• AI in HR
    颠覆认知:全球劳动力报告揭示的5个反直觉趋势 当今的商业领袖和人力资源专家正面临一个前所未有的挑战:如何在全球范围内高效、合规地管理日益分散的团队?随着全球化团队的兴起,管理的复杂性呈指数级增长,旧有的模式正在失效。我们似乎都认为,更大的人力资源团队、更多的工具和更严格的控制是唯一的出路。 然而,Remote发布的《2025年全球劳动力报告》揭示了一些关于人力资源、技术和全球招聘的惊人真相,其中许多发现甚至与我们的直觉背道而驰。这份报告基于对10个国家的3,650名人力资源和商业领袖的调研,为我们描绘了一幅截然不同的未来工作图景。 本文将为您提炼出其中最关键的五个发现。准备好,这些洞察可能会彻底改变你对未来工作的看法,并为你的组织战略提供新的方向。 1. “精简人力资源”并非资源不足,而是一种新式超能力 传统观念认为,管理庞大的全球员工队伍需要一个同样庞大的人力资源部门。但数据显示,事实恰恰相反。小型人力资源团队(即使只有1-3人)在员工体验和留任率等关键指标上的表现,与大型团队相当,甚至更好。这并非偶然。 报告中的一个关键数据显示,**87%**的受访公司的人力资源或招聘团队规模不超过九人。这些精简的团队之所以能爆发出惊人的能量,其背后的秘密在于技术。他们正通过采用集成式全球人力资源平台、人工智能和自动化等创新工具,巧妙地实现了“以少胜多”。这些技术使他们能够轻松处理跨国薪酬、合规和员工体验等复杂事务,从而在全球舞台上产生巨大的影响力。 “随着公司在全球范围内的扩张,员工的敬业度和留任率不能靠运气。数据显示,业务表现与我们在增长过程中为员工提供支持的程度直接相关。那些无论在哪个地区都优先考虑文化和发展一致性的人力资源领导者,将能保持发展势能并留住顶尖人才。” Barbara Matthews Chief People Officer at Remote 2. 全球人才库已非备选项,而是默认配置 在过去,国际招聘通常被视为一种补充策略。然而,如今的格局已发生根本性转变:全球招聘已迅速成为企业获取人才的默认选项。 这一转变的规模是惊人的。报告预测,到2026年,**73%**的领导者预计其超过一半的新员工将来自公司的主要国家之外。这一趋势背后的主要驱动力是本地人才的稀缺——74%65%29%。然而,即使是较为谨慎的市场也显示出加速的迹象,法国计划中的国际招聘比例将在未来数月从29%上升至38%。 3. 人人都对全球合规充满信心——然而几乎人人都曾失败 在处理复杂的国际劳动法规时,信心是必不可少的,但过度的自信却可能是危险的。报告揭示了一个惊人的“信心差距”:一方面,高达**98%**的领导者对自己了解运营国家的法规充满信心。 但另一方面,现实却给了他们沉重一击:74%42,000美元,而其中31%50,000美元。这种信心与现实的巨大鸿沟,代表着全球扩张中最大的未管理财务风险之一,它将合规从一个法律复选框转变为财务规划的关键组成部分。 4. 人力资源领域的AI革命已至,但现实既混乱又棘手 人工智能无疑是人力资源领域最具变革潜力的技术。数据显示,**75%**的人力资源领导者预计,到2026年底,人工智能将处理超过一半的日常行政任务。这预示着一个更高效、更具战略性的未来。 然而,通往未来的道路并非一帆风顺。当前的现实是一场快速而混乱的实验:在过去一年里,28%停止使用某个人工智能招聘工具,但几乎同等数量(27%)的团队则开始使用一款新的人工智能工具。与此同时,**21%**的团队发现了由人工智能生成且包含误导性或虚假信息的简历。这一系列数据表明,真正的机会不在于零散地采纳各种AI工具,而在于建立一个整合的、治理良好的智能平台。 5. 你的人力资源团队讨厌他们的软件(并且正积极寻求替代品) 认为人力资源团队正在与他们的技术栈作斗争,这并非凭空猜测,而是一个可量化的行业现实。报告明确指出,“工具泛滥”问题已让人力资源团队不堪重负。这种现象普遍存在,超过80%的人力资源团队需要同时操作2到5个独立的系统来管理核心职能。平均而言,每支团队需要使用3.6个工具,而**32%**的领导者认为“过多孤立的工具”是他们技术栈面临的首要挑战。 这种挫败感已经达到了临界点。一个最具说服力的数据是:**近九成(nearly 9/10)**的人力资源领导者表示,如果能获得一个集成了全球薪酬和合规功能的一体化平台,他们愿意立即替换掉现有的核心人力资源信息系统(HRIS)。这种对整合平台的压倒性需求,不仅仅是为了追求用户便利,它更是实现“精简人力资源”模式的根本推动力,使得小型团队能够在不按比例增加人手的情况下实现全球化运营。 结论:面向未来的思考 《2025年全球劳动力报告》清晰地描绘了一种新的运营现实:精简且依赖技术的人力资源团队,肩负着驾驭全球人才的重任,而这项使命正不断受到复杂法规、混乱的人工智能应用以及碎片化软件格局的考验。人力资源部门正从传统的行政角色,演变为技术驱动的战略推动者,但这一转变过程伴随着巨大的压力和前所未有的复杂性。 随着这些趋势的不断加速,真正的问题不再是你的组织是否会适应,而是能否足够快地适应。你的团队为这个新现实做好准备了吗?
    AI in HR
    2025年11月06日
  • AI in HR
    深度观察 | AI重构HR的未来蓝图:战略编排才是核心战场--解读Deloitte《HR Reimagined: Agentic AI for HR》 在AI加速重塑企业运作方式的今天,人力资源领域也正经历着一场深刻变革。2025年夏季,Deloitte  发布了最新研究报告 《HR Reimagined: Agentic AI for HR》,由资深人力资本与AI转型顾问 Greg Vert 和 Kyle Forrest 联合撰写。报告围绕“Agentic AI”(智能体AI)这一新一代技术,系统探讨了AI如何在HR全价值链中发挥作用——从战略规划、治理体系,到能力建设与技术架构,并通过16项HR核心能力与67个具体活动的分析,描绘了从AI辅助(Assisted)到增强(Augmented)再到AI驱动(AI-Powered)的成熟路径。 本文将结合报告核心内容与行业背景,带来一份深入的中文解读,帮助HR领导者与业务决策者理解AI在HR中的落地价值、潜在风险及战略编排方法。非常值得推荐阅读!!如果需要PDF 可以邮件我们 nacshr818@gmail.com 获取德勤报告 人工智能的快速发展,正在让HR领域面临一次前所未有的变革。从招聘到员工体验,从绩效管理到流程优化,AI的触角已经伸入几乎所有HR职能。Deloitte 在《HR Reimagined: Agentic AI for HR》中,描绘了一幅未来蓝图——AI不再只是工具,而是HR战略执行的核心力量。本文将结合报告要点,带来一份面向HR领导者的深度解读。 1. AI在HR的三种形态:从辅助到驱动 报告指出,AI在HR的应用大致分为三个阶段: 辅助型(Assisted):AI为人类提供支持,如自动生成职位描述、初步整理数据等。 增强型(Augmented):人类与AI交替协作,AI能处理部分复杂任务,如候选人筛选、知识库更新、调查分析。 驱动型(AI-Powered):AI主导流程执行,人类负责监督与优化,例如自动完成员工咨询、生成分析报告、触发跨部门流程。 解读:企业应先明确自身在这三个阶段中的位置,然后规划向更高阶段的演进路径,而不是盲目堆砌工具。 2. Agentic AI:HR的“虚拟同事” 传统AI往往是功能插件,作用单一。而Agentic AI的特征在于:理解上下文、规划多步骤任务、调用不同系统完成工作,并能根据反馈优化执行。这类AI更像是一名“虚拟同事”,能够独立完成从信号识别到结果交付的全流程。 解读:这要求HR团队具备“管理AI”的能力——为AI设定任务边界、明确流程接口、评估其工作成效,而不是只当它是一个按钮或查询工具。 3. 角色重塑:从事务处理到战略赋能 AI的引入会让HR的时间分配发生显著变化: HR业务伙伴(HRBP):从有限服务部分业务单元,转向为全体管理者提供战略性人才辅导。 卓越中心(COE):从数据收集整理转向实时洞察与预测,参与前置决策。 HR运营(HR Ops):80%以上的日常事务由AI执行,团队重心转向员工体验和流程改进。 解读:HR的绩效评估指标也应随之调整,从“完成多少任务”转向“业务贡献度”和“战略影响力”。 4. 高价值落地场景 报告给出了一些能快速显现成效的Agentic AI应用: 入职流程:多个AI协作完成任务分配、福利登记、培训安排,跨平台无缝衔接。 请假与返岗管理:AI提前识别返岗事件,触发跨部门流程,并根据反馈优化体验。 人才保留:AI实时分析流失风险并推送定制化留才方案,直接触发奖励或调配。 解读:这些场景有三个共性——跨系统、闭环执行、可持续优化,非常适合做为企业的AI试点项目。 5. 碎片化风险与战略编排 如果不同部门各自引入AI工具,很容易造成“67个AI源”的割裂局面:数据孤岛、体验不一致、治理困难。报告提出五个关键步骤来避免碎片化: 规划:目标与业务战略、员工需求一致; 治理:覆盖伦理、数据安全、信任机制; 能力建设:集中AI专业能力,设立卓越中心; 编排:工具互通并嵌入核心流程,而非外挂; 衡量:效率、体验、公平性与成果并重。 解读:这本质上是“企业级AI治理”的HR版本,需要跨部门协作才能真正落地。 6. 技术趋势:多智能体系统(MAS) 未来12-18个月,用户与HR系统的交互将从传统API调用,逐步转向多智能体系统(MAS)——多个AI可以相互协作、与人类互动、跨平台执行复杂任务。例如,招聘AI可以直接与培训AI、薪酬AI协作,实现从录用到入职培训到福利登记的自动化闭环。 解读:这意味着企业未来的AI生态将是“团队作战”而非“单兵作战”,需要提前规划架构与数据接口。 结语:AI价值取决于编排能力 AI进入HR是不可逆趋势,但它的价值并不会自动释放。真正的竞争力来自于战略性编排与持续优化——让AI不只是辅助工具,而是组织能力的一部分。对于想在未来人才竞争中保持领先的HR团队来说,现在正是重新设计角色、流程与能力结构的关键窗口期。 报告来源:Deloitte《HR Reimagined: Agentic AI for HR》 作者:Greg Vert 与 Kyle Forrest
    AI in HR
    2025年08月13日
  • AI in HR
    嘉宾主题日程发布|2025 NACSHR夏季论坛,华人HR如何在变化中构建自己的力量?6月7日8日硅谷相聚 NACSHR北美华人人力资源夏季论坛——一次真正属于华人HR自己的高质量线下对话场域 HR需要彼此连接,华人HR更需要彼此看见。 “Stay Together. Stay Powerful.”不是一句口号,而是我们必须坚守的信念。因为当我们真正聚在一起,经验会流动,误解能拆解,答案开始诞生。这一切,将从2025 NACSHR 夏季论坛开始。 今年NACSHR夏季论坛,我们围绕“AI重构、人才规划、组织变革、文化融合、心理韧性”五大主题,邀请在北美第一线实操的华人HR高管、招聘专家、法律顾问、科技创始人,共同展开一次扎实的线下深度交流,点击马上报名,参与到现场来吧! 2025年度核心议题阵容正式揭晓 我们不谈泛泛的趋势,只聊正在发生的挑战与解法: AI IN HR:从工具到转型 AI如何介入招聘、绩效、培训、组织设计? HR如何在AI浪潮下重新定位自己? Zoom、ServiceNow、AI Fund、英伟达等一线实践者现场拆解案例 Strategic Global Total Rewards & Mobility 在多文化、多税制、多法规的背景下,如何设计合理的全球薪酬架构? 跨境派遣、H1B/OPT人才留用、远程用工如何合规?  Systemic HR™ 不只是流程优化,而是从组织设计上系统性重构HR价值 如何让HR真正成为业务增长的一部分? 10x HR:快速原型与业务共振 HR也可以像产品经理一样,做迭代、做测试、做MVP? 如何加快HR对业务的响应速度?  文化与心理:我们如何一起工作? 常见跨文化误解如何有效调和? 如何建设既绩效导向又心理安全的团队? Sabbatical、Gap Year是否正在被更多职场人重新定义? 北美用工合规全景 外籍员工如何合法雇佣? 员工在美工作的核心风险点有哪些? 美国当地法律有哪些常被忽略的红线? 