| 1 | Think enterprise value-drivers CFOs and Finance teams need to understand commonalities and differences in strategic drivers across the enterprise’s businesses and functions. |
| 2 | Think holistically Systematically consider all the potential factors impacting the workforce, including market trends and those unleashed by your group strategy as well as local initiatives. |
| 3 | Think as a visionary Consider multiple, even radical market trends as the foundation for future capabilities and driving changes in your workforce. |
| 4 | Calculate, assess, and adjust Qualitatively assess the impact of capabilities on roles and quantify both the demand for, and supply of, full time employees (FTEs) and skills under different scenarios — monitor developments and periodically course-adjust. |
| 5 | Think implementation Define an easy-to-use roadmap, supported by self-explanatory playbooks; facilitating and speeding-up subsequent implementation. Foster mutual learning and best practice sharing. |
