Strategic Decisions in the Age of the Smart Machine and Big Data
Leaders are urged to apply big data and predictive analytics to talent, leadership and organization capability. Is better data and analysis the key to the long-sought strategic impact of human capital decisions? Should you be investing millions in sophisticated data systems and analysis tools applied to your people? Beyond the data and analytics, strategic success will hinge on fundamental questions about storytelling, culture, uncertainty and the connection between artificial and human intelligence.
Boudreau On This Topic
CFO Articles
- Predictive Analytics For Human Capital: Think Outside The Lines
- Moneyball And The Strategic Talent Game
- The Story Trumps The Data
- Smart Machines: The New ‘Human’ Capital?
Harvard Business Review Articles and Interviews
- HR Must Make People Analytics More User-Friendly
- Leveraging HR Analytics in Strategic Decisions (webinar)
- Predict What Employees Will Do Without Freaking Them Out
- What To Do When You Can’t Predict Your Talent Needs
Rework Blog Posts
- Consider the Meander: How Attention to Timing Can Enhance Employee Engagement
- Why Having HR Measurements Is No Longer Enough To Grow HR’s Strategic Role
- Why Big Data in HR Needs Context, Stories and Pictures
Visier Blog Posts
- Develop Your Workforce’s Political Skill to Help Them Thrive
- Are Freelancers Your Best Performers? Applying Organizational Network Analysis to the Gig Economy
- It’s All Connected: Unearthing The Potential in Hidden Collaborative Network
- HR Analysts: Unleash Your Inner Storyteller
- Make HR Analytics a Priority, But See the Bigger Picture
- Solving Gender Disparity Requires Analytics that Discover the Intersections
Interviews
- Max Blumberg Interviews John Boudreau for People Analytics Podcast: What Have HR Standards Ever Done For Us? (podcast)
- Workforce Interview With John Boudreau: Analyze This — And That And That (article)
Journal Articles
- Human capital analytics: why are we not there? (Journal of Organizational Effectiveness)