部分确认嘉宾阵容 我们邀请的不是“演讲嘉宾”,而是真实做事的人: 论坛信息: 2025北美华人人力资源夏季论坛 2025 NACSHR Summer Forum 时间:2025年6月7日-8日 周六周日 (9:00-17:00 ) 周六8点半签到 地点:HYATT PLACE NEWARK SILICON VALLEY  (​​​​​​​5600 John Muir Drive, Newark, CA 94560  ) 主办:NACSHR  Chuhai.tips 报名: https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/B86228DD-27A2-360E-078F-0B57F24B9F7B (因会场空间大小,名额有限,先到先得) 门票类型 HR Leader Pass:仅限InhouseHR和学生及企业内部HR相关职能  (其中6月1日前有一个特惠价格 600美元 /买一送一 ) General Pass:适用于HR服务机构、顾问、猎头人才服务等非InhouseHR相关 (会议期间提供咖啡和茶等 注:但午餐需自理,因酒店午餐成本非常高,所以不含会议午餐) 为了确保所有参会者的最佳体验,NACSHR论坛管理团队将定期审核注册名单,并可能根据需要调整注册类别。如果您的注册类型被调整,您需补缴相应的费用差额。本政策旨在维护公平性,并提升所有与会者的参会体验。 付费指南:https://www.nacshr.org/2768/   更多会议相关内容,我们会不断更新,并通过NACSHR官网和社交媒体发布。 会议参展及赞助演讲合作 联系人:Annie(nacshr818@gmail.com)或 点击申请 : https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/CDBE9324-6291-EB0E-3E50-91532A2A70BB 加入北美华人人力资源服务图谱:点击注册 申请演讲分享嘉宾:https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/898DB159-05B5-1C3E-BCD4-9C7A6E324482 媒体合作:联系 nacshr818@gmail.com(备注媒体合作) ? 最后,为什么你值得来? 因为你不是一个人在解决问题。因为有一些困惑,只有我们彼此才能听懂。因为连接,是改变的起点。 Stay Together. Stay Powerful. 2025 NACSHR夏季论坛,我们在硅谷等你。
    AI in HR
    2025年05月17日
  • AI in HR
    Yes, HR Organizations Will (Partially) Be Replaced by AI, And That’s Good I adore the human resources profession. These folks are responsible for hiring, development, leadership development, and some of the most important issues in business. And despite the history of HR being considered a compliance function, the role is more important than ever. CHRO salaries, for example, have increased at 5-times the rate of CEO pay over the last twenty years, demonstrating how essential HR has become. That said, we have to be honest that AI is going to disrupt our role. This week IBM formally announced that 94% of typical HR questions are now answered by its AI agent, and the role of HR Business Partner is all but eliminated except for very senior leaders. As a result the CEO plans to reduce HR headcount and shift that budget towards sales and engineering. Let’s accept the fact that we are in a time of increasing acceleration. In other words, the capabilities of AI are growing much faster than our organizations” ability to adapt, so we have to lean forward and start redesigning our companies. In the case of HR, our Systemic HR model (which we launched two years ago) is now being fully automated by AI. I know IBM’s story well, and I think it explains where all HR teams are going. Many years ago Diane Gherson (prior CHRO) started AI projects to automate recruitment, pay analysis, and performance management. She spoke at our conference eight years ago and shared how IBM’s pay tool (CogniPay was launched in 2018) uses AI to make pay recommendations based on skill. This type of tool, which was years ahead of the “skills-based” strategies we see today, essentially automated many of the performance and pay decisions left to managers.   Since then IBM has gone much further, and in my last conversation with Nickle Lamoureux (current CHRO) she told me the AI agent helps write performance reviews, creates development plans, and coaches managers and senior leaders on a myriad of performance based decisions. I totally believe this because I see Galileo doing these kinds of things for companies every day. (Check out the Mercury release.) How does this impact the roles and jobs in HR? Well it definitely eliminates many. In the case of L&D or HR business partners, I believe we could see a 20-30% or more reduction in HR headcount per employee. And that means these individuals may wind up managing the AI platforms, moving into roles as change consultants (which AI still can’t do), or move into areas like org design, learning architect, and data management. I think this is all a good thing. While we all worry about AI taking our jobs, we have to remember that our real job is not to “do things” but to “add value” and bring complex problem solving skills to our companies. And in this journey to “crawl up the value curve,” we all have to learn to use AI, develop AI solutions, and think more systemically about how our companies go to market. I recently interviewed a brilliant HR leader (podcast coming) at WPP who explained how he and his team rationalized their job architecture from 65,000 job titles to only 600 by using new AI tools from OpenAI and Reejig (a work intelligence vendor). As you’ll hear in his story, this effort was a combination of data management, business analysis, change management, and leadership. The results of this work, which are still ongoing, is the opportunity for WPP to dramatically change its go to market strategy, innovation, and growth. That’s the kind of thing we want our HR teams to do. And as these various agents hit the market (see my latest view of the market below), HR professionals are going to have to train them, implement them, and “manage them” for long term success. This means analyzing the cross-functional data they produce, extend them into better decision-making, and move our thinking from dated concepts like “time to hire” and “course completion rates” to meaningful measures like “time to revenue” or “time to productivity” or “time to customer service excellence.” See where I’m going? In a time of increasing technology acceleration we have to “lean in” as hard as we can. Stop thinking about how much money we save on headcount (which is a fleeting benefit, by the way) and focus on value creation. That’s the big benefit of AI: customer service quality, time to market, and innovation. In many ways these “HR downsizing” stories are really stores of “HR crawling up the value curve,” which is really a good thing. And for HR professionals, it’s a time for personal reinvention.
