TALENT on demand is a consultancy and technology firm specializing in Talent Supply Chain orchestration, Chief of Work implementation, and workforce economics.
Twenty-five years of continuous development, created by the person who held the job it serves, and tested against every workforce disruption since 2001.
He held the exact job his customers hold today: responsible for skills, competency and workforce planning of a global engineering population inside one of the world’s largest telecom companies.
Field engineer with ITT and Alcatel from 1985, then software testing in China, Tanzania and field projects in Russia. In 1994 he built an engineering department in St Petersburg from zero, and from 1997 he ran the software development center in Chennai, a site that grew past 5,000. Chennai became the first Alcatel company ever to reach CMM Level 5, and it was implementing supply chain management at the same time: the roots of Talent Supply Chain Management and People CMM.
From 2001, at corporate headquarters, he defined Alcatel’s competency management processes himself and wired them into the Alcatel University, so that every identified gap flowed into concrete upskilling. No tool existed for the processes he had defined.
So Philip built one.
Tested against every disruption: offshoring, the Alcatel-Lucent mega-merger, the 2008 financial crisis, digitization, COVID, and now the AI transformation of work.
We help customers prepare their workforces for future business needs through expert services and cutting-edge technology. We believe that Strategic Workforce Planning should be fast, agile, and continuously evolving, not a once-a-year exercise.
Our philosophy is built on a simple, powerful mantra. Workforce planning is not a project, it is a discipline. An operating rhythm. A way of life.
The operating philosophy behind every engagement we run.
Three deeply interconnected disciplines, each essential, all delivered by the same focused team.
The complete talent supply chain lifecycle: from demand planning to workforce deployment, enabled by world-class TSCM framework and tools. We connect business strategy to workforce execution through supply chain discipline.
Explore TSCM →Building the skill taxonomies, frameworks, and processes that make skills visible, measurable, and managed across their lifecycle. From durable core skills to perishable emerging skills, we track skill half-life and decay to keep your workforce ahead of disruption.
Taxonomy Consultancy →Financial modeling and workforce ROI analysis that speaks the language of CFOs and boards. From headcount economics to workforce-to-P&L mapping, we quantify the return on every workforce investment and decision.
OXYGEN →We typically work with organizations of 2,000 to 200,000 employees. Not recruiting agencies. Our clients handle their own recruitment. What they share is a recognition that workforce strategy is a competitive advantage, not a support function.
What sets us apart: focused, speed, agility, results. We make incremental improvements that compound, and then we do it again. Eat, sleep, plan, repeat.
A consultancy and technology firm specializing in Strategic Workforce Planning, skill and competence management, and workforce analytics. We combine expert services with cutting-edge tools to help organizations prepare their workforces for future business needs.
No. Recruitment is part of the SWP process, but we work with clients' internal or external recruitment organizations rather than recruiting ourselves. Our focus is on strategy, planning, and the enabling infrastructure: the taxonomy, processes, tools, and analytics that make talent supply chains work.
Typically organizations with 2,000 to 200,000 employees, complex enough to need strategic workforce planning, ambitious enough to do it properly. That said, if an organization is smaller but growing rapidly, we are happy to have a conversation.
Focused, speed, agility, results. We do Strategic Workforce Planning exceptionally well and nothing else. Our philosophy is built on incremental improvements that compound over time: eat, sleep, plan, repeat. We do not try to be all things to all people, and that focus is what makes us exceptional at what we do.
Results are visible within 90 days. Full TSCM transformation typically takes 6-12 months, depending on organizational complexity, the maturity of existing processes, and how quickly stakeholders align. We design every engagement to deliver early proof of value while building toward the longer-term transformation.
Four principles that define every engagement, every deliverable, and every relationship.
Deep expertise in one domain, applied with relentless rigor. We do Strategic Workforce Planning exceptionally well, and nothing else.
Fast to engage, rapid to deliver, always adapting. We move at the speed of your business and pivot when circumstances demand it.
Every client engagement is tailored, never templated. We take the time to understand your organization before we recommend anything.
"Eat, Sleep, Plan, Repeat": we stay the course. Workforce planning is a discipline, and we are there for the long run.
Whether you are new to Strategic Workforce Planning or looking to scale an existing capability, we would love to talk about how we can help your organization.
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