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Stage 8 - Skills
Recorded on October 22nd '25 / 11:35 AM to 12:00 PM CEST

Reimagining Workforce Strategy from Within – Skills, Talent Intelligence and Start-Up Thinking at Scale

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How do you build a future-ready workforce strategy?

In this session, Sam shares how a new internal function at Coca-Cola evolved from empowering recruiters with data into a strategic talent intelligence capability working at C-suite level. What began as a response to remote hiring challenges has become a core capability - guiding everything from location strategy, skills planning, and providing advisory and benchmark services typically outsourced to consulting firms.

Speaker
Sam Fletcher
Head of Research & Talent Intelligence, HBC Co-Chair of the Executive Research Association Committee
Coca-Cola
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Drawing on firsthand experience, Sam reflects on the complexity of “skills” the tension between corporate structures and emerging work models and why truly strategic workforce thinking must come from within.

  • From tactical recruitment to strategic foresight: How Coca-Cola developed a talent intelligence team into an critical internal advisory function
  • Rethinking “skills”: Why building a usable global taxonomy is harder than it looks, and what a skills-first approach really means
  • Preparing for AI without panic: Developing emerging capabilities before they become business-critical
  • The changing global labour market: What happens when traditional HR frameworks no longer fit
  • Cutting through the noise: A candid view on what passes for innovation in corporate talent strategy
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Speaker
Sam Fletcher
Head of Research & Talent Intelligence, HBC Co-Chair of the Executive Research Association Committee
Coca-Cola
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