    AI in HR
    2025年05月16日
  • AI in HR
    David Green: The best HR & People Analytics articles of February 2025 2025年2月的 Data Driven HR Monthly 深入探讨了影响未来HR战略的关键趋势,涵盖了混合办公、AI驱动的技能管理、组织设计以及人力资源分析的最新发展。 麦肯锡提出了一种全新的HR运营模式,强调**“人力资源战略家、数据科学家和技术专家”** 的三位一体架构,以增强HR的战略影响力。同时,世界经济论坛(WEF)发布了**《全球技能分类法工具包》**,推动企业采用通用的技能语言,以提升人才管理能力。 另一个重要议题是任务智能(Task Intelligence),TechWolf的研究表明,企业应关注员工实际执行的任务,而不仅仅是他们具备的技能。这种方法有助于精准规划人才需求、优化招聘和培训,并挖掘自动化机会,以提升企业效能。 此外,混合办公和多样性、公平性、包容性(DEI)等议题正日益被政治化。美国最新数据表明,2025年1月仍有29%的工作日为远程办公,但企业对重返办公室(RTO)的讨论持续升温。随着AI的发展,HR部门如何平衡企业需求与员工期望,将成为未来几年最重要的挑战之一。 本期还关注了HR科技市场的发展,例如Gartner对2025年首席人力官(CHRO)的三大战略优先事项,以及AI在HR转型中的应用案例。对于希望在人力资源管理中充分利用数据和科技的HR领导者来说,本期内容不容错过! February is supposed to be the shortest month but the 2025 version felt conspicuously long. We may be living in a post-truth world but it is an irrefutable fact that it was Ukraine that was invaded just over three years ago by 150,000 Russian troops. The Ukrainian people - and Volodymyr Zelenskyy - need to be supported not disparaged. Compiling this month’s edition of the Data Driven HR Monthly proved to be a welcome distraction from geopolitics, even if two hitherto work topics that are increasingly being politicised - hybrid work and diversity, equity and inclusion - feature prominently. Other selections include a fresh take on the HR operating model from McKinsey, which is founded upon a strategic triumvirate of people strategists, people scientists, and people technologists. Look out also for a Global Skills Taxonomy toolkit from the World Economic Forum, as well a list of 20 global people analytics influencers, which was compiled using active ONA data. Enjoy! This edition of the Data Driven HR Monthly is sponsored by our friends at TechWolf Are we looking at skills the wrong way? AI and automation are reshaping work. By 2028, one-third of enterprise software will automate tasks and decisions (Gartner), and McKinsey estimates this could add 1.2% to annual GDP growth. Yet, 92% of HR leaders say (Gartner) they don’t have reliable data on the skills of their workforce. The challenge is clear: How do we ensure skills evolve as fast as work itself? Which skills actually drive business value? How can companies align business and talent strategies with real work? Most organizations track skills through self-reports, manager assessments, and outdated frameworks. An AI data layer like TechWolf revolutionizes that issue. But skills alone don’t tell the full story—tasks do. "Skills tell us what someone càn do, tasks tell us what they actually do" says Jeroen Van Hautte ?, TechWolf’s CTO & Co-Founder, "They explain why those skills are needed and what value they bring." So to understand skills, we need to understand work itself. That’s where Task Intelligence comes in. By analyzing real work data—from projects, collaboration tools, and enterprise systems—Task Intelligence connects skills to actual work, giving companies a real-time, unbiased view of workforce capabilities. Organizations using task intelligence to gain insights in the skills of their workforce can: Plan workforce needs with confidence Target learning & development where it matters Improve hiring by focusing on real skills Identify automation opportunities to free up time for high-value work Curious to see how task intelligence and AI-powered skills insights are shaping the future of work? Dive into our latest insights: ? How TechWolf Bridges Skills and Work ? Exploring the Task-Skill Connection TechWolf helps large enterprises understand the skills they have, the skills they need, and how to manage the gap in between—powered by AI. To explore how TechWolf’s AI can help your organization, reach out at hello@techwolf.ai or visit techwolf.ai. To sponsor an edition of the Data Driven HR Monthly, and share your brand with more than 140,000 Data Driven HR Monthly subscribers, send an email to dgreen@zandel.org. FEBRUARY ROAD REPORT In the last week of February, I had the privilege of chairing the second People Analytics World event in Zürich, which Ralf Buechsenschuss perfectly captures in his key takeaways and learnings.  Thanks to Barry Swales and his team for organising a great two days. From Zürich, I am now heading to New York where Jamie Nevshehir and his team at NBC Universal are hosting a peer meeting for members of the Insight222 People Analytics Program®. It promises to be an enthralling two days with more than 70 people analytics professionals attending and a line-up of speakers including: Dawn Klinghoffer, Geetanjali Gamel, Anshul Sheopuri and Jeremy Shapiro. Also in March, I’m looking forward to delivering keynotes at HiBob’s Heartcore HR Live event in London on March 13, as well as the Workhuman Live Forum, also in London on March 19. I hope to see some of you there. February also saw the acquisition of eqtble by Paradox - congrats to Adam Godson, Gabe Horwitz, Joseph Ifiegbu and all concerned. Share the love! Enjoy reading the collection of resources for February and, if you do, please share some data driven HR love with your colleagues and networks. Thanks to the many of you who liked, shared and/or commented on January’s compendium. If you enjoy a dose of curated learning (and the Digital HR Leaders podcast), the Insight222 newsletter: Digital HR Leaders newsletter is usually published every other Tuesday – subscribe here – and read the latest edition. HYBRID, GENERATIVE AI AND THE FUTURE OF WORK PHIL KIRSCHNER - McKinsey On Return To Office: Leaders Are Focused On The Wrong Thing | AARON DE SMET, BROOKE WEDDLE, BRYAN HANCOCK, MARIN MUGAYAR-BALDOCCHI, AND TAYLOR LAURICELLA - Returning to the office? Focus more on practices and less on the policy | NICK BLOOM - There are lies, damned lies and statistics | NICK BLOOM - The Future of Working from Home Leaders must stop obsessing over where work gets done and start improving how it gets done. February’s edition of the Data Driven HR Monthly has to start with this debate on RTO and hybrid. As Phil Kirschner’s article in Forbes explains, McKinsey has been publishing the findings of its ‘talent trends’ research through six studies since 2021. He observes that one clear trend has emerged: “The tension between where employees work and how effectively work gets done has been growing.” The latest McKinsey study finds that there was a surge in RTO from 2023 to 2024, with the proportion of mostly in-person workers (those working in person at least four days a week) doubling to 68 percent, from 34 percent in 2023. In his LinkedIn post citing Mark Twain’s infamous quote, Nick Bloom, who tracks work arrangements and attitudes monthly – see wfhresearch.com – questions the McKinsey data, explaining why he believes it is flawed and has both recall and sample biases. Bloom provides alternative data sources, which find that in January 2025, 29% of paid days in the US were work-from-home days (see FIG 1). Bloom’s supposition is that McKinsey may have felt pressurised by clients that want the narrative that work from home is failing in the media. One hopes that’s not the case, particularly as the main message the authors of the McKinsey article (Aaron De Smet, Brooke Weddle, Bryan Hancock, Marino Mugayar-Baldocchi and Taylor Lauricella) appear to be making is that: “The working model is far less important than the work environment leaders create.” They highlight five core practices to help firms implement a policy that fits their culture: collaboration, connectivity, innovation, mentorship, and skill development (see FIG 2). With the increasing politicisation – and even weaponisation by the new US Administration - of work topics such as flexible working and DEI, expect more debates like this as the year continues to unfurl. FIG 1: About 29% of Paid Days in the US in January 2025 Were Work-From-Home Days (Source: WFH Research) FIG 2: Employees’ ratings of their organization’s maturity in five practices by working model (Source: McKinsey) CALLUM MCRAE AND SAMUEL BAMIDELE - Redefining workplace flexibility: Harmonizing corporate culture and employee satisfaction | KIM PARKER - Many remote workers say they’d be likely to leave their job if they could no longer work from home | BRIAN ELLIOTT, ANNIE DEAN, AND KEVIN OAKES – Navigating the Return-to-Office, Hybrid and Remote Landscape Three more resources to help readers of the Data Driven HR Monthly navigate the latest research, challenges and discussions on flexible working. (1) Callum McRae and Samuel BAMIDELE present the key findings from WTW’s 2024 Workplace Flexibility Pulse Survey. One finding is that while 50% of 1,200 companies who participated in the study have policies in place requiring employees to be in the office for two to four days per week, the actual number of in-person days per week is lower (see FIG 3). (2) Similar to the WTW study, which also highlights the risk of employee attrition if companies fail to balance employer and employee needs, Kim Parker presents data from the Pew Research Center, which finds that nearly half of workers who currently work