How Data Analysis Can Be Used in Workforce Planning

  Brian Richmond  is a former senior data scientist at WeWork where he was responsible for leading and providing a vision for the people analytics team of the company. In 2018, Brian Richmond joined Aura Health as a senior data scientist to apply data to drive product improvements in the health and wellness space.

One of the many fields where data and statistical analysis are starting to shine is in providing a reasonable expectation of workplace evolution. Based on the rate of innovation and changes in the workplace, most future jobs haven’t been invented yet. In that kind of environment, it is difficult to know for upcoming members of the workforce where to focus their efforts. Predictive data analysis can help in this area.

Using large data sets across long periods of time, predictive analysis can provide some insight into gaps that tend to crop up in a technologically changing marketplace. When this type of analysis is combined with reliable qualitative input, it can generate very reliable data that can help shape the workforce of the future.