A few months ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Vlad Sterngold, director people analytics & research at Booking.com, an online booking travel platform with over 17,000 employees. Vlad and I spoke about the milestones of his people analytics journey at Booking.com. According to Vlad: “there are just many small steps and as long as…
Since 2000, more than half of Fortune 500 companies have “gone bankrupt, been acquired, or ceased to exist as a result of digital disruption”, according to Harvard Business Review. In the same article, it is estimated that three-quarters of today’s S&P 500 will be replaced in 10 years-time, largely as a result of digital disruption.…
Ask any HR professional about their biggest challenges and you’re bound to hear employee engagement and retention at some point. Of course, there’s always more than one answer to a problem but today we zoom in on career pathing as part of the solution. In this article, we’ll give a definition of career pathing,…
HR digital transformation is a hot topic for many HR professionals. And for good reason, since digital technology has the potential and ability to transform HR as we know it. But while it’s one thing to talk about digital HR transformation, it’s an entirely different thing to do it! In today’s article, we dive deeper…
What is the secret of a good HR dashboard? The right metrics? Clean data? An ability to drill down? By now we should know that those are not the secret because we’ve been trying them for years with uninspiring results. The true secret of a good dashboard is that it is composed of questions. I…
At a recent conference I sat with a friend who is the managing director of the pharmaceutical division of one of the largest marketing research conglomerates in the world. His daily routine could not be more different from mine, the independent consultant. My friend spends a great deal of time on the phone managing global…
Updated on the 18th of October 2018. We also have an updated version of the 2019 HR tech conferences to attend. A few months ago, I had the pleasure to attend one of the first HR tech conferences of the year, UNLEASH London (formerly HR Tech World). I have to say, it was great to…
HR analytics influencers Luk Smeyers, Melissa Kantor and David Green discuss the ethical considerations of People Analytics at the Unleash conference.
At one point in my career, I was working as an HR-manager for Belden, a company which, at that time, was making cables and wires for shavers, TVs and other electronic equipment. I envied some of my colleagues in the management team who “battled” for their share of the annual budget. Especially the marketing manager…
When it comes to questions about why a gender pay gap exists, I think I’ve heard them all. Are women paid less due to gender bias? Is it due to the fact that more women work part-time? Maybe they just choose lower paying jobs. Does it matter? Yes, it does. I’ve been in situations where…