from home some of the time would likely leave if they were no longer able to do so (see FIG 4). (3) Finally, I highly recommend tuning into a recent The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) webinar, which saw Brian Elliott, Annie Dean, Kevin Oakes, and host Tom Stone get into the complexities of RTO, hybrid and remote work strategies. Topics covered included workplace design, how AI can augment human potential, and how blanket RTO mandates erode trust and engagement. FIG 3: In-office-days required vs. actual by country (Source: WTW) FIG 4: Source: Pew Research Center HANNAH MAYER, LAREINA YEE, MICHAEL CHUI, AND ROGER ROBERTS - Superagency in the workplace: Empowering people to unlock AI’s full potential Almost all companies invest in AI, but just 1 percent believe they are at maturity. The biggest barrier to scaling is not employees—who are ready—but leaders, who are not steering fast enough. Inspired by Reid Hoffman’s book Superagency, this new report from McKinsey asks a similar question: How can companies harness AI to amplify human agency and unlock new levels of creativity and productivity in the workplace? Perhaps the standout conclusion is that employees are ready for AI but that the biggest barrier to success is leadership. The report is presented in five chapters. (1) An analysis of the rapid advancement of technology over the past two years and its implications for business adoption of AI. (2) The attitudes and perceptions of employees and leaders, with the former three times more likely than leaders realise to believe that AI will replace 30 percent of their work in the next year. (3) An examination of the need for speed and safety in AI deployment, with half of employees worrying about AI inaccuracy and cybersecurity risks. (4) A look at how companies risk losing ground in the AI race if leaders do not set bold goals. (5) Guidance on what is required for leaders to set their teams up for success with AI: “The challenge of AI in the workplace is not a technology challenge. It is a business challenge that calls upon leaders to align teams, address AI headwinds, and rewire their companies for change.” Finally, the article poses three questions each for leaders and employees to meet their AI future (see FIG 5). If you enjoy the article, I also recommend diving into AI in Action, an interactive four-part learning journey featuring Reid Hoffman and Lareina Yee, one of the authors of the McKinsey report. (Authors: Hannah M. Mayer, Lareina Yee, Michael Chui, and Roger Roberts). FIG 5: Questions to shape a company’s AI future (Adapted from McKinsey) FELIPE JARA - The Reality Check: Making AI in HR Actually Work While 75% of organisations are still in early stages of AI adoption, those taking a systematic, process-led approach will see remarkable results - from 40% efficiency gains to fundamental transformations in how HR operates. In his comprehensive and illuminating article, Felipe Jara analyses AI transformation in HR, breaking it down into four sections: (1) The Reality Check, which examines some of the barriers holding HR back: capability, financial constraints, delivery limitations, and technology. (2) The Process Revolution, examining the promise. With cases studies from the likes of Mastercard, IBM and Stanford Health Care, and how AI can augment the employee lifecycle (see FIG 6). (3) The Maturity Journey, which presents a maturity model from Deloitte and provides guidance on how to move forward. (4) The Implementation Framework, presenting a four-step approach to enabling AI in HR. FIG 6: The AI-Augmented Talent Lifecycle (Source: Felipe Jara) PEOPLE ANALYTICS ANDREW PITTS, MATTHEW DIABES, RICHARD ROSENOW AND STEPHANIE MURPHY - Top 20 People Analytics Influencers and more from the PANC Whilst I always appreciate being included on ‘influencer’ lists, most are wholly subjective and compiled using little or no data. This makes the People Analytics Network Census (PANC), all the more interesting. The initiative, which is the brainchild of Andrew Pitts, Matthew Diabes, PhD, Richard Rosenow and Stephanie Murphy, Ph.D., uses active organisational network analysis to map the global people analytics network. The results, which are based on more than 450 participants, are presented in five groups: (1) Top 20 Overall People Analytics Influencers, (2) Top 3 Networking Influencers, (3) Top 3 Mentorship Influencers, (4) Top 3 Technical Influencers (5) Top 10 Influencers from Outside of the United States. It’s a real honour to be included in the first list. Congrats to all those selected – many of whom I count as friends, colleagues and inspirations: Al Adamsen, Alexis Fink, Amit Mohindra, Andrew Pitts, Cole Napper, Dave Ulrich, Dawn Klinghoffer, Heather Whiteman, Ph.D., Ian OKeefe, John Boudreau, Josh Bersin, Mark H. Hanson, Michael Arena, Michael M. Moon, PhD, Patrick Coolen, Richard Rosenow, Rob Cross, Stacia Sherman Garr, Stephanie Murphy, Ph.D., Annika Schultz, Barry Swales, Greg Pryor, Lexy Martin, Michelle Deneau, Kevin Erikson, Kevin S., Michael Walsh, PhD, Adam McKinnon, PhD., David Shontz, Jaap Veldkamp, Kinsey Li, Leopoldo Torres, Ludek Stehlik, Ph.D., Martha Curioni, Rafael Uribe, Sanja Licina, Ph.D. MCKINSEY - What makes product teams effective? In episodes of the Digital HR Leaders podcast with leaders such as Ian OKeefe (here) and Aashish Sharma (here), we’ve talked about the importance of productisation in people analytics. Moreover, Insight222’s 2024 People Analytics Ecosystem study found that ‘analytics at scale’ teams (those teams that turn an insight, prediction, or algorithm into a product) have emerged as a core capability in the people analytics function of Leading Companies. As such, this article by Santiago Comella-Dorda, Vik Sohoni, Arun Sunderraj, Dan Gardner, and Lauren Gingerich McCoy for McKinsey is required reading for people analytics leaders. They analysed data from 1,700 teams, to measure how five capabilities (strategy, structure, people, process, and technology) impact four main outcomes (effectiveness, speed, productivity, and quality). This article focuses on the key capabilities required for three sub-outcomes of effectiveness: (1) Delivery predictability, (2) Value realisation (see FIG 7), and (3) Team engagement. FIG 7: The ten key capabilities of value realisation in product teams (Source: McKinsey) HELEN FRIEDMAN - Early Trends Influencing People Analytics Agendas In 2025 | BEN BERRY - The Rise of External Talent Intelligence as a Strategic Priority | DAVID BOYLE - Beyond Build-Buy-Borrow: "Blend" Emerges as a Pillar of Workforce Strategy | HESHAM AHMED - The three pillars of competitive advantage in data & analytics In each edition of the Data Driven HR Monthly, I feature a collection of articles by current and recent people analytics leaders. These are intended to act as a spur and inspiration to the field. Four are highlighted in this month’s edition. (1) Helen Friedman walks through three topics shaping many current people analytics agendas: workforce planning, AI in relation to skills and pay equity, and using data to drive decisions around turnover, pay and managing uncertainty. (2) Ben Berry explains why the use of external talent intelligence data by organisation is rising sharply, how they’re using this data and what we can expect to see in the future. (3) David Boyle writes on the emergence of ‘blend’ as a fourth pillar of workforce planning: “Workforce strategy and AI strategy have the potential to trip over each other if they are not synchronized.” (4) Hesham Ahmed outlines three ways data and analytics can drive competitive advantage: superiority of information, insight and action (see FIG 8): “Superiority of action: it is not sufficient to know something that others don’t. It is the ability to act on that information or insight that leads to an advantage or edge.” FIG 8: Three pillars of competitive advantage in data and analytics (Source: Hesham Ahmed) THE EVOLUTION OF HR, LEARNING, AND DATA DRIVEN CULTURE ASMUS KOMM, FERNANDA MAYOL, NEEL GANDHI, SANDRA DURTH, AND JASMIN KIEFER - A new operating model for people management: More personal, more tech, more human Organizations that excel in both people development and financial performance are four times as likely as peers to outperform financially and one and a half times as likely as peers to remain top tier year on year. In the last three years, the most popular resource I have shared on LinkedIn, with over 1m views is McKinsey’s 2022 article, HR’s new Operating Model. The sequel is likely to drive just as much interest. In this article, which I was grateful to be invited to contribute to, the McKinsey team of Asmus Komm, Fernanda Mayol, Neel Gandhi, Sandra Durth, and Jasmin Kiefer explore a new vision of people management, centred on hyper-personalising the employee experience. Their findings conclude that that only about 20 percent of the most strategic activities in today’s HR portfolios will remain with two-thirds of current HR tasks being automated to