Episode 23

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6th May 2025

S5 | Ep 23 | Rethinking Work: People, Agents & the Future of HR with Angela Le Mathon, Vice President; People Data & Analytics at GSK

In Episode 23, of Season 5 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Angela Le Mathon, Vice President; People Data & Analytics at GSK, where they discuss the role of HR in an Agentic AI enabled world and it's implications on the workforce, which includes;

  • Differences between applying analytics in HR versus other domains.
  • Why people analytics is usually an afterthought.
  • Why other business areas get more funding for analytics work.
  • How large companies are using data and analytics to manage their workforce.
  • Why people and skills can’t be measured equally.
  • The key metrics that organisations expect from people analytics.
  • Why the sophistication of GenAI has helped HR and people analytics.
  • The impact that AI is likely to have on the workforce.
  • The rise of the digital workforce.
  • How humans and agents will co-exist.
  • Why execs will have to change the way they manage their organisation.
  • Why HR has the opportunity to reinvent itself.
  • Why workforce planning and org design will be critical to success in an Agentic AI world.
  • How the roles undertaken by humans will change.
  • Why skills will become less important.
  • Why L&D budgets will reduce as a by-product of agents.
  • Why humans will be forced to step up their game.
  • The two waves of Agentic Ai implications on the workforce.
  • Figuring out what humans do with the extra time that they’ll have.
  • What organisations need to do to be Agentic AI ready.
  • Why the relationship between HR and Technology will need to transform.
  • Why People Analytics will become part of the core Data Leadership team.
  • Figuring out how ‘at risk’ you’ll be.
  • Navigating DEI though the lens of people/HR data and analytics.
  • The future of HR in an AI world.

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About the Podcast

Driven by Data: The Podcast
Designed for Data Enthusiasts to hear from the Data & Analytics industry's thought leaders
Orbition Group is delighted to bring you this podcast series, which is designed for Data Enthusiasts, to hear from some of the most high-profile Data, Analytics and AI thought leaders from around the globe.

Each episode will detail the guests journey to the top while bringing unique insights, drawn from first-hand experience on the industry’s most trending topics.

This podcast was created as a way for our industry's most respected leadership figures from across the world to give back to the Data & Analytics community, by sharing; knowledge, experiences and ideas, to inspire, innovate and provide real-life use cases on the industries most pressing topics/challenges.

About your host

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Kyle Winterbottom

Founder of Orbition Group, a Search and Talent Solutions business that operates exclusively within the world of Data, Analytics & AI.

I am hugely passionate about enabling organisations to drive decisions and obtain value from the use of Data, Analytics & Artificial Intelligence.

As such, I believe it is imperative that as a community, we share; knowledge, ideas, real-life use cases and inspiration to collectively give back to our industry.

Given my fortunate position of speaking with hundreds, if not thousands of leadership figures within the global Data & Analytics community each year , I feel it is my duty to share the successes, failures, challenges and opportunities.

Therefore, I have positioned Orbition Group to be a facilitator of that knowledge sharing, through these podcasts, events we host and public speaking.