# Adaptive from Workday

> Adaptive from Workday, formerly Adaptive Insights and Workday Adaptive Planning, is Workday’s cloud enterprise planning business. It connects budgets, forecasts, workforce plans, reporting, and operational assumptions, with more than 7,000 customer teams and AI tools for exploring data and comparing decisions.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** Pleasanton, United States
- **Founders:** Rob Hull (Co-founder; former CEO and chairman), Richard L. Dellinger (Co-founder; former vice president of product development)
- **Products:** Financial Planning, Workforce Planning, Operational Planning, OfficeConnect, Close & Consolidation
- **Notable:** Acquired by Workday in a transaction announced at approximately US$1.55 billion and completed August 1, 2018., Current product site reports more than 7,000 customer teams., TX Group reports reducing its rolling forecast cycle from three days to four hours.

## Products & services

- **Financial Planning** — Budgeting, rolling forecasts, driver-based modeling, reporting, and scenario analysis.
- **Workforce Planning** — Headcount, compensation, skills and workforce cost modeling linked to financial plans.
- **Operational Planning** — Models business-specific drivers including sales capacity, demand, utilization, and operational resources.
- **OfficeConnect** — Connects Adaptive data to reports in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- **Close & Consolidation** — Optional planning and financial consolidation offering listed on the pricing page.
- **Decision Intelligence** — AI workspace for natural-language analysis, scenario comparisons, and submitting changes through planning controls. Introduced in May 2026; subsequently made generally available.
- **Planning Hubs and Adaptive Data Foundation** — Planning experience and data capabilities identified among Workday’s generally available 2026 releases.

## Achievements

- Acquired by Workday in a transaction announced at approximately US$1.55 billion and completed August 1, 2018.
- Current product site reports more than 7,000 customer teams.
- TX Group reports reducing its rolling forecast cycle from three days to four hours.
- Rob Hull received the Business Intelligence Group’s 2016 Cloud Executive of the Year award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Workday introduced Adaptive Decision Intelligence on May 27, initially through an early adopter program.
- **2026-10** — Current Workday materials use the Adaptive from Workday brand and describe Decision Intelligence, Planning Hubs, and Adaptive Data Foundation as generally available.
- **2026-10** — On October 13, Workday expanded Decision Intelligence to HCM and Financial Management while confirming continued availability for Adaptive customers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.workday.com/en-us/products/adaptive-planning/overview.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptive-insights/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Workday
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@workday
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workday/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workday/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23