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As Global Head of Strategic Workforce Planning at Ericsson, author of the Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook, and member of the Workforce Planning Institute’s Global Standards Committee, few people are better placed to discuss SWP than David Edwards.
Our latest guest on the HR Grapevine podcast is a fierce advocate for mature workforce planning frameworks that allow HR teams be a meaningful partner to the business.
However, Edwards notes there are many misconceptions about his field, often incorrectly deemed as just “headcount modelling”; while “solution in search of a problem” thinking often holds back the impact SWP and HR professionals can have.
In this episode, he shares his advice on a range of topics from coaching language to early visibility of data, as well as exploring how HR teams can drive a cultural shift toward SWP and relationship-first planning.
