AIHR Learning Bite: How Does People Analytics Shape the Business? As you can already imagine, HR Analytics holds enormous value for organizations, mainly by enabling them to measure the business impact of people policies. In fact, by applying complex statistical analyses, HR Analysis can predict the future of the workforce. In turn, this enables managers…
HR data sets are rare finds. In this article, I will list the 7 best HR data sets available online. In addition to the data set, I will also list the challenges in the data. This can be a potential analysis or something to look out for in the data. We strongly advocate using data…
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. – Rene Descartes. Conducting research to demonstrate the effectiveness of HR practices is important and valuable. Traditionally, researchers generated such evidence by collecting data using surveys, interviews, or…
People analytics delivers value to organizations. I can point to countless surveys that show that organizations that adopt people analytics outperform those that don’t. Bersin says so. Corporate Leadership Council says so. The Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey says so. The Visier Age of People Analytics Survey says so. I can also show countless case studies…
We usually recommend having a certain level of HR experience before enrolling in an AIHR course — but it isn’t always necessary to achieve People Analytics success, as Jaana Saramies demonstrates. Launching a career in People Analytics Back in 2017, Jaana was one of the first students to join the HR Analytics Leader course. On…
At UNLEASH Amsterdam I was lucky to run into Littal Shemer Haim, an independent people analytics consultant based in Israel. Littal has 25 years of experience doing analytics, starting long before the field was even called people analytics. You can read the full transcript below the video. Alternatively, you can also turn on subtitles! Erik:…
In previous articles, I have given multiple examples of how employees can benefit from data analytics. In this article, I would like to explore a set of different, advanced data analysis techniques to see how they can be used to analyze people data for improved organization success. Data science is increasingly incorporated in businesses, products,…
Social Network Analysis (SNA) is among the most trending topics in People Analytics. HR analytics professionals are now starting to conduct SNAs to unearth collaboration, detect silos, and identify potential leavers. Even though SNA is only now starting to become a standard tool in People Analytics, advanced network and graph theory can already provide various…
In early January 2019, a headline on the McKinsey Leadership and Organization blog caught my eye – “The critical importance of the HR business partner.” A key point made in the piece is that HR continues to struggle to deliver effective talent strategy. The disconnect centers on the lack of capability of HR business partners…
At UNLEASH Amsterdam, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rainer Schlienkamp and Jasmin Wölke from the People Analytics team at Bosch. In the interview, we spoke about how to establish a data-driven mindset, skill management, and various other initiatives at Bosch. Erik: Welcome, everyone. We’re sitting here at UNLEASH and I’m…