3 Challenges for People Analytics from Adam Grant

David looks ahead to what’s in store at the Wharton People Analytics Conference, which takes place in Philadelphia this week, as well as reflecting on Adam Grant’s closing remarks from last year’s conference. Grant outlined three challenges for the people analytics community to think about: (i) bringing your data to life to challenge intuition, (ii) researching the importance of sequencing, and (iii) studying the effect of our behaviour on others.

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What are the HR Skills of the Future?

In their latest report Jonathan Ferrar, David Green and Ian Bailie analyse the skills and knowledge areas that HR professionals and their stakeholders consider to be critical to HR’s ability to adapt to a data-driven and digital age, and prepare their organisations for the future of work. The findings from their research has been published in our '2019 HR Skills of the Future' report.

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People Analytics for Good

In his latest Expert Interview, David speaks to Dawn Klinghoffer, Head of People Analytics at Microsoft, about the critical role of employee trust in creating and sustaining an advanced people analytics function. Discover the three core pillars of trust and learn about an example of a people analytics project at Microsoft that provided demonstrable value to employees.

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Is it possible to show the Business Value of Employee Experience?

In this article Volker Jacobs, CEO of the TI People, breaks down the clear line of sight that can be drawn between Employee Experience and Business Value, through the CxHR model that the TI People co-created with 30 other organisations. He examines the importance of creating engaging experiences at the ‘Moments of Truth’ and an effortless experience of HR can potentially lead to more engaged employees, higher adoption of HR technology and an increase in productivity.

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The role of People Analytics and ONA in Enterprise Collaboration

David speaks to Arun Sundar and several senior HR leaders in Asia-Pacific on how “Social Capital” can be leveraged to enhance collaboration within organisations and consequently drive improvements in business performance and team cohesion as well as a better employee experience. The article covers applications of passive ONA and is the third-part of a series of articles focusing on people analytics in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Building a Talent Assessment and Development framework to support Workforce Planning

In the myHRfuture Academy online training course Getting Started with Workforce Planning, Al Adamsen provides a solid foundation to the principles behind workforce planning, while detailing how to create a strategic workforce plan for your organisation. In this instructional video and blog post, Al gives a brief overview of the 10 dimensions of the Talent Assessment and Development framework and how this framework can support your Workforce Planning process.


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10 Insights from SHRM Tech Dubai

David Green was the MC of the inaugural SHRM Tech EMEA conference in Dubai at the end of February, where he also spoke on how ONA is helping drive business value. Here are David’s key takeaways from the event which feature the likes of Mark Levy, Jason Averbook, Anna Tavis and Rana Askoul, covers topics ranging from Employee Experience, HR Technology, the Future of Work and People Analytics and looks at how this is shaping the future of HR.

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The best HR and People Analytics articles of February 2019

February may be the shortest month of the year but there was certainly not a lack of terrific articles for David to choose from this month. Selections include the article of the month from Adam Grant, some of the latest thinking on Employee Experience, some illuminating new research on the adoption of analytics and AI by HR from Oracle and data-driven articles covering learning, ONA, diversity and insights from the recent PAFOW conference in San Francisco.

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What are the Steps in a Workforce Planning Process?

In the myHRfuture Academy online training course Getting Started with Workforce Planning, Al Adamsen provides a solid foundation to the principles behind workforce planning, while detailing how to create a strategic workforce plan for your organisation. In this instructional video and blog post, Al gives a brief overview of the key stages involved in developing an effective workforce planning process within your organisation and the value it will drive.

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