The Workforce Optimisation Imperative: Productivity, Planning & Analytics in an Age of Pressure
The Workforce Optimisation Imperative: Productivity, Planning & Analytics in an Age of Pressure
What CHROs and People Analytics leaders must prioritise in the next two years
Workforce decisions are coming under sharper financial and operational scrutiny as productivity stalls, AI adoption accelerates and skills gaps persist. This keynote outlines how leading employers are responding, using Strategic Workforce Planning, People Analytics and AI to balance cost, capacity and capability. Delegates will gain a clear framework for Workforce Optimisation, and insight into where organisations are succeeding – and where they struggle – to meet rising expectations from CEOs, CFOs and boards.
This session explores
- Global trends reshaping productivity, labour markets and workforce decisions.
- The rising expectations of CHROs and People Analytics leaders from boards.
- How leading employers blend SWP, People Analytics and AI for capacity gains.
- Common failure points in Workforce Optimisation adoption and governance.
- A practical framework to anchor decisions across the programme.
Learning outcomes
- Understand how macro trends are driving demand for Workforce Optimisation.
- Clarify what CEOs and CFOs expect from HR and People Analytics today.
- Identify where organisations succeed and struggle with SWP and People Analytics.
- Apply a practical framework for cost, capacity and productivity decisions.
- Use insights to orient follow-on sessions and conversations during the event.
25 February 2026
09:10-09:40 CET
David Green
Managing Partner & Executive Director
Why this matters
Across Europe, productivity remains stubbornly flat while labour markets stay tight and pressure to adopt AI intensifies. Boards now expect CHROs to present clearer evidence, stronger planning assumptions and more credible pathways to capacity release. This elevates Workforce Optimisation from an HR initiative to a core business imperative that underpins cost discipline and performance.