Traditional career ladders are crumbling, and roles are evolving faster than org charts can keep up. In a world shaped by automation, AI fluency, and rapid skills shifts, the path forward isn’t fixed, it’s flexible. And People Analytics is the engine powering that flexibility. People Analytics leaders are uniquely positioned to navigate this shift.

By mapping real-time skill supply, spotting capability gaps, and identifying where AI can augment or replace tasks, they give organizations the insight to act with precision. This isn’t just about upskilling, it’s about architecting the workforce of the future with data as your guide. The winners won’t be those who simply train more, but those who train smarter aligning skill-building with business momentum and workforce potential.

Discussion points

How to use skills data and AI fluency insights to design career pathways that evolve with your business, not against it.
How to track, measure, and prove the ROI of skills-based mobility on retention, performance, and engagement.
From Skills to Tasks: Why task-level thinking is the next evolution in skills-based workforce design

Panelists

[Panel Moderator] Tanmay Manohar, VP, People Analytics & Workforce Planning at Paramount
Kelsey Kline, Director, Workforce Science Solutions at Intel Corporation
Sandy Kapur, Head of Workforce Planning & Insights/People Analytics for HR at Health Care Service Corporation
Brandon Barnes, VP, People Intelligence & Rewards at Box
Travis Windling, Senior Director, Talent Acquisition Strategy, Operations and Contingent Workforce at RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)
Ike Bennion, VP, Product Management, Platform at Visier
[Chair]: Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the 7th Annual Global People Analytics Summit 2025. It brought together 40+ world-class speakers across 7 different panels who shared actionable insights, practical takeaways and how they are using People Analytics to transform the Future of Work. View all Sessions:

Panel #1 Watch here: The Workforce Intelligence Advantage: How to Predict, Plan, and Perform Using People Analytics
Panel #2 Watch here: How People Analytics Creates Career Value at Scale with Data-Driven Talent Intelligence
Panel #3 Watch here: The CHRO Blueprint: Scaling People Analytics from Function to Enterprise
Panel #4 Watch here: How HR is Commanding the Future by Harnessing AI, Copilots and Agents
Panel #5 Watch here: The Upskilling & Reskilling Mandate: How to Get Ahead of the Shrinking Half-Life of Skills
Panel #6 Watch here: Strategic Workforce Planning 2.0: How to Shift From Static Forecasting to AI-Powered Agility
Panel #7 Watch here: The New Intelligence Layer: People Analytics as the Operating System of Work