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Workforce & Talent Transition Planner

Maps current-state workforce against future product team roles. Produces a skills gap analysis, a role transition plan, and a development roadmap. For each gap, AI recommends build, buy, or borrow — and warns against the "buy everything" approach that creates dependency and fails to build internal capability. Build options connect directly to ADAPT® learning paths.

compare_arrowsCurrent vs future state
buildBuild / buy / borrow
routeDevelopment roadmaps
schoolADAPT path connections
1Load Context
2Map & Analyse
3Development Roadmaps
downloadPhase 1 — Load Context

Start from the operating model you've designed.

Load your Operating Model to pull in the product list and the future-state team roles already designed. You'll then map your current people against those roles to identify the gaps. If you haven't run the Operating Model Designer yet, you can enter roles manually.

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Organisation context
Hiring freeze, union constraints, internal mobility policies, budget for external hiring, contractor availability — anything that shapes what's realistically achievable.
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Transition timeline
How long does the organisation have to get each product team to full operating capacity?
Build / buy / borrow
The decision framework

Build — Develop internal talent. Preferred for strategic roles the organisation must own long-term. Connects to ADAPT® learning paths.

Buy — Hire externally. Last resort, not first instinct. Over-indexing on buy creates permanent external dependency and signals that internal talent is inadequate.

Borrow — Contract or partner for a defined period. A bridge to build — not a permanent solution.

ADAPT® learning paths
Connected to every build recommendation
Business Agility
Flow thinking, value stream, outcome mindset
Product Leadership
Product discovery, OKR design, roadmapping
Servant Leadership
Psychological safety, coaching, cross-functional teams
Technical Practices
CI/CD, deployment ownership, platform engineering
AI & Data Literacy
AI fluency, data-informed decisions, responsible AI
compare_arrowsPhase 2 — Map & Analyse

Who do you have, and what do they need to become?

For each product, enter the people currently working on or adjacent to it — name, current role, and key skills. The AI maps them against the future-state roles and recommends build, buy, or borrow for each gap. Build recommendations connect directly to ADAPT® learning paths.

Generating development roadmaps…