CIPD is clear: HR must move from reactive people practice to proactive workforce leadership, embedding horizon scanning, strategic workforce planning and skills-based thinking into core business strategy.

What we are trying to achieve:
- Create a leadership-level conversation about workforce strategy/ intelligence and the future of work
- Reframe workforce planning as a continuous, intelligence-led capability
- Explore how financial planning should be fully integrated in workforce planning
- Equip HR leaders with a clearer lens on what they need today and tomorrow.

This panel is designed to explore what it truly takes for HR to lead (strategic) workforce strategy at board level to create a long-term competitive advantage for the business.