a large degree (see FIG 9). They also outline the core elements of the operating system required to turn their vision into reality encompassing (1) Establishing a strategic triumvirate of people strategists, people scientists, and people technologists, (2) Streamlining the people operating model: more strategic, more fluid, and more tech-enabled (see FIG 10), and (3) Mastering complexity with technology. The authors also set out concrete steps organisations can take to implement a new people operating system. These steps include the need to experiment, a focus on continuous improvement and an onus on scaling what works. FIG 9: Two-thirds of today’s people management processes can be largely automated (Source: McKinsey) FIG 10: The future operating model for people management will be more strategic, fluid and tech-enabled (Source: McKinsey) GARTNER - Top 3 Strategic Priorities for Chief HR Officers CHROs are navigating a complex landscape shaped by several key trends. CEOs prioritizing growth through transformation, AI deployment challenges and shifting labor market pressures on talent strategies are influencing how the best organizations are leading HR to achieve business goals. New research from Gartner identifying the three top CHRO focus areas for 2025: (1) Elevating HR’s impact on the organisation’s growth strategy. (2) Building a deep bench of change leaders. (3) Creating a future-ready workforce. The report provides a deep-dive on the three priorities with guidance and methodologies on how to drive success in each, such as the Talent Risk Assessment Heat Map (see FIG 11). The report also contains a powerful section on the new capabilities required by chief people officers (see FIG 12) and HR professionals. A must-read. FIG 11: Example Talent Risk Assessment Heat Map (Source: Gartner) FIG 12: Model of a World-Class CHRO (Source: Gartner) DAVE ULRICH AND ROBERT DAVID - How HR Can Help Deliver Both Market Share and Customer Share through Human Capability The evidence shows that when HR engages customers in talent, organization, leadership, and HR department initiatives, both market share and customer share improve. What role can chief human resources officers play in helping their organisations to increase customer share while building market share? In their article, Dave Ulrich and Robert David outline five specific steps CHROs can take, which together demonstrate how HR can move from its traditional support role to help drive customer relationships and business growth: (1) Identify targeted customers – focus human capability investments on these. (2) Track customer share. (3) Define customer connection. (4) Engage with target customers (see FIG 13), and (5) Change HR conversations. For more on why and how HR professionals can increase their engagement with customers, do listen to Dave in discussion with Stacia Garr and me on this episode pf the Digital HR Leaders podcast: How HR Can Create Stakeholder Value and Drive Organisational Growth. FIG 13: Ways to connect and engage with customers (Source: Dave Ulrich and Robert David) WORKFORCE PLANNING, ORG DESIGN, AND SKILLS-BASED ORGANISATIONS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit: Defining a Common Skills Language for a Future-Ready Workforce Skills and talent shortages are critical challenges hindering economic growth, limiting business opportunities, and curbing individual potential. As technology rapidly advances and economic landscapes continue to shift, a common skills language is urgently needed to bridge gaps and enable workforce transformation. The World Economic Forum is spoiling us thus far in 2025. Not content with publishing the barnstorming Future of Jobs 2025 report, they have also released the Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit, which will be a boon for workforce planners and people analysts everywhere. The toolkit is designed to equip leaders with actionable steps, evidence-based insights, and real-world case studies to adopt a common skills language and embed skills-first approaches into talent management strategies. Contents include (1) reasons for adopting a common skills taxonomy, (2) a Global Skills Taxonomy roadmap comprised of three phases (see FIG 14), and (3) key insights and methodologies for implementing each phase. Kudos to the authors - Neil Allison, Ximena Játiva, and Aarushi Singhania along with a stellar cast of contributors including Peter Brown MBE, Simon Brown ??, Shannon Custard, Soon Joo Gog, Kelli Jordan, and Jan Meyer. FIG 14: Global Skills Taxonomy adoption roadmap (Source: World Economic Forum) EMPLOYEE LISTENING, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE, AND EMPLOYEE WELLBEING IT SURVEY GROUP - The Future of Feedback: Trends Shaping Employee Listening in 2025 AI and technology advancement are game changers for the listening and survey space. They will allow us to synthesize and interpret data – particularly qualitative data – with unprecedented speed and complexity What are the key trends shaping the evolution of employee listening? Who better to ask than practitioners at the forefront of this important work. In their article, members of the IT Survey Group – including Megan Sherman, Ph.D., Kristin Saboe, Ph.D., Sophie Horneber, Anthony Ariano, Caitie Jacobson Mikulis, David Koch, Kellie Roberts, M.A., Stephanie Andel, PhD, and Robyn Petree-Guzman, Ph.D. present five trends shaping employee listening in 2025 (see FIG 15): (1) Supercharging sentiment, (2) “Silent” signaling, (3) Synergising surveys, (4) Guiding greatness, and (5) Refining the rhythm. FIG 15: Top five trends for employee listening (Source: IT Survey Group) NICK LYNN - Proactive Accountability: Turning Employee Insights into Action Proactive accountability is more than just a practice — it’s a cultural commitment to transforming insights into meaningful action. It thrives on clear ownership, well-defined goals, and unwavering transparency. Nick Lynn uses the concept of ‘proactive accountability’, which is commonplace in health and safety work, to solve the habitual challenge of turning insights gathered from employee listening work into meaningful actions (see FIG 16). Nick examines some of the common challenges from moving from insight to action such as the lack of a framework to prioritise feedback, slow decision-making, and poo communication. He explains why proactive accountability matters and how to foster it including developing a structured framework, assigning clear ownership, setting measurable goals, leveraging technology, building a community of change leaders, and celebrating success. FIG 16: Proactive accountability (Source: Nick Lynn) LEADERSHIP, CULTURE, AND LEARNING DARRELL RIGBY AND ZACH FIRST – The Power of Strategic Fit Companies that excel at creating stakeholder value attract and retain the most valuable stakeholders, gaining a competitive advantage. In their article for Harvard Business Review, Bain partners Darrell Rigby and Zach First how to create a cohesive strategy that unleashes the power of ‘strategic fit’, which they define as: “Strategic fit is the degree of alignment and amount of synergy in a company’s business system.” They identify seven strategic factors: (1) the mental model, (2) purpose and ambitions, (3) stakeholder value creation, (4) macro forces, (5) markets and products, (6) competitive advantages, and (7) the operating model. They explain how aligning them generates beneficial multiplier effects, and – especially relevant for HR and people analytics professionals – demonstrate how creating value for employees and other stakeholders leads to higher returns (see FIG 17). FIG 17: Strategic Fit Leads to Higher Returns (Source: Bain) ANNE MCSILVER | LINKEDIN – Workplace Learning Report 2025: The rise of career champions Learning combined with career development — leadership training, coaching, internal mobility, and more — accelerates the flow of critical skills to keep pace with business needs The key theme of LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report 2025 is that the 36% of companies categorised as ‘career development champions’ (those companies with robust programs that yield business results) enjoy positive correlations with profitability outlook, confidence to attract and retain talent, and increased adoption of GAI. The report, with lead author Anne McSilver, features contributions from a host of talent leaders including: Vidya Krishnan (“The companies that outlearn other companies will outperform them.”), Chris Louie, Chris Foltz, Jennifer Shappley, Al Dea and Amanda Nolen (“You must be able to answer at least one of these three questions: How will this initiative help you to make money, save money, or mitigate risk for the company.”). The report also presents five talent foundations designed to accelerate career-driven learning: (1) Build the right skills, faster (see FIG 18). (2) Help people – and skills – move more easily. (3) Measure business impact. (4) Empower managers to support employee careers. (5) Inspire