People Analytics: Strategy tops HR
The more CHROs focus on the customer journey relevant to them, the more we see a shift in the focus of people analytics. […]
STRIM and Alteryx become partners
Leveraging data automation to drive digital transformation […]
HR capabilities and strategic workforce planning
The new i4cp study "2022 Priorities & Predictions. C-Suite Perspectives from i4cp's Boards" summarizes a lot of familiar things on paper. With regard to CHROs, one point seems worth mentioning: Next Practices. i4cp defines next practices as strategies that strongly correlate to better market performance but are currently in limited use - typically by high-performance [...]
Business first – Start of a PA initiative
Too often a people analytics initiative starts with a “navel gaze” and reflection within the HR department. Experience has shown that such a procedure does not lead to any noteworthy results that represent added value for business policy decisions. […]
Ethics charter – a must-have?!
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot. I hardly know any area or industry that has remained unaffected. For some the development was very positive, for others it was life threatening. How was the development of workforce analytics (WFA) / people analytics? […]
HR Management: Review 2020 and Outlook 2021
Shortly before the beginning of 2020, I dealt with the question: When will strategic HR come and close the evidence gap? A few weeks later, Covid 19 overshadowed (almost) everything. Nevertheless, there is increasing pressure on human resources to develop from an operational, administrative function to a strategic, transformational function in the company. [...]
Kienbaum study on People Analytics
On November 25, 2020, Kienbaum published the new market study "Winning with People Analytics: German companies on the way to data-supported HR work". The focus was on the following key questions: How will algorithms and big data change the HR work of German companies? How far are German companies on the way to data- and [...]
What distinguishes “wise innovators” when analyzing company and personal data?
The past few months have not made the spread or deepening of the topic of workforce analytics (WFA) – or people analytics – any easier, although the alignment of resources is currently very important and of immense importance for future competitiveness. Why is that? Is there too little data? Do we lack sufficient expertise in [...]
How can strategy execution succeed? (Part 2/2)
In the last few months I have taken Daniela Kudernatsch’s strategy execution benchmark study to hand and used it to “mirror” ongoing projects. This gave rise to five essential claims. I already set out three in September; This article is about two more. […]
When does “strategic HR” arrive and close the evidence gap?
Digital technologies are developing exponentially and in the process are eliminating old jobs and creating new ones. Being ready for and willing to change is central in this time and HR should propel and participate in this cultural change. […]