Post on 13-Apr-2017
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Seven Challenges People Analytics
Need To Overcome
Andy Spence Glass Bead Consulting
@AndySpence
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“Without data you are just another
person with an opinion”
W. Edwards Deming
“Without questions, you are just another
person with data”
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AS AN ONGOING PROCESS
MAKE OBSERVATIONS
DEVELOP TESTABLE PREDICTIONS
THINK OF INTERESTING QUESTIONS
FORMULATE HYPOTHESES
GATHER DATA TO TEST PREDICTIONS
DEVELOP GENERAL THEORIES
REFINE, ALTER, EXPAND, OR REJECT
HYPOTHESES
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• Annual performance reviews • Employee Engagement Surveys • The Bonus • Change Management • Project Management • Command and Control • Best Practice • MBTI • Others ?
EVERYTHING MUST GO…?
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What causes attrition of high performing employees?
OWEN Analytics
High performing team
Low performing team
Tenure
Gender Performance
Education Network score
Location Married
N Y N Y N Y N Y
< 1 year
M F
M B < x >x
Other AA N Y
> 1 year
65% 35%
75% 25%
5% 95%
Machine Learning Algorithms Organization Network Analysis
Decision Trees
Random Forests
Logistic Regression
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THE QUANTIFIED WORKPLACE
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HR need to be involved in all of these
• Challenge existing frameworks, assumptions and ways of working • Use an evidence-based approach to decision making • Evolve their strategy and business models • Have a broad “work” strategy and plan • Will use insights from behavioural science • Adopt better management & organisation structures
Successful organisations in the future?
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Seven challenges for People Analytics…
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We prefer “gut feelings” to make people-based decisions
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The Peak of inflated expectations
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HR does not need Big Data, or Big Pants,
It needs BIG QUESTIONS
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We need the right TOOLS for the job
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Low confidence in the underlying frameworks
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What causes employee productivity ?
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Critique of current HR Operating Models
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Challenges with HR Analytics
Challenge Possible solutions ?
1 We prefer “gut feelings” to make people-based decisions Find the middle ground
2 The Peak of Inflated Expectations Set realistic expectations
3 HR doesn’t need big data, it needs big questions Cast your net widely, coach HR on hypothesis testing
4 We need the right tools to do the job Keep sharing requirements with technology vendors
5 No confidence in the underlying frameworks Collaborate with academia and peers in other organisations
6 Focus on Productivity All paths lead to productivity
7 Structural issues with HR Operating Models Use best available evidence to work out which practices work best
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