business and Columbia Business School.  Before joining Revelio, Ben spent three and a half years with IBM as a managing data scientist. Ben’s career history in the data science education...

Episode 27 of the SWP podcast welcomes Steve Brown Head of Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning at Electronic Arts, the world’s leading video gaming and interactive entertainment company. Throughout his career, Steve has worked across HR, Finance, and Operations on talent strategy, workforce planning, compensation program design & consulting, M&A, HRIS implementation, relocation, tax a...

Episode 24 of the SWP podcast welcomes Jakob Ejlsted - Workforce Planning Specialist to the pod.  Jakob has significant global experience across industries including Oil & Gas, Transport & Logistics, Management Consulting, and Industrial Chemicals. Fantastic discussion with Jakob which focused mainly around how we can better understand and utilise the contingent workforce for superior SWP...

Episode 23 of the SWP podcast welcomes AJ Herrmann from Cleveland Clinic.  AJ is the Executive Director Strategic Workforce Planning at Cleveland Clinic and, across his career, has worked with organisations including  BCG, Nestle, Homeland Security, NBC and the Central Intelligence Agency . This long-awaited episode (for us) delivers everything we hoped and more.  AJ is a phenomenal advocate of ou...

Episode 21 of the SWP podcast welcomes Gergo Safar, Strategic Workforce Manager at BT to the Pod.  Gergo is an experienced SWP leader who has worked across organisations including BT, Unilever, McKinsey and Vodafone and countries including Hungary, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy and the UK. This was such an important discussion to have with so many new themes raised including the op...

Episode 22 of the SWP podcast welcomes Antony Ebelle-ebanda, Digital Surgery Integration Lead & Talent Insights at Johnson & Johnson to the Pod.  Antony is an experienced SWP leader who has worked across organisations including Johnson & Johnson, Allianz, Barclay’s and Deutsche bank (to name but a few). Fantastic chat with Antony which explored the potential homes of SWP within the org...

Episode 18 of the SWP podcast welcomes Emanuele Poletti, Group Workforce Planning and Analytics Manager at Campari. Emanuele found Strategic Workforce Planning originally through his time at GE where he spent a number of years as an analytics specialist, organisation and staffing. Through his time at both Sky and Generali, Emanuele has transitioned his focus from data and analytics into strategic...

Episode 19 of the SWP podcast welcomes one of our very own – Jen Allen.  A member of The Institute's GSCC, Jen is the Workforce Planning and Design Manager at Police Scotland.  With a recent career history spanning health and police, Jen has deep insight into the challenges faced by governments of the world across critical workforce segments.  Jen’s insights into stakeholder related challenge...

Episode 20 of the SWP podcast welcomes David Edwards of Visier.  Like many of us, David’s introduction to SWP happened through working on a large-scale workforce reduction project.  David has a strong background in resource management and strategic workforce planning in the banking and financial servises sector across Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest Group ahead of joining Visier as the director...

Episode 16 of the SWP podcast welcomes Matt Higgs from Babcock International Group to share his refreshing insights around practical and executable strategic workforce planning.  For us, one of the light bulb moments was Matt’s quote ‘the plan we develop today, is seldom what actually gets implemented’.  Our fascinating conversation was a staunch reminder that SWP is not intended to be a precise t...

Episode 17 of the SWP podcast welcomes Gill Aggus from, Jaguar Land Rover. Originally an economist, Gill found Strategic Workforce Planning following numerous roles working across the JLR business which has helped arm her with deep insights into the challenges faced the JLR leaders. Developing a job architecture is a critical part of any SWP process and Gill’s presentation at The Institute’s Globa...

Episode 15 of the SWP podcast welcomes Suzie Custerson – Director of Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Acquisition at Seek. When the recipe starts with business and strategy related study and early career work and branches out into HR, the combination is the perfect tonic for a strategic workforce planner. I loved my conversation with Suzie which provides a unique look at an organisation who...

Episode 14 of the SWP podcast welcomes Rob Major – Director – Workforce Planning at Raytheon Technologies. Rob graduated his masters with a qualification in executive coaching having developed a passion for connecting psychology with business.  Having developed an interest in people analytics, Rob secured a role with World Vision which propelled his career in workforce planning and analytics. Rob’...

Episode 12 of the SWP podcast welcomes Oksana Jawabreh.  Oksana is an experienced SWP Leader and passionate advocate who has worked across organisations including Westpac, EY, Deloitte and Woolworths.  Oksana brings a wealth of experience and perspective having spent years consulting to the government on major transformations and reform projects prior to her time in the fin services space.  Such a...

Episode 13 of the SWP podcast welcomes Justin Strharsky founder and director of Unearthed Solutions and Humyn.ai. Justin’s early career included time in Silicon Valley at Sun Microsytems  then spending a decade fostering start-ups and innovation hubs before founding Unearthed Solutions, an organisation who connects mining and resources companies with innovators to deliver a unique way of supplemen...

Episode 7 of the SWP podcast welcomes Adam Gibson, Director and Strategic Workforce Planning Leader at EY and author of the recognised go-to text for SWP, Agile Workforce Planning. We’ve been dying to pick Adam’s brain on the critical role capability plays in the strategic workforce planning process and the ensuing conversation didn’t disappoint.  You just get the sense that had there not been adj...