individual career growth. Thanks to Jennifer Gronski for making me aware of the report. FIG 18: Skills-based talent and career development champions (Source: LinkedIn) DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING STACIA GARR - Understanding the Impact of Recent DEI Executive Orders | KENJI YOSHINO, DAVID GLASGOW, AND CHRISTINA JOSEPH - The Legal Landscape Around DEI Is Shifting. Your Messaging Should, Too | JOSH BERSIN - Despite Political Firestorm, Diversity Investments Are Alive And Well | JOELLE EMERSON - Continuing the Work of DEI, No Matter What Your Company Calls It | While DEI the acronym may be on the decline, the work itself will remain vital for organizations that want to thrive today and in the future. President Trump’s two executive orders (EOs) to “end radical and wasteful” Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility initiatives, and litigate up to nine private companies as examples have set off a hailstorm of amazement and uncertainty. From what I’ve come across to date, here are some resources I recommend consuming: (1) Stacia Sherman Garr of RedThread Research was one of the first out of the blocks with a very helpful summary of the EOs and their implications. (2) Kenji Yoshino, David Glasgow, and Christina Joseph from the NYU School of Law’s Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, set out best practices on communicating about DEI, offer some sample language to avoid legal risk, and share strategies to disseminate these best practices throughout your organisation. (3) Josh Bersin offers a glimmer of hope in his article, first by highlighting organisations like Apple, Microsoft and JP Morgan that have all come out publicly against anti-DEI initiatives, and second by emphasising that rather than turning away from DEI, many companies are instead “embedding DEI into the disciplines of leadership, recruitment, performance management, and rewards.” (4) Joelle Emerson presents findings from a study by Paradigm, The State of Culture and Inclusion: 2024 Trends and a Look Ahead at 2025, which outlines three ways companies should consider shifting their approach to DEI: resetting the narrative, using data more effectively, and moving from siloed efforts to an embedded company-wide focus on creating cultures that work for everyone. HR TECH VOICES Much of the innovation in the field continues to be driven by the vendor community, and I’ve picked out a few resources from February that I recommend readers delve into. In a slight change-up this month, I’ll start with a couple of pieces that analyse the people analytics and wider HR technology market: FRANZ GILBERT AND MATTHEW SHANNON - How agentic AI is changing HR dynamics in 2025 – Deloitte's Human Capital Forward team of Franz Gilbert and Matthew Shannon unveil six trends that will likely change how humans and technology work together in the year ahead. Their first prediction is that: “Improved macroeconomic factors will drive increased investment and transactions in the HR technology market.” MERCER - The 2024/2025 Skills Snapshot Survey report – The Mercer team of Brian Fisher, Melba Gant, Katie Jenkins, ?Heather Ryan, and Peter Stevenson unveil the findings from their skills snapshot survey. One of the main findings is that the number of organisations attaining a high or very high level in skills maturity has increased significantly compared to 2023 (see FIG 19). FIG 19: Skills maturity across organisations in talent practices, 2024 vs 2023 (Source: Mercer) PHILIP ARKCOLL - How to get people to care about your insights – Philip Arkcoll, CEO at Worklytics, provides a five-step guide to help organisations turn insights from people data into meaningful outcomes. JOHN GUY AND GARETH FLYNN - Simply Skills Chat: SWP, Tasks, AI, Skills and HR – John Guy and Gareth Flynn explore how HR can take advantage of the latest data, toolsets and mindsets to advance the field and drive business value. LOUJAINA ABDELWAHED - Remote Companies Grow Twice as Fast – Loujaina Abdelwahed, PhD presents analysis by Revelio Labs, which finds that workforce growth in companies offering remote and hybrid work arrangements has outpaced that of in-person firms (see FIG 20). FIG 20: Remote and hybrid companies have grown twice as fast as in-person companies (Source: Revelio Labs) PODCASTS OF THE MONTH In another month of high-quality podcasts, I’ve selected five gems for your aural pleasure: (you can also check out the latest episodes of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast – see ‘From My Desk’ below): HEATHER BUSSING – Navigating Trump’s DE&I Executive Orders: Clarity – In a must-listen episode of Workplace Stories, Heather Bussing joins Stacia Sherman Garr and Dani Johnson to unpick the recent executive orders on DE&I, what they mean for businesses, and how employers can navigate this complex landscape without overreacting. JEFFREY PFEFFER – Is Work Killing Us? – “An employer can be a good steward of the human beings whose lives have been entrusted to them — or not,” explains Jeffrey Pfeffer, author of Dying for a Paycheck, to host Kevin Cool, in this powerful episode of the if/then podcast from Stanford Business School. MARC EFFRON - The Science of Talent, 8 Steps to High Performance – Marc Effron joins Cole Napper and Scott Hines, PhD of the Directionally Correct podcast for an absorbing discussion covering topics such as why top I/O psychology Ph.D. programs aren’t more practitioner focused, as well as Marc’s two recent articles: “It’s not the mortar, it’s the bricks” and “Is the juice worth the squeeze”. RICHARD ROSENOW – Reimagining HR: Leveraging AI and Data for Better Outcomes – Richard Rosenow guests on the Capital H podcast with Kyle Forrest to discuss the role of data quality, governance, and AI in enabling HR teams to focus on strategic insights and drive business outcomes. DEBORAH PERRY PISCIONE - Employment Is Changing Forever – Sharing insights from her new book with Josh Drean, Employment is Dead: How Disruptive Technologies are Revolutionizing the Way We Work, Deborah Perry Piscione joins host Alison Beard on HBR IdeaCast to explain why we’re at a pivot point where old models of employment will be replaced by entirely new ones, and how mindset shifts and upskilling can help us prepare. VIDEO OF THE MONTH NAOMI VERGHESE, MADHURA CHAKRABARTI, AND DAVID GREEN | INSIGHT22 – People Analytics Trends Webinar Hopefully, I’ll be excused the mild dose of self-indulgence here, but this month’s ‘Video of the Month’ is the recent webinar I hosted with Naomi Verghese and Madhura Chakrabarti, PhD on the key findings of fifth annual Insight222 People Analytics Trends report. The webinar includes a deep dive on the four main findings of the study, which include insights on the impact of AI on people analytics, how leading companies measure the value of their work, and what we’ve identified as the adoption gap in people analytics. BOOK OF THE MONTH SERENA HUANG - The Inclusion Equation: Leveraging Data & AI For Organizational Diversity and Well-being Serena H. Huang, Ph.D.’s debut book is incredibly well-timed given the current assault on diversity, equity and inclusion. The Inclusion Equation provides a compelling guide to merging DEI and wellbeing initiatives with people analytics and AI to deliver outcomes for employees – and the business. As I wrote in my endorsement of the book: “The Inclusion Equation acts as a guide for chief people officers to harness data, analytics and technology to create a truly inclusive and healthy environment where workers can thrive.” RESEARCH REPORT OF THE MONTH KYLE LAGUNAS - Unlocking AI’s Potential in HR: A Practical Guide for Leaders This new report from Kyle Lagunas and the team at Aptitude Research is certainly worth a read. It features insights from seasoned HR thinkers and executives like Bob Pulver, Manjuri Sinha, Dustin Cann, and Meghan Rhatigan as well as a practical framework – impact, complexity, and risk - for assessing AI use cases, helping HR and operations professionals cut through the hype and so making smarter technology decisions. FIG 21: Adoption of AI in HR is slowing, but interest isn’t (Source: Aptitude Research) BONUS RESOURCES Some bonus resources to also consume this month: I don't anyone is writing with more quality or consistency on the impact of AI on work and on HR than Jason Averbook read one of his latest pieces, Thriving, Not Just Surviving, in an AI-First World, and then - if you haven't already - subscribe to his Now to Next Substack. Adam Bryant’s Strategic CHRO newsletter is always required reading as his recent interviews with Ellyn Shook (CHROs Must Never Forget That They Are The Voice Of The People On The C-Suite Team) and Peter Fasolo, Ph.D. (You Have To Be Curious About How All The Levers Work In Large-Scale Social Systems) ably demonstrate. Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic asks Can AI Fix Succession Planning? and highlights how passive data can be used to help predict leadership success: “The work of David Stillwell, Sandra Matz and Michal Kosinski demonstrates how AI can infer personality traits and leadership potential from digital footprints, as well as internal company data not historically seen as critical to leadership talent.” In a recent edition of his This Week, In Recruiting newsletter, Hung Lee asks is Elon Musk an existential threat to HR, and presents six compelling arguments to suggest he might be. After reading Hung’s piece, readers may wish that Musk is handed a one-way ticket to mars. Thomas Otter is one of my favourite writers, and in The difficult second album: Advice for HR TECH vendors on launching a second product uses The Stone Roses sophomore album, The Second Coming (actually, a very good album) as a warning for HR Tech vendors intent on launching a second product. Tom Redman and Donna Burbank explain how by mixing together some training, providing an opportunity to speak up, and having better KPIs, leaders can hone a data driven culture: How to Make Everyone Great at Data. In his article, Laurent Reich provides five learnings to make the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and opportunity for HR: CSRD: HR's Burden or Breakthrough? Turning Compliance into Opportunity: 5 learnings. FROM MY DESK February saw the final two episodes of series 44 the Digital HR Leaders podcast, sponsored by our friends at TalentNeuron (thanks to John Lynch, David Wilkins, Maureen McGinness, and the TalentNeuron team). It also saw a special bonus episode featuring my colleagues from Insight222, and the first episode of series 45, sponsored by our friends at Amazing Workplace, Inc. (thanks to Shon Holyfield). HENRIK HÅKANSSON - What People Analytics Leaders Need to Know About Scaling Their Function – Henrik Håkansson, who has built people analytics functions at three companies: Sony, Delivery Hero, and now Volvo Cars, joins me to share practical insights from his journey—what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons he’s learned on scaling people analytics along the way. TOBIAS BARTHOLOMÉ – How Lufthansa Group Combines Operational and Strategic Workforce Planning - Dr. Tobias Bartholomé, Project Lead for Strategic Workforce Planning at Lufthansa Group, joins me to explore why—after nearly a decade—Lufthansa has taken a bold step back to reimagine how it plans for the future of work. JONATHAN FERRAR AND NAOMI VERGHESE - How Leading Companies Turn People Analytics Into Business Value – In a special bonus episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, I was joined by my Insight222 colleagues Jonathan Ferrar and Naomi Verghese to uncover what truly differentiates leading companies in people analytics, and what research tells us about the evolution of the field over the last five years. ERIN MEYER - How to Bridge Cultures and Lead Global Teams for Success – Erin Meyer, Professor at INSEAD and author of The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business joins me for a conversation exploring how cultural differences shape the way we work, lead, and collaborate. DAVID GREEN - How do you leverage People Analytics to inform Strategic Workforce Planning initiatives? – A wrap up of series 44 of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, which featured conversations with Stacia Sherman Garr, Dave Ulrich, Prasad Setty, David Wilkins, Henrik Håkansson, and Dr. Tobias Bartholomé, and featured the common question: How do you leverage People Analytics to inform Strategic Workforce Planning initiatives? LOOKING FOR A NEW ROLE IN PEOPLE ANALYTICS OR HR TECH? I’d like to highlight once again the wonderful resource created by Richard Rosenow and the One Model team of open roles in people analytics and HR technology, which – as Richard’s latest newsletter reveals - now numbers over 500 roles. Look out too for Richard’s People Analytics Talent Book. THANK YOU The team at 365Talents for including me in their Top 50 HR influencers to follow in 2025 Mila Pascual-Nodusso for including the Digital HR Leaders podcast in her list of the Top 6 Spotify Podcasts on Human Resources, Talent Management, and Leadership Development. Neeru Monga for also including the Digital HR Leaders podcast on a list of her seven favourite podcasts. Steve Hunt for concluding after running a ChatGPT summary of the January edition of the Data Driven HR Monthly, that my version “is far more informative, interesting, and enjoyable even if it does take more time to read.” I won’t hang up my cap, just yet then ;-) Hirex for including me as one of 10+ influential experts you need to follow in 2025 Thinkers360 for including me in their list of Top 100 B2B Thought Leaders, Analysts & Influencers You Should Work With In 2025 (EMEA). Finally, a huge thank you to the following people who either shared the January edition of Data Driven HR Monthly and/or posted about the Digital HR Leaders podcast, conferences or other content. It's much appreciated: Thomas Kohler, Steve Sands, Christian Vetter ??, Ashish Pant, Stela Lupushor, Jo Thackray, Elin Thomasian, Guusje Brummer, Russell Flint, Kevin Le Vaillant, RJ Milnor, Ben Berry, Sewmini Amanda, Malinda Perera, Terri Horton, EdD, MBA, MA, SHRM-CP, PHR, Nesimi Akgul, Charlotte Copeman, Amardeep Singh, MBA, Diego Miranda, Jeff Wellstead, Dr Philip Gibbs, Amber O'Mahony, David Simmonds FCIPD, Sachin Sangade, Thiago Pimentel Pinto, Robin Haag, Susan Podlogar (she/her), Torin Ellis, Scott Reida, Catriona Lindsay, Kris Saling, Graham Tollit, Aravind Warrier, Jacob Nielsen, Swechha Mohapatra (IHRP-SP, SHRM-SCP, CIPD), Lewis Garrad, Viktoriia Kriukova (Вікторія Крюкова), Ying Li, Marc Steven Ramos, Danielle Farrell, MA, Greg Pryor, Jose Luis Chavez Vasquez, Michel Ciampi, Jacqui Brassey, PhD, MA, MAfN ?️ (née Schouten), Till Alexander Leopold, Richard Bretzger, José Valdivieso, John Golden, Ph.D., Kathleen Kruse, Kyle Forrest, Matthew Hamilton, Asaf Jackoby, David McLean, Dave Millner, Ben Waber, Ravin Jesuthasan, CFA, FRSA, Federico Bechini, Rebecca Ray, Aizhan Tursunbayeva, PhD, GRP, Tobias W. Goers ツ, Andrew Spence, Michelle Lee ?, Alex Franco, MHRM, Destin Cacioppo, Anisha Aulbach, Megan Reif, Dolapo (Dolly) Oyenuga, Kirsten Edwards, Kimberly Rose, Amanda dos Reis Garcia, Paola Alfaro Alpízar, Anna Kjellberg, Lucie Vottova, Kouros Behzad, Alexis Vergani, Francesca Gabetti, Brandon Roberts, Delia Majarín, Peter Ryan, John Gunawan, Sergio Garcia Mora, Dan George, Gal Mozes, PhD, Chris Long, Ohad Geron, Ryan Wong, Raja Sengupta, Pedro Pereira, Nikita D'Souza, Timo Tischer, Dave Fineman, Monika Manova, Shuang Yueh Pui, PhD, Holly Kortright (she-her), Hanne Hoberg, Andrés García Ayala, Arne-Christian Van Der Tang, Daisy Grewal, Ph.D., Nicolas Quadrelli, Erik Otteson, Bejoy Mathew, Stephen Hickey, Agnes Garaba, Gawain Wang, Emanuele Magrone, Maria Ursu, Marc Caslani, Dan Lapporte, Patrick Coolen, Ian Grant FCIPD, Joonghak Lee, Jaejin Lee, David Balls (FCIPD), Craig Starbuck, PhD, Mariami Lolashvili, Mattijs Mol, David Elkjær, Marie-Hélène Gélinas, MBA (Cand.), Aurélie Crégut, Nick Hudgell, Teodora Staneva, Sonia Mooney, Elizabeth Esarove, Søren Kold, Moïra Taillefer, Monika Mardaus, Tina Peeters, PhD, Ken Clar, Maria Alice Jovinski, Marcela Mury, Toon van der Veer, Madeline Cedeno, Marc Voi Chiuli. (MSc. HRM. Assoc CIPD. MIHRM.), Herbert Burri, Alexander S. Locher, Ava Dossi, Anna Kuzmenko ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Green ?? is a globally respected author, speaker, conference chair, and executive consultant on people analytics, data-driven HR and the future of work. As Managing Partner and Executive Director at Insight222, he has overall responsibility for the delivery of the Insight222 People Analytics Program, which supports the advancement of people analytics in over 100 global organisations. Prior to co-founding Insight222, David accumulated over 20 years experience in the human resources and people analytics fields, including as Global Director of People Analytics Solutions at IBM. As such, David has extensive experience in helping organisations increase value, impact and focus from the wise and ethical use of people analytics. David also hosts the Digital HR Leaders Podcast and is an instructor for Insight222's myHRfuture Academy. His book, co-authored with Jonathan Ferrar, Excellence in People Analytics: How to use Workforce Data to Create Business Value was published in the summer of 2021. MEET ME AT THESE EVENTS I'll be speaking about people analytics, the future of work, and data driven HR at a number of upcoming events in early 2025: March 13 - HiBob Heartcore HR LIVE, London March 19 - Workhuman Live Forum, London April 10-11 - Wharton People Analytics Conference, Philadelphia April 29-30 - People Analytics World, London May 6-8 - UNLEASH America, Las Vegas June 4-6 - TALREOS (Talent Analytics Leadership Roundtable Economic Mobility Summit), Chicago July 31 - August 1 - People Matters TechHR India 2025, Delhi October 21-22 - UNLEASH World, Paris More events will be added as they are confirmed.
