HR Analytics and the Four Abilities

HR and data analytics today, is hot

HR had been one of the pioneers

anyway of the analytic path

having had at its disposal

Plenty of employee life cycle data

The challenge is to make sense

of humongous data, by thinking, asking

probing multiple aspects

having an eye for details

having an open mind…

With persistence, patience, deeper probing

some HR goals would be within reach

that of work force planning

comp & benefits, succession planning

learning & leadership, engagement & assessment....

Analytics for sales revenue, productivity

Arresting accident errors, fraud

down time losses…

for customer retention, product mix

for quality, IT and business consulting expertise….

Real success of the analytic journey

is in moving from the level 1 reactive,

 operational reporting to

 level 4, predictive analytics -

development of predictive models…

It’s here that the 4 abilities matter

Ability to collect high quality data

Ability to analyse, make sense of

the data and relationships

Ability to connect to IT, sales,

Operation and finance…

Ability to consult, visualise,

tell stories and drive change!

Note: This poem was inspired by an evening meeting that I attended on the subject organised by NIPM, Karnataka Chapter.The speaker Mr Neeraj Kumar, VP (HR) Wipro spoke exhaustively. This is just a tip of the iceberg....