Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?

Ep 712: Is Workforce Planning Obsolete?


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Recruiting Future is a podcast that helps Talent Acquisition teams drive measurable impact by developing their strategic capability in Foresight, Influence, Talent, and Technology. 


This episode is about Talent and Foresight.


We're no longer dealing with a world that's simply volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous - we've arguably entered something far more challenging: a reality that's brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible. This shift is turning traditional workforce planning completely on its head. Three-year strategic plans become meaningless when entire job categories disappear in months, when AI capabilities jump overnight, and when market conditions change faster than planning cycles can adapt.


So how can employers develop effective talent strategies in highly uncertain times, and how might talent acquisition step up to take a strategic role?


My guest this week is Toby Culshaw, VP of Strategy for Talent Intelligence at Lightcast. In our conversation, Toby explains how real-time talent intelligence is needed to build talent strategies that can respond to rapid change and why TA teams are uniquely positioned as invaluable sources of business intelligence.


In the interview, we discuss:


  • Moving from a VUCA world to a  BANI world

    • Dramatic change with significant compound effects

      • The implications for long-term planning

        • Why it is now easier to better align TA with workforce planning

          • Signals and real-time talent intelligence

            • The shortening half-life of job skills

              • The anxious workforce

                • Surfacing insights from TA

                  • War gaming and scenario planning

                    • The importance of data

                      • What might the future look like?


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