Brainfood Live On Air - Ep320 - Strategic Workforce Planning in the Era of Agentic AI

Jul 25, 2025

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STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING IN AN AGENTIC WORLD Recruiters have long said that stronger SWP would solve all recruitment problems - if the business only told us with a bit more notice what they were looking for! But now with AI Agents becoming a population in the workforce, can we really know what the right size for a team is anymore? We're taking a deep dive into the world of talent intelligence and trying to figure out how exactly we can plan for a future workforce of AI-abled human workers, perhaps alongside Human-empathetic AI workers... - How has AI changed the demand Strategic Workforce Planning? - What have employers been looking for, what can we learn from their demands on TalentNeuron? - What types of company are doing what things - how does demand intersect with sector & region? - Real talk: are companies getting smaller or planning to get smaller? - What type of work previous exclusively done by humans, is likely to be done partly or wholly by AI? - How does SWP work when considering AI...how it takes to ramp up / train? - How do companies think about managing KPI's of Agentic workers? - What is the future of Talent Acquisition / HR in this context? - TA / HR Transformation: define the work that future TA / HR should be doing? All this and more with Dave Wilkins, Chief Product & Strategy Officer, TalentNeuron We are on Friday 25th July, 2pm BST / 9ET - follow the channel here (recommended) and save your spot for this demo by clicking on the green button. Ep320 is sponsored by our friends Ashby There’s no shortage of AI in recruiting. The hard part is finding what’s actually useful. Ashby’s one of the few building practical tools that make recruiters’ lives better. Their latest Ashby One release shows what thoughtful AI looks like:

AI Notetaker that automatically captures transcripts, summaries, and feedback prompts
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AI Candidate Assistant to help you understand candidate histories and next steps at a glance
Plus AI‑Generated Feedback Tokens that let you send polished rejection or update emails in seconds
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