Digital HR Leaders with David Green

How S&P has Embedded Workforce Planning into Business Strategy (an Interview with Alan Susi)

Apr 29, 2025

Alan Susi, Vice-President and Global Head of Organisational Analytics and People Insights at S&P Global, discusses the revolutionary approach to workforce planning at S&P. He emphasizes integrating workforce strategies with core business decision-making, particularly through collaboration with finance. The conversation highlights the role of AI in shaping future planning, the need for agility amid rapid change, and balancing short-term and long-term workforce health. Susi shares insights on fostering trust and empathy in upskilling employees for a tech-driven landscape.

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Quick takeaways

Embedding workforce planning into core business strategies, similar to financial planning, is essential for effective organizational performance.

Strong collaboration between HR and finance fosters successful workforce planning by ensuring alignment with organizational goals and immediate productivity needs.

Deep dives

The Significance of Strategic Workforce Planning

Strategic workforce planning is essential for organizations to maintain a competitive edge, particularly in the evolving landscape shaped by artificial intelligence. Effective management of human capital requires the same rigor as financial capital, fostering a data-driven approach to workforce strategy. Organizations need to build relationships across departments, ensuring that workforce planning is tied to both organizational health and immediate productivity needs. This strategic capability is increasingly recognized as vital for delivering tangible business outcomes.

Intro

4min

Strategic Workforce Planning in Transition

8min

Enhancing Workforce Planning through Finance Collaboration

4min

Collaborative Workforce Planning

14min

Navigating Workforce Planning in an Era of Technological Change

3min

Agile Workforce Planning

12min

At Insight222, we’re seeing more and more leading companies approach workforce planning with the same discipline and structure as financial planning - treating it as a core part of how they run the business, not just an HR process.

And one company that is doing this exceptionally well is S&P.

So, in this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green sits down with Vice-President and Global Head of Organisational Analytics and People Insights at S&P Global, Alan Susi, to explore exactly what it takes to transform workforce planning into a true strategic capability.

Join them as they discuss:

How S&P Global is embedding workforce planning into core business decision-making
Why Finance is such a key partner in making planning successful
Balancing short-term execution with long-term workforce health
The role of AI and tech in shaping the future of planning
What leading companies are doing differently, and what others can learn

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