HR People Pod – Ep 26: Getting Britain working - UK Employment Minister Alison McGovern

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HR People Pod – Ep 59: Strategic workforce planning | Skills forecasting and productivity | The iced coffee debate

The CIPD’s latest Resourcing and talent planning 2026 report, supported by Omni, reveals that an increasing number of organisations are extending their workforce planning timeframes from the short to the medium term. Overall, 24% take a short-term approach (up to six months), dow ...  Show more

HR People Pod – Ep 58: Rapid reculturing - with Alex Bailey and Kerri O’Neill

What does it really mean for an organisation to know its culture, and is it possible to borrow the best bits of someone else’s? Who should hold responsibility for shaping culture when roles and structures are shifting so fast? And as AI transforms the workplace, can it be a genui ...  Show more

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