This session examines how leveraging people analytics drives workforce transformation by identifying critical skills and enabling proactive reskilling. Drawing on real examples from Nokia’s transformation journey, Maria Rosaria Bonifacio will illustrate how data is used to pinpoint skill gaps, streamline training initiatives, and support strategic decision making. Senior HR and analytics leaders will gain insights into building a future‑fit workforce that directly contributes to business performance and investor value.

• Establishing a business case through data-driven workforce planning

• Benchmarking and external market comparisons to inform reskilling

• Using analytics to determine workforce archetypes and future job role evolution

• Case study: Consolidating sites and early hiring plans (5‑year horizon)

• Best practices: Global Technical Career Path and GIGS project for job rotation

• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication

• Integrating ethical AI in workforce management.

• Learn how to build a business case for workforce transformation using analytics

• Understand how benchmarking against the external market drives strategic reskilling

• Identify practical methods for using data to determine workforce archetypes and future role evolution

• Gain insights into stakeholder engagement and effective communication in HR strategy

• Explore how ethical AI integration enhances workforce planning.