Revolutionising HR strategy with Sage's Workforce Intelligence

Sage, a renowned leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology, has unveiled Workforce Intelligence, a transformative analytics engine integrated with Sage People. This innovation aims to empower HR leaders with comprehensive insights, enabling them to anticipate organisational challenges and create strategic impacts through data-driven decision-making.

The modern workforce is continually evolving, placing immense pressure on HR teams to assume a more strategic role. Nevertheless, research from Gartner® highlights a prevalent reliance on headcount-based planning amongst organisations, undermining their ability to predict future talent demands. A meagre 15% of companies engage in strategic workforce planning, thereby hindering HR from aligning talent with long-term business objectives.

Workforce Intelligence is a game-changer for Sage People customers. Incorporating AI-enhanced insights, the solution empowers HR to analyse, aggregate, and visualise data effectively. This contributes to a more profound understanding of business needs, paving the way for a proactive approach to talent management.

Specifically crafted for mid-sized, global enterprises, Workforce Intelligence ensures HR leaders can respond to organisational changes confidently. The system pinpoints trends, unveils hidden insights, and broadens managerial visibility over team dynamics — facilitating swift, informed decision-making. Built on the Salesforce platform, it blends flexibility, security, and user-friendliness into a cohesive experience.

Augmented with personalised learning and wellbeing supports, Workforce Intelligence's introduction is part of a broader strategy to assist modern HR teams. According to IDC research, reskilling ranks as one of the top three challenges for HR leaders, with only a small fraction of employees feeling adequately supported in their professional development.

To address these challenges, Sage has partnered with Uptime, an innovative platform merging AI with learning and wellbeing resources. Uptime's five-minute knowledge hacks present a novel approach, offering succinct insights from diverse media such as books, courses, and podcasts. Available in over 24 languages, this represents a significant leap toward seamless learning experiences.

Sage's vision is clear: to meet dynamic HR needs by providing insight, agility, and support crucial to developing resilient, high-performance teams. Jonathan Cowan, EVP, HCM, Platform Strategy and Operations, asserts that with Workforce Intelligence and Uptime, Sage equips their customers to tackle both present challenges and those lying ahead.