HR needs to tell better data-driven stories because the human brain is wired for stories. The concept of storytelling with data is about finding the tension, guiding the audience through that rising tension, through the narrative arc, and then ultimately to resolution. If there is no compelling story behind the data that the audience will resonate with, the chances of them taking action as a result of your presentation are minimal. HR has not previously been a function driven by data, however, with the rise of people analytics, HR is becoming increasingly data-focused. If we are going to make that data work for us, we have to become better at telling data-driven stories.

People AnalyticsCaroline StyrFebruary 11, 2021Data StorytellingComment

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.

Setting up your People Analytics Teams for Success

For people analytics teams to be successful, they have to remain focused on the needs of the business. In other words, when prioritising people analytics projects, the team should concentrate on work that will drive significant business value, instead of carrying out work that has no relationship to the broader business strategy. In this article, we’re going to look at how you can set your people analytics team up for success

People AnalyticsCaroline StyrFebruary 5, 2021People Analytics, Business ValueComment

Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Workforce Planning

With such rapid rates of change, successful partnership between HR and the business is imperative, to ensure that the workforce – in terms of skills, capabilities and availability – and the work – in terms of how work gets done, are in line with shifting business objectives. However, research has shown that the most important workforce planning challenge for HR is that it has difficulty getting access to relevant business executives and subsequently struggles to keep up with the internally evolving business needs. The question arises as to how you understand changing organisation activities and objectives, and what they mean for the workforce? The answer is with a data-driven approach to workforce planning.

Workforce PlanningCaroline StyrJanuary 28, 2021Workforce Analytics, Workforce Planning, Strategic Workforce PlanningComment

How Does Google Measure Company Culture?

Brigette McInnis-Day, Head of HR at Google Cloud was one of three HR experts who formed a panel to discuss the Future of HR for the first episode of series 11 of the Digital HR Leaders podcast. In conversation with Dave Ulrich, and Rupert Morrison, CEO at orgvue, Brigette ruminated on the most common questions she gets from both customers, “What is Google doing from a people perspective with regards to organisational change and culture?” and candidates, “How is Google going to manage their culture during times of change?” In this blog, we’ll take a closer look at some of the insights Brigette shared around culture at Google.

Digital HR, Customer Experience of HRCaroline StyrJanuary 22, 2021Culture, Organisational Culture, Change ManagementComment

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.

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®.

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