‘If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.’ Even the legendary Chinese general Sun Tzu was a sucker for benchmarking. But honestly, aren’t we all? One of the most common human traits is our strong desire to always compare with others. ‘Did you see the…
If you read this article, chances are you work in HR and you have a more than average interest in data. If so, you are probably familiar with the ‘Wall of Boudreau’. For those of you who are not: the wall famously describes the struggle that organizations face in the transition from descriptive analytics to…
On Monday, 543 possible errors were found. Tuesday: an additional 79. Wednesday: 378 more. Just three average days. Imagine what would happen if these possible errors would not be handled on a daily basis. No matter what your organization looks like, what systems you use or how talented your administrative team is: there are always…
A couple of years ago I was working as a HR controller for a large organization. We decided it was time to start working on strategic personnel planning, so I built a model. The model turned out to be terrible. In this article, I’ll explain why it failed and how we should have fixed it.…