About the Panel Discussion

Managers make thousands of workforce decisions every day, yet many still rely on intuition rather than timely, contextual workforce insight. The next evolution of People Analytics is not another dashboard, it's embedding trusted workforce intelligence directly into the systems managers already use.

By bringing insights into the flow of work, organizations can improve hiring, retention, productivity, performance, and workforce planning while making managers more confident decision-makers.

Discussion points

How organizations are embedding workforce intelligence into manager workflows.
How to improve manager decision-making without creating more complexity.
How embedded intelligence increases adoption and business impact.

Speakers

Gareth Rollitt, Director of People Analytics at Microsoft
Ying Li, Global Head of People Analytics at PepsiCo
Henrik Håkansson, Vice President, Global Head of People Insights and AI at Sanofi
Andrea Derler, Principal, Research and Value at Visier
Ankit Saxena, Global Head of People Insights and HR Technology at PPG
[Moderator] Brent Louie, Head of People Insights and AI at Trane Technologies
[Event Chair] Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the Global People Analytics Summit 2026, built to help HR leaders harness AI, workforce intelligence and connected data to make better business decisions and improve workforce strategy, planning and performance.

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