The Best HR and People Analytics Articles of 2020

David Green has curated his annual collection of the 60 best articles on People Analytics, HR and the Future of Work for 2020, which is intended to act as a resource library for those working, researching or interested in the field of people analytics and data-driven HR. The collection features articles and research covering human resources, people analytics, employee experience, future of work, diversity, ethics, culture, learning, leadership, HR tech, workforce planning, organisational network analysis, remote work, HR analytics, org design and much more.

4 Steps to Develop Data-Driven HR and People Teams

We’ve looked back on the most popular skills that HR professionals have been learning in myHRfuture in 2020. The same pattern is emerging, that it’s not just technical skills that HR is focused on, but consulting and influencing skills as well. We’ve grouped the most in demand training into four themes. As talent executives plan to double their efforts in the next two years to upskill their HR teams in new capabilities, let this list be a guide to what’s trending in HR upskilling and how you might develop your HR and People teams.

The Most Popular HR & People Analytics Resources of 2020

2020 has been one for the history books. As we near the end of the year we thought we’d share some of the most popular HR and People Analytics resources being leveraged to support HR professions build their data-driven skills. We’ve curated the most popular blogs, people analytics certifications and Digital HR Leaders podcast episodes of 2020 to help you kick 2021 off with a bang and press PLAY on your Career®.

The Top Three Areas Where People Analytics Adds Value

As the people analytics function continues to evolve, it is vital for teams to create tangible business impact in order to deliver more value and gain further investment and buy in from the business. Many organisations face a number of key challenges when trying to achieve this such as defining the business challenges, prioritising projects and scaling people analytics products across the enterprise . In this blog Caroline Styr examines insights captured in research carried out by insight222 on a new operating model for People Analytics.

People Analytics, Workforce PlanningCaroline Styr17 December 2020Strategic Workforce Planning, People AnalyticsComment

How do you Build an Effective Workforce Planning Capability?

Strategic workforce planning presents a huge opportunity for HR as a function to deliver real value and insight to the business – by providing them with a holistic view of their workforce including the skills present within the organisation and an understanding of how the talent strategy aligns to the business strategy. When done well, strategic workforce planning has the power to drive greater innovation, talent generation and process improvement within an organisation, allowing more informed, data-driven talent decisions to be made, that are aligned to strategic priorities and underpinned by advanced and predictive analytics.

Workforce PlanningGuest User7 December 2020People Analytics, Strategic Workforce PlanningComment

The Best HR & People Analytics Articles of November 2020

In November’s collection of the best resources in People Analytics and HR, David Green includes research published at Insight222 into how people analytics can deliver value at scale by taking an outside-in approach focused on business challenges. This is complemented by articles from practitioners like Robert Kruzel (Uber), Dawn Klinghoffer (Microsoft), Ben Teusch (Facebook), Adam McKinnon (QBE), Isabel Naidoo (FIS), Katarina Berg and Gary Munro (both Spotify).

The Value of Measuring Employee Skill Data

A common problem among companies of all sizes is that most organisations are unaware of the skills residing within their employee population. The notion of employee skill data has garnered considerable interest of late, with interested parties ranging all the way from tech-savvy vendors looking to apply rapidly advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Chief Learning Officers (CLO’s) looking to provide a tailored learning offerings to employees. In this article Adam McKinnon & Mikaël explore the two fundamental considerations when it comes to skills management. First, how do you acquire your employees’ relevant skill data? Second, what practical value can you then generate from this wealth of information?.

Future of Work, People AnalyticsAdam McKinnon & Mikaël Wornoo25 November 2020ONA, Organisational Network AnalysisComment

How a New Operating Model for People Analytics will help Deliver Value at Scale

People analytics is fast becoming one of the most important areas of Human Resources (HR). Yet, people analytics functions too often fall into the trap of primarily offering ‘white glove’ treatment to a handful of – often very senior – business executives. This makes it difficult to deliver tangible business value at scale. This research conducted by Jonathan Ferrar, Caroline Styr and Anastasia Ktena suggests a new Operating Model for people analytics, focused on delivering value at scale. This model is essential to Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs) and business executives who want to use people data to deliver value to their businesses. The focus of this model is on creating business value – not just HR value – and scaling people analytics solutions across the enterprise.

Connecting People to Purpose – The Ultimate HR Mission

Connecting people to your organisation’s purpose does not happen by chance. It requires conscious thought, planning, work. While your employees can be committed personally, believe in your vision and be your #1 biggest fan ever. However, to truly ensure that your workforce is enabling the achievement of your purpose, it must must must have the right capacity and capability to do so. In this fascinating blog Alicia Roach examines how you can connect your people to your purpose through strategic workforce planning.

Workforce PlanningAlicia Roach20 November 2020Strategic Workforce Planning, HR Data, HR StrategyComment

The Best HR & People Analytics Articles of October 2020

We are now nine months into a crisis that looks set to last for some time yet. October saw the release of several research studies that dig into the impact of the crisis and the future role of HR. Common themes that emerge include: trust, humanity, skills, wellbeing, collaboration, personalisation and learning. Whatever the future holds, it seems clear that HR and People Analytics teams will be at the forefront of reshaping work – for the better. This months collection of articles includes new research studies from IBM, Accenture, Mercer, RedThread Research and the World Economic Forum, contributions from senior HR leaders at global companies like Unilever, Novartis, Ericsson, McKinsey and Mastercard. If that wasn’t enough, there are also contributions from some of the leading thinkers in our field including Dave Ulrich, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Amy Edmondson.

David Green9 November 2020Comment