Unlocking business agility and resilience in the face of disruption
Agility isn’t just a buzzword – it has to be backed by accurate data and rapid action.
How to use data to successfully plan for the future
Agile businesses know that data is what gives them the resilience to face a crisis.
Recruitment technology: hiring for impact using machine learning and data analysis
How better data analytics can help address critical skills gaps.
Infographic: HR suffers people data gap during coronavirus crisis
A lack of relevant people data is hampering efforts to address the impact of Covid-19.
Why people analytics is the platform for an effective Covid-19 response
How people data is helping HR teams battle the pandemic on the front line.
Five key areas to apply innovative people analytics
What does the future of people analytics look like?
How to gain budget for your company’s culture and engagement programmes
Data tips to enhance your case for more engagement budget.
Organisational insights: the decade of speed and where we are heading
Business cycles now move faster than ever before – but are we missing something?
Having learning impact, not just showing it
One of the most common questions we get from companies we advise is, “How can our learning function show impact?” But the more useful question for them to ask would be “How can learning functions actually have impact?” The enduring nature of the question indicates that learning functions feel pressure to tie learning to the […]
Workforce analytics: data storytelling and why you should know your audience
I had a debate recently with someone who believed that, when working with complicated analytics, it was important to explain the process and statistical methodology to add credibility to the storyteller and the message. His view was that this was important to all audiences, since credibility was the most important facet to portray in storytelling. […]
Workforce analytics: demystifying HR analytics – it’s not what you think
Perhaps the biggest misdirection or mystery surrounding HR analytics is what it is, and what it is not. HR analytics is not a discipline that is only focused on the functions, challenges and required solutions for HR itself. Also, it is not just complicated statistics and mathematics that nobody understands unless they have a PhD. […]
Workforce analytics: how to be a successful people analytics leader
During the last four weeks I have met over 60 workforce analytics leaders in the US and Europe in my pursuit to learn more about and help advance the discipline of workforce analytics. The companies they represent are some of the world’s most well known brands – banks, tech firms and retail companies among many […]
Learning analytics: why we need synergistic skills
In part five of a a six-part series, Trish Uhl – Founder, Talent & Learning Analytics Leadership Forum – looks at how and why L&D professionals need to adapt their skillset to make learning analytics work. Implementing an effective workplace learning analytics practice requires the right mindset, the right skillset, and the right toolset. In an […]
Learning analytics: how to be more strategic in your use of data
In part four of a six-part series Trish Uhl argues that learning and development professionals today are awash with data – the challenge, however, is how to access and use it effectively. We talk a lot about the discipline of workplace learning analytics – but what about the data that fuels it? Collecting the right […]
How to empower managers to truly engage their teams through data
Maintaining an engaged workforce is an effective way to improve talent retention levels and increase productivity. Discover how data can empower managers and bring teams together. If you want to survive and thrive in today’s ultra-competitive talent market, you have to be thinking in a more structured way about what your team feels. There is plenty of […]
Unconventional interview tricks – helping or hindering recruitment?
Companies are increasingly starting to use unconventional tricks in interviews to help them decipher the best person for the job. But could these quirky recruitment approaches be doing more harm than good? The rise in unconventional hiring tactics has created considerable debate around how effective, if at all, such approaches are for finding the best […]
How organizational network analytics is transforming diversity and inclusion through data
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is increasingly being recognised as critical to the long-term success of organisations. Facing continuous disruption, evolving workforce demographics and the changing nature of work, companies are under increasing pressure to create workplaces where new ideas and different ways of thinking are embraced to enable them to successfully innovate. While organisations are busy creating programmes […]
People analytics – how candidate assessment tools can refine your recruitment process
Looking to enhance your recruiting approach to help you find the right talent for your business? Candidate assessment tools and their use of data and people analytics could help you make better informed decisions about potential new hires. In an attempt to better match applicants to job roles, employers spend a considerable amount of time and […]
People vs. machines: the ongoing ethical concerns of people analytics
With people analytics fast becoming a key tool in the HR decision-making process, the ethical concerns that inevitably arise from the collection and use of people data are gaining prominence. Are HR leaders taking note? People analytics, also known as HR analytics, workforce analytics and talent analytics, has been on a slow, steady climb for […]
People analytics: why some companies are making a fortune while others are losing out
One of the perks of being a consultant is that it allows you to compare a variety of business approaches used by different companies. Take people analytics for example: I’m constantly amazed at how some businesses make a fortune from their investments in this area, while others struggle to make ends meet and even to […]
