The Future of Strategic Workforce Planning: LYTIQS’s AI-Powered Approach

How is AI changing strategic workforce planning, and what does it mean for how organizations design work? In this episode of 600 Seconds in HRTech, Stacia Garr sits down with Marcus Mossberger, Chief Market Strategy Officer at LYTIQS, to explore how AI is changing strategic workforce planning and why organizations need to move beyond traditional annual headcount planning. The conversation explores LYTIQS’s IQ Assist, an AI-enabled human-guided workforce planning accelerator designed to turn a traditionally months-long process into a starting point in minutes. Marcus explains how the technology brings together workforce, financial, and operational data, while keeping humans at the helm of the planning process. They also discuss why workforce planning needs to connect business strategy with technology strategy, how validated skills and task-level analysis could change the way organizations think about jobs, and why HR may need to take greater ownership of work redesign as AI changes how work gets done. As Marcus puts it, the goal is no longer simply to be “right” about the future. It is to be ready for it. QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why is strategic workforce planning shifting from being right to being ready? Marcus argues that organizations can no longer reliably predict the future well enough to build a single “right” workforce plan. Instead, workforce planning needs to account for multiple possible scenarios and help organizations adapt as conditions change. He suggests that organizations should track scenarios at least quarterly, and potentially monthly, rather than relying solely on annual planning cycles. How should workforce strategy connect with technology strategy? As AI and automation change which tasks require human workers, workforce strategy can no longer operate separately from technology strategy. Marcus highlights the need for HR, IT, and Finance to work together when deciding how work should be performed and how organizations should structure their workforce. Who should own work redesign? The conversation argues that work redesign is becoming an important opportunity for HR. As AI changes how tasks are performed, HR may need to take greater responsibility for deciding how work is recombined and how humans and technology should work together, while collaborating closely with Finance and IT. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Introduction to strategic workforce planning and LYTIQS 03:33 – How AI accelerates workforce planning 04:29 – Connecting workforce planning to business strategy 05:07 – Why workforce strategy also needs to connect to technology strategy 06:53 – Moving from manual planning to AI-assisted workforce planning 11:34 – Validated skills and AI-driven skills assessment 13:24 – Who owns work redesign? 14:45 – Stacia’s reflections on the conversation RESOURCES & LINKS Learn More About LYTIQS LYTIQS Official Website: https://www.lytiqs.com/home Marcus Mossberger on LinkedIn:   / mmossberger   Connect with RedThread Research RedThread Research Official Website: https://redthreadresearch.com/ RedThread Research on LinkedIn:   / redthread-research   Stacia Garr on LinkedIn:   / staciashermangarr