Contributors: Stephanie J. Creary, Nancy Rothbard, Elena Mariscal, Olivia Moore, Jared Scruggs, and Natalia Villarmán During year 1 of the project, team members Elena Mariscal WG’20, Olivia Moore WG’20, and Natalia Villarman WG’20, conducted interviews and helped organize an in-person convening at Wharton in conjunction with the Wharton People Analytics…Read More
A Trick to Stop Touching Your Face
By: Reb Rebele and Adam Grant The Atlantic We didn’t sign a consent form, but we’re all participants in the world’s largest natural experiment in behavior change. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, millions if not billions of people around the globe are pleading for systemic solutions. In the meantime,…Read More
We Need to Talk About ‘The Giving Tree’
By: Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant The New York Times Kids — and parents — need to understand that there’s a big difference between selflessness and generosity. Like many new parents, when our first child was born, we were delighted to receive gift boxes of tiny pajama sets, monogrammed…Read More
Join Us: Wharton People Analytics Conference
Join us at Wharton’s annual People Analytics Conference. Connect with and hear from expert practitioners, innovators, and thought leaders who are shaping the future of people analytics. Find out more and register here: https://wpa.wharton.upenn.edu/conference/
Sustaining High Performance and Motivation: Allyson Felix with Dan Pink | 2019 Wharton People Analytics Conference
Olympic Gold Medalist and World champion in track and field Allyson Felix speaks with New York Times Best-selling author Dan Pink at The Wharton School’s 2019 People Analytics Conference. Topics include moving out of second place to stand at the top of the Olympic podium, reflecting on her journey, and…Read More
Does Diversity Training Work the Way It’s Supposed To?
By: Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, Laura J. Zarrow, Kasandra Brabaw, Dena M. Gromet, Reb Rebele, Cade Massey, Angela L. Duckworth, Adam Grant Harvard Business Review Virtually all Fortune 500 companies offer diversity training to their employees. Yet surprisingly few of them have measured its impact. That’s unfortunate, considering…Read More
Better Decision-Making: Richard Thaler with Cade Massey | 2019 Wharton People Analytics Conference
2017 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences and author of the global bestseller Nudge, Richard Thaler, sits down with Wharton Professor, Cade Massey, to discuss key findings from a lifelong studies in behavioral economics and finance. He urges attendees to challenge the status quo and raise the bar within their…Read More
Nine Lies About Work: Marcus Buckingham with Adam Grant | 2019 Wharton People Analytics Conference
Bestselling author, researcher, and talent expert, Marcus Buckinham, in conversation with The Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management at the Wharton School, Adam Grant, discusses the importance of finding and embracing your strengths. Marcus challenges attendees to re-think traditional norms such as feedback and leadership by offering alternative approaches to…Read More
Performance: Ceci Clark and Meg Popovic with Daniel Coyle | 2019 Wharton People Analytics Conference
Ceci Clark, Major League Mental Performance Coach of the Cleveland Indians and Meg Popovic, Director of Player Well-Being of the Toronto Maple Leafs, sit down with New York Times Best-selling Author, Daniel Coyle, to talk about using people analytics in sports and what it is like to climb the ranks…Read More
The Future of Management: Kelly Monahan | 2019 Wharton People Analytics Conference White Paper Competition Winner
In the augural White Paper Competition, representatives from places such as Uber, Microsoft, General Motors, and Accenture presented how their organizations were using data within the people analytics space. Congratulations to team Accenture for winning the competition by analyzing what makes effective managers.