The Agile Workforce: Upskilling and Future-Proofing Talent
Leaders of scaling businesses face a critical challenge: closing skills gaps, retaining talent, and adapting to AI, often with constrained resources. In this 60-minute masterclass, senior leaders from Accenture and Workday share a practical, proven approach to tackling these pressures head-on.
At the heart of the session is the Skills Accelerator, a joint solution that helps businesses gain visibility into current and future skills, align talent to business priorities, and accelerate reskilling at scale. You'll see how leading scaling organisations are moving from role-based to skills-based workforce planning, turning ambition into execution.
Walk away with actionable strategies to build an agile, future-ready workforce – with people at the centre.
Speakers:
Dan Pell – VP & Country Manager for UKI at Workday -
Dan Pell is the Vice President and Country Director at Workday. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the industry and an exceptional level of expertise in business growth and transformation to his role at Workday. Before joining Workday, Dan spent 11 years at Salesforce, most recently as General Manager for Tableau’s business in EMEA covering strategy, sales, partners, and operations. Prior to Tableau, Dan was Senior Vice President, Marketing Cloud EMEA helping organizations transition to digital channels for customer engagement. In his early career, Dan was Enterprise Sales Manager at Avid Technology, and served as BBC Account Director at Microsoft UK, overseeing a team that served Microsoft's largest EMEA broadcast customer. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from The University of Manchester. With this breadth of experience, he is perfectly placed to lead Workday UK&I business in the next exciting phase of growth. “I love integrating and growing businesses and can’t wait to unlock all our market potential, and most importantly establish a unique culture based on strong values and customer success.”
Tim Good – Senior Managing Director & Talent Reinvention Partner EMEA at Accenture -
Tim is a Senior Managing Director in Accenture who leads Accenture’s Talent Reinvention in EMEA. He has been with Accenture for 25+ years and works with C-suite executives and other senior business leaders to design global talent and HR strategies, reinvent HR and other business functions by capturing the potential AI brings, and create workforce experiences that engage and inspire. As a thought leader and speaker, Tim is frequently asked to share his perspectives on trends reshaping the future of work and the workforce, and their implications. Past speaking events have included Criticaleye, the G20 Innovation League, Politico Europe’s AI & Tech Summit, and Workday Rising Europe. He is also an advisory member of HR50. Born in the UK, Tim now lives in Heidelberg, Germany. He holds an MA from the University of Oxford.
Peter Kildén – Europe Market Industry & Enterprise Reinvention Partner HR Director at Accenture
Peter Kildén leads Industry & Enterprise HR, overseeing a team of HR professionals supporting business and talent priorities across EMEA. In his HR Lead role, he is the trusted HR advisory partner to the Industry & Enterprise Business Leadership - helping them shape AI-enabled enterprise visions, building capabilities, and talent needed to lead industry-wide reinvention. Peter joined Accenture in 2008 and has held a broad range of senior HR roles. This breadth of experience gives him a strong mix of HR and business expertise, enabling him to lead with compassion while driving meaningful people experiences and sustainable business growth. Peter is passionate about building a culture of reinvention, transformation, and engagement, recognising people as the foundation of culture and sustainable long term growth strategies.