Session
Mind the Gap: Turning Workforce Scenarios into HR and Finance Decisions
Connecting cost, capacity, capability and practical action
PAWorld26 NYC · 4–5 November 2026 · New York City
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About this session
Workforce plans are difficult to act on when HR and Finance use different assumptions. Marcus Mossberger examines the gaps between those functions, today's workforce and tomorrow's work, and analysis and action. Explore how to compare scenarios, expose uncertainty and agree practical triggers for hiring, development or work redesign.
Learning outcomes
- Identify an assumption HR and Finance need to share.
- Compare scenarios using cost, capacity and capability together.
- Define a practical trigger that connects analysis to action.
This session will explore
- Gaps between HR and Finance assumptions, current capacity and future work.
- Scenario comparisons that make cost, capacity, capability and uncertainty visible.
- Decision triggers for hiring, development and work redesign.
Context
A workforce scenario becomes difficult to act on when functions use different assumptions or do not own the resulting decisions. Plans need to connect cost, capacity and capability with an agreed response.
Speakers and contributors
Marcus MossbergerPresenterChief Market Strategy OfficerLYTIQS