In today’s fluctuating labour landscape, aligning Strategic Workforce Planning with market realities is crucial. David Fineman of Revelio Labs highlights methods to embed external labour data into SWP for a stronger, more adaptable workforce strategy. Through real-world use cases, David will demonstrate how external data—from competitor hiring patterns to emerging skill gaps—can sharpen your workforce strategies, helping address challenges from talent acquisition to long-term capability building. This session offers a roadmap to develop SWP as a responsive, insight-driven tool that leverages external intelligence to anticipate change, enabling proactive responses across the organisation.

This session addresses the increasing need to integrate external labour insights into SWP. As market dynamics and skill demands evolve rapidly, this approach enables organisations to understand and respond to external shifts that impact talent availability, skill gaps, and competitor moves, reinforcing SWP’s role in securing long-term business success.

• Integrating external market data into SWP for strategic decision-making
• Use cases: addressing talent shortages, skills evolution, and operational resilience
• Methods for sourcing, analysing, and applying external data
• Building adaptive strategies that reflect market and competitor trends
• Anticipating labour shifts and aligning them with business objectives.

• Gain practical approaches to enrich SWP with external market data
• Understand key external indicators that impact workforce strategy
• Develop adaptive workforce strategies that align with market insights
• Learn techniques for applying labour market intelligence in workforce scenarios
• Strengthen SWP’s role in supporting organisational agility.