Daniel Samaan
Senior Economist
International Labour Organization
From Macro Trends to Strategic Workforce Planning
Strategic workforce planning must now account for the broader forces shaping global labour markets, from wage stagnation to demographic shifts and technological disruption. This session explores how HR and analytics leaders can operationalise macroeconomic insights using tools like the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook report. Attendees will see how to fuse external labour indicators with internal people data to identify emerging risks, improve scenario planning, and strengthen cross-functional alignment. Through practical frameworks, KPI-driven examples, and dashboard prototypes, you’ll learn how to translate global workforce trends into smarter talent strategies that drive measurable business value.
- Key global trends from the ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025
- Techniques for integrating external labour data with internal people metrics
- Use of predictive modelling to forecast skills demand and workforce gaps
- Dashboard design for combining economic trends with HR KPIs
- Strategies for engaging finance, operations, and IT in cross-functional planning
- Case examples of companies adjusting talent strategy based on macro trends.
- Understand which macro labour trends most affect strategic workforce decisions
- Learn how to integrate ILO and economic data into internal analytics
- Gain practical examples of predictive dashboards and integrated KPIs
- Identify techniques to improve stakeholder engagement and data collaboration
- Recognise key success metrics that indicate impact from macro-informed planning
- Apply lessons from real-world cases to build a more agile workforce strategy.
With global unemployment hovering at 5 percent and wage growth decoupled from productivity, organisations face growing uncertainty in workforce planning. Structural issues like skills mismatches, labour shortages, and informal employment compound this challenge. Many HR teams struggle to connect these macro dynamics to their internal decision-making processes. This session addresses that gap, showing how macroeconomic insights can sharpen people analytics strategies and make talent planning more resilient, proactive, and aligned to business needs.
