
David Edwards
Strategic workforce planning practitioner and author of The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook, with experience across finance, operations, transformation and workforce planning advisory roles.
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Feb 3, 2026 • 47min
Rethinking Strategic Workforce Planning in the Age of AI and Skills Disruption
David Edwards, strategic workforce planner and author of The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook, draws on finance and transformation experience. He discusses shifting focus from headcount to capability, capacity, cost and risk. He explains why analytics and planning must align, why contingent workers and bots matter, and why AI forces organizations to redesign work before redefining skills.

Mar 4, 2026 • 50min
Strategic Workforce Planning: David Edwards
David Edwards, author of The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook and a practitioner with finance, ops, and people analytics experience, discusses modern strategic workforce planning. He explains how SWP reframes planning as a business discipline, uses scenario thinking over false precision, focuses on tasks not jobs, and shows how HR can become a strategic, risk-aware advisor.


