Human Resource Analytics: Implications for Strategy Realization and Organizational Performance

whitePaper | March 21, 2023

Skills technology (tech) is a foundational capability in the talent (or HR) ecosystem. Beyond the technological capabilities, skills tech represents a shift in mindset, and a different approach to the relationship between skills/competencies and roles/career paths. An understanding of skills tech, and the innovative approach these solutions take, is paramount to furthering the movement toward “total talent intelligence,” and future organizational design.

whitePaper | December 31, 2019

Human resources presents a wide variety of artificial intelligence use cases. Some fall into the most traditional view of AI in which technology takes over functions traditionally reserved for people. In other cases, however, AI’s role is not to replace humans, but to maximize their impact. The use of AI in human resources is already widespread, and for good reason - hiring directly impacts business goals, and using AI to forward those goals is an obvious win.

whitePaper | December 20, 2021

Employee experience is top of mind as companies focus on retention and recruitment in the wake of the historic pandemic and its many consequences. Trying to devise processes that are easy and efficient, so employees don’t have to add to their stress levels is a top goal of HR leaders.

whitePaper | August 24, 2022

Many HR professionals will have undertaken benchmarking programmes to understand and check that their policies and procedures satisfy legal requirements and compare favourably to industry standards around areas such as flexible working, zero-hours’ contracts, and staff benefits.

whitePaper | April 15, 2022

Due to the “Great Remote Work Experiment” that began in March 2020 when workplaces around the world rapidly shut down, work is changing faster than it has in a generation. As many people now return to the workplace and begin to experiment with hybrid work, a range of different outcomes is possible. Thankfully, researchers at Microsoft and from around the world have been investigating evolving hybrid work practices and developing technologies that will address the biggest new challenges while taking advantage of the biggest new opportunities.

whitePaper | December 24, 2021

Employees reported high engagement scores in the initial depths of the pandemic. Since then, burnout, realisations about work-life balance and the meaning of roles, and fear of "the old way" are leading people out of the workforce. A two-hour commute? Every day? Sneaking away to doctor's appointments and continuing to work even if you feel unwell? Employees are saying, "No more." Outdated policies have them considering quitting in a way that has never been seen before.