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.
Adam Grant, the Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management at the Wharton School, closes the 2019 People Analytics Conference differently this year by taking questions from the attendees. He speaks about what motivates him and leaves everyone with research ideas for the year ahead.
Shuba Gopal and Andy Porter from The Broad Institute demonstrate how they use data analytics to better understand the importance of closing the gender pay gap. They say that in order to understand pay equity, companies must first focus on understanding representation.
Manish Goel from TrustSphere and RJ Milnor from McKesson discuss how to drive business results through network analytics. They give specific examples about how they have use organizational network analysis to transform people analytics.
Stefanie Tignor, People Scientist and Analytics Lead at Humu, shares how Humu is using nudges in a complimentary way to inspire action. She says it’s not enough to say “speak up more” but to also encourage coworkers to “listen more”.
The Research Paper Competition showcases the latest, unpublished research in people analytics. Watch finalists present their findings on a broad range of topics including diversity, performance measurement, virtual teams, and the gig economy.
Have you ever wondered what makes certain Ted Talks go viral? Sebastian Wernicke, Chief Data Scientist at ONE LOGIC, analyzed all of the Ted Talks over the last 10 years and conducted a statistical analysis to identify what makes the most memorable TED Talks. He looks at delivery style, profession,…Read More
From education to professional sports, more and more people are recognizing the power of virtual reality technology. Senior Director of Academy Operations, Ayreann Luedders, discusses how Walmart has been able to push the boundaries in integrating VR technology to be at the cutting edge of employee training.
Tableau Zen Master and Data Community Leader at CyclePlot, Eva Murray, speaks about building analytics communities in organizations. She demonstrates tangible ways to effectively present data to ensure that the audience can embrace the recommendations and findings.
As more companies begin to build out their people analytics capabilities within their organizations, they will faced to make tough decisions around the ethics of collecting data for certain analyses. Arvind Narayanan, Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University and Meg Mitchell, Senior Research Scientist at Google Research and Machine…Read More
