The Best HR & People Analytics Articles of June 2021

As HR job postings continue to spike, there’s never been a more exciting time to be in the field. This month’s collection of the best resources in HR and People Analytics is filled to the brim, and contains news of the publication of a new book on people analytics. Contributors this month include: Leena Nair, Rob Cross, Nickle LaMoreaux, Tanuj Kapilashrami, Dave Ulrich, Naomi Verghese, Mark Mortensen, Amy Armitage, Hung Lee, Caroline Styr, Ian Bailie, Karen Johnson, Peter Romero, Serena H. Huang, Ph.D.

The Best HR & People Analytics Articles of April 2021

Presenting another bumper edition of the best HR and People Analytics resources of the month – Continuing the experimentation theme many of the articles focus on how HR and people analytics teams are using data to help shape strategies relating to return to workplace, hybrid work and new ways of working. Contributors this month include: Nickle LaMoreaux, Tanuj Kapilashrami, Isabel Naidoo, Dave Ulrich, John Boudreau, Claude Silver, Madhura Chakrabarti, PhD Lynda Gratton, Amy Edmondson, Stacia Sherman Garr, Lexy Martin (she/her) Dylan Mendelson, Andreas Kyprianou, Bruce Daisley, Sayantani Pyne, + many more.

What Does HR Need to do to Prepare for Hybrid Working?

We had the pleasure of speaking with Bhushan Sethi, joint global leader of PwC’s People & Organisation practice, to discuss insights from their recent Workforce and CHRO Pulse Surveys. The surveys have been running since the start of Covid-19 with the aim of understanding the business community’s sentiment and experience with different aspects of the pandemic. The results we discuss here are based on responses from 2000 US workers and nearly 100 CHROs.

People Analytics, Future of WorkCaroline Styr and Bhushan SethiApril 13, 2021Remote WorkingComment

How can HR Prepare Organisations for Hybrid Working?

During 2020, Ethan Bernstein, Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, conducted research in collaboration with Ben Waber, CEO of Humanyze, to understand the impact of remote work on employees. The findings of this research have been widely cited and used to help guide organisations and their workforces through the pandemic. In this blog post we explore three things HR can do to prepare their organisations for hybrid working in a post pandemic world.

Future of Work, Digital HR, People AnalyticsCaroline StyrMarch 11, 2021Remote Working, Hybrid Working, Future of WorkComment

The Best HR & People Analytics Articles of February 2021

With an end in sight and a return to ‘normal’ imminent David Green’s collection of the top HR and People Analytics articles for February has a strong focus on the role of hybrid work, return to the workplace and new ways of working, with articles from: John Boudreau, Susan Lund, Gerald Kane, Dave Ulrich, Heather E. McGowan, Anna Lundström and Ethan Bernstein and many others its a great collection of resources and a must read!

The Best HR & People Analytics articles of January 2021

David Green’s collection of the best HR and people analytics resources in January really emphasises the level of innovation in the field of People Analytics and features content from the likes of Stacia Sherman Garr, Laura Stevens, PhD, Patrick Coolen, Tertia Wiedenhof, Valérie Du Bois, Stefan Hierl, Jonny Gifford, Chris Gagnon, Jaime Teevan, Dawn Klinghoffer, Dave Ulrich, Amit Mohindra, Adam McKinnon, PhD., Amy Armitage, Kevin Martin, Ravin Jesuthasan, CFA, FRSA, John Boudreau and Jeff Schwartz just to name a few.

What Is Social Capital and How Do You Measure It?

Michael Arena describes social capital as “the competitive advantage that is created based on the way an individual is connected to others” in his book, Adaptive Space. If human capital is about what an individual knows, social capital is about how well positioned that individual is to use what they know, in order to get work done. In this article, we’ll explore the concept of social capital and how it can be measured leveraging Organisational Network Analysis.

Future of Work, Digital HR, People AnalyticsCaroline StyrJanuary 20, 2021ONA, Organisational Network Analysis, People AnalyticsComment

4 Steps to Building the HR Skills you need for the Future

It is no secret that HR professionals need to upskill. A whopping 71% of HR professionals think that their core job skills will be obsolete in just three years, according to recent research by Degreed. What can you, as an HR professional, do to understand what your professional development looks like over the next three years, as existing skillsets continue to erode, and new skillsets emerge? How can you shift from a place of uncertainty and insecurity, to empowerment, action and progress? In this blog, we’re going to look at four stages that you can work through to help future proof your career in HR.

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.

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