Strategic Workforce Planning: Headcount Plans Wearing a Capability Costume
Why most workforce plans are built on headcount, not capability — and what that costs later THE VERDICT Most workforce plans are headcount plans with better slides. They tell you how many people and roughly what job titles the organisation expects to carry twelve months out. They rarely tell you what the organisation needs to […]
Internal Talent Marketplaces vs. the Org Chart
Why most internal marketplaces plateau at browsing, not moving THE VERDICT An internal talent marketplace doesn’t change hiring behaviour by existing. It changes behaviour when it changes who gets to say yes. Most deployments stall six months in because they digitise browsing — employees can now see open gigs, stretch assignments, open roles — without […]
Skills Architecture versus Tech Platforms
Five gates to clear before you buy THE VERDICT Most skills programmes don’t fail on the platform. They fail because the platform was asked to answer a question the organisation never settled. Decide the architecture first. Buy the technology second. The tech is real, and it does things no spreadsheet ever will — it just […]