Episode 3 - James Bryce - Kantar Group

Episode 3 of the SWP podcast welcomes James Bryce from the Kantar to take an insightful look at the critical intersection of Finance and HR through workforce planning.  James’ journey started out as many workforce planning journeys do in the throws of large-scale workforce downsizing and as is always interesting, we were intrigued to learn James originally studied Geology as an undergraduate course.  Our look at the emerging and critical relationship between Strategic Workforce Planning and Talent Acquisition was fascinating and the manner in which Talent Acquisition is evolving as we shift more towards a capability-based approach promises unbound possibilities for the future. James’ philosophy around the granularity with which SWP effectiveness can be measured is a ‘must listen to’ for anyone looking to measure the impact of their SWP efforts whilst his thoughts on all things data (how do we know the answer to that question?) are well worth hearing.  What an enjoyable discussion with an incredibly engaging and kind human being!