What is people analytics and how is it different than what HR has always done?

I looked at my 4-year old HR textbook and people analytics was not mentioned anywhere (nor was 'workforce analytics' or just 'analytics'). My guest, Allen Hornung is a director of people analytics, and thinks this is because it is a quickly emerging element of HR.

This episode goes into the basics of people analytics - what it is and how it differs from the activities we are more accustomed to. There is so much power for insights and decision-making in this work! Check it out!

0:00 Intro
1:00 What is people analytics?
1:45 The difference between people analytics and reporting
2:36 The people analytics maturity model
3:42 Predictive analytics
4:42 Prescriptive analytics
5:29 The role of humans
6:41 What about non-digitized information?
7:54 Why isn't this in textbooks?
8:56 Required tools and resources
12:45 Examples
14:45 Important skills
16:18 Assessing effectiveness
17:31 Where to learn more

Allen mentioned these resources:

Excellence in Analytics by David Green and Jonathan Ferrar:
https://www.amazon.ca/Excellence-People-Analytics-Workforce-Business/dp/1789661188

Digital HR Leaders Podcast:
https://www.myhrfuture.com/digital-hr-leaders-podcast

Visier https://www.visier.com/

Find me (Andrea) at www.thehrhub.ca. I'm an HR consultant as well as YouTuber and provide a wide range of consulting support.