The role of the People Analytics leader - Part 1: Building Capability

Part 1: Building the team and growing organisational capability. See also Part 2 on the roles and responsibilities of the people analytics leader, how to create an analytical culture and the future of analytics here

As I’ve written before, there are a number of characteristics shared by organisations that have successfully developed and built sustainable capability in people analytics and data driven decision making in HR…

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The WHAT and the HOW of a digital HR strategy

A digital HR strategy provides the opportunity for HR to shape the future of work for their business and have a clear view on how jobs will be lost and gained. A roadmap sets course and speed for the HR function and for people priorities within the company. Companies with a distinct HR Digital Roadmap endow themselves with a foundation to not only cope with these changes but to influence them to gain competitive advantage.

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Volker Jacobs
Workforce Analytics: Centerpiece of a Digital Agenda for HR

No doubt – HR is not exactly a data savvy function: Between 80% and 100% of CEOs require strategic decision support informed by people data, yet less than 20% of them receive such information from the HR function. That message is well understood by HR: In our recent research, European Heads of HR Analytics report that they would like to significantly increase their analytics maturity.

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Volker Jacobs