    AI in HR
    2025年03月02日
  • AI in HR
    人力资源和招聘岗位都去哪儿了?残酷的现实是:它们不复存在了!OMG 人力资源和招聘岗位都去哪儿了?残酷的现实是:它们不复存在。 AI正在重塑HR和招聘行业,从简历筛选到面试安排,许多环节被自动化取代。然而,这种“高效”是否付出了牺牲人性化的代价?Dave Owen分享的图表揭示了招聘中的AI趋势,也引发了对成本、伦理和与人互动减少的担忧。作为一个以人为本的行业,HR如何在效率和人性化之间找到平衡?你的工作是否因为AI而更高效?还是更难与人互动?欢迎分享你的看法! 最近,我在LinkedIn上看到Dave Owen分享的一张关于人工智能(AI)与招聘的图表(附录Owen的原文),让我震惊。这张图生动地展示了AI如何可能重塑人才招聘领域,而事实上,这种改变已经在很多地方发生了。 我们不是在谈论未来,而是现在就已经发生在一些知名企业中。许多公司在招聘中几乎不需要人与人之间的互动,这种趋势正在每天变得更加真实。 AI接管招聘流程的解析 来看一下这张图表吧。一个人才招聘总监(Talent Acquisition Director)正站在最前线,负责监督道德规范、人才搜索以及技术系统的使用。在这里,AI开始渗透进招聘流程,接管了从头到尾的招聘工作。 招聘流程始于前期准备阶段(Pre-Funnel):在这一步中,我们需要铺垫基础,评估需求并制定战略。而接下来的流程中,AI开始接管,例如简历筛选、初步沟通,甚至详细的技能评估。机器正在完成许多过去依赖人类洞察力的工作。 随着流程进入最后阶段,AI的角色变得更为主导。候选人与算法的互动比与人类的互动更多。AI负责安排面试、发出聘用通知书,将人类推到了边缘。此外,一系列旨在简化操作的工具正支撑着这些流程。但问题是,这样做的代价是什么? HR科技的“高效”之讽刺 AI的倡导者们声称,新的技术招聘体系可以让HR更加专注于“人”。但仔细研究Dave的图表后,我们会发现技术正在取代许多本应由人类完成的工作。讽刺的是,人力资源和招聘这两个以“人”为核心的部门,正逐步被技术淹没。这真的比传真机更好吗? 我还有很多担忧。顶尖AI的成本是天文数字,许多企业根本负担不起。此外,我们正在失去与人的本质联系,而这对于有效的人力管理至关重要。 我也不知道,真的。面对这个以技术为主导的景象,我们都感到不知所措。AI究竟是在提升我们的工作和改善人们的生活,还是在削弱我们工作的价值? 一种反思与参与的呼吁 那么,AI会让人力资源行业的未来走向何方?我们究竟是在增强能力,还是成为B2B、AI驱动机器的一部分?AI变革HR的潜力毋庸置疑,但我们必须确保这种转型不会忽视这些岗位最初设立的目的:服务人群。如果我们失去了“人性化”这一核心,还剩下什么? 我很想听听你的看法。这些工具让你的工作更轻松了吗?还是让你更难以与希望帮助的人建立联系?你是否对自己的工作安全感到担忧?告诉我吧。另外,如果你在LinkedIn上看到像Dave这样的有趣图表,请记得标记我! 原文来自Linedin Laurie Ruettimann Dave Owen的LinkedIn: Here's what I think many Enterprise TA models will evolve into near-term ? This might be the last 'traditional' TA model before things become truly unrecognisable (for the better). Faster moving companies could also skip this for new 'agentic' rebuilds. Here are some characteristics of this model: Hiring Funnel ✅ Well understood & ‘flattening’ (speeding up) ? 50% EFT reduction ✅ 100-150% increase in recruiter carrying capacity ? No transactional roles or sourcing teams ✅ Candidate Experience Managers ✅ Heavy focus on Ethics, Governance, Compliance & Risk ✅ 100% rejection feedback rate Pre-Funnel ✅ Less understood & broadening (slowing down) ✅ 25-50% EFT increase ✅ Strategic & Analytical Generalists (HR + Talent + Workforce) ✅ Talent & Hiring formally merge ✅ Default prioritisation of internal capabilities & skills The SaaS stack is just a combination of my favourite products or Founders. Many (!) other SaaS solutions are available..
    AI in HR
    2025年01月27日
  • AI in HR
    HR and HRIS Trends for 2025: Key Priorities for HR Leaders to Address Today 随着2025年的临近,人力资源(HR)和人力资源信息系统(HRIS)正经历着加速变革的时期。HR流程的数字化、不断变化的员工期望以及新的职场动态,正深刻地重塑组织在人才管理和运营方面的方式。面对这些挑战,HR领导者必须提前洞察趋势并作出调整,以成功推动HR职能的转型。 HR Path作为该领域的领导者,被列入Gartner®《2024年HR转型咨询市场指南》的代表性供应商名单。这一认可彰显了我们在帮助企业进行HR转型方面的专业知识和承诺,使它们能够采用针对未来需求的最佳实践和技术。到2025年,HR领导者不仅需要应对快速变化的环境,还要利用工具和策略,让组织在竞争中保持优势。 本文概述了2025年的关键HR和HRIS趋势,并提供了实用的见解,帮助决策者制定策略并应对未来的挑战。 1. HR职能的数字化转型:至关重要的变革 HR流程的数字化已经成为战略重点。自动化行政任务并利用先进的HRIS工具,使HR领导者能够专注于更高价值的活动,如人才管理和提升员工体验。 人工智能(AI)和机器人流程自动化(RPA)等技术正在重新定义企业在招聘、培训、绩效管理和福利管理方面的方法。到2025年,HR数字化的步伐将因员工期望和业务效率的需要而进一步加快。 2. 员工体验:HR战略的核心 到2025年,员工体验仍将是HR的核心优先事项。员工期望迅速演变,灵活性、自主性、工作场所幸福感和成长机会成为吸引和留住人才的关键因素。 HR领导者需要实施能够为每位员工提供无缝且个性化体验的解决方案,无论他们的工作模式是现场、混合还是远程。HRIS工具通过集中信息、简化行政流程和改进组织内部的沟通,为员工创造一个他们感到被重视和投入的工作环境。 3. 人力资源数据在人才管理中的战略重要性 HR数据在战略决策中变得愈发重要。大数据和HR分析使HR领导者能够更好地理解员工行为、识别关键人才并预测未来技能需求。到2025年,利用HR数据进行战略决策将成为首要任务。 企业必须投资于收集、分析和利用HR数据的工具,以优化招聘、绩效管理和劳动力规划流程。定制的仪表板和报告将帮助HR领导者监控其战略的有效性,并根据实际业务需求进行调整。 4. 远程办公与灵活性:混合模式的演变 到2025年,混合工作模式将继续占主导地位,但会更加细化。许多公司可能会保留完全或部分远程的工作安排,而另一些公司则逐步恢复到更传统的现场模式,或实施符合其业务和员工需求的混合系统。 后疫情时期表明,没有单一方法适合所有组织。有些公司发现远程办公提高了生产力并提供了更大的灵活性,而另一些公司更重视面对面的协作和公司文化的加强。 企业需要找到平衡点: 对一些公司来说,这可能意味着固定的办公室日以维持团队凝聚力和协同工作。 对另一些公司而言,则可能是灵活的混合模式,让员工选择远程或办公室工作时间。 HRIS工具将在管理这种灵活性方面发挥关键作用,包括跟踪考勤、管理缺勤和优化工作日程。这些工具还将衡量这些实践对绩效和员工幸福感的影响。 5. 持续学习与技能发展:战略重点 到2025年,持续学习和技能发展将成为中心议题。企业必须预测岗位角色和技能需求的变化,以应对未来挑战。提升技能和重新培养将成为支持员工职业成长的首要任务。 HR领导者应投资于在线培训解决方案、学习管理系统(LMS)和学习体验平台(LXP),以提供灵活、可访问和个性化的培训路径。这些工具将帮助员工保持技能的更新,同时促进他们在组织中的成长。 6. 多样性与包容性:2025年的关键目标 多样性与包容性(D&I)将在2025年继续成为优先事项。企业必须实施具体的战略,以促进包容性的工作环境。HR领导者需要确保招聘、职业管理和薪酬实践的公平性和透明性。 HRIS工具应包括跟踪D&I计划和衡量进展的功能。目标是创造一个无论性别、背景或经验如何,每位员工都能茁壮成长的工作场所。 7. 员工幸福感:2025年的重点 员工幸福感,特别是心理健康,将成为2025年HR领导者的关键关注点。企业必须引入心理支持计划,促进工作与生活的平衡,并提供更加适应员工需求的工作空间。 HRIS工具可以整合幸福感项目,衡量员工满意度并提供支持服务。到2025年,创造一个健康的工作环境将成为吸引和留住顶尖人才的重要因素。 总结 2025年,HR和HRIS趋势将与组织的演进密不可分。为在这场转型中取得成功,HR领导者必须预测不断变化的员工期望,拥抱数字技术,并专注于灵活性、学习、多样性和幸福感为中心的战略。通过今天做出正确的决策,企业不仅可以应对当前的挑战,还能在未来职场中占据领导地位。   As we approach 2025, human resources (HR) and human resource information systems (HRIS) are undergoing a period of accelerated transformation. The digitalization of HR processes, evolving employee expectations, and new workplace dynamics are profoundly reshaping how organizations manage talent and operations. In light of these challenges, HR leaders must anticipate trends and adapt to drive the transformation of their HR functions successfully. HR Path, recognized as a leader in this field, was listed as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for HR Transformation Consulting 2024. This acknowledgment underscores our expertise and commitment to helping businesses navigate HR transformations, enabling them to adopt best practices and technologies tailored to future demands. By 2025, HR leaders will not only have to manage a rapidly changing environment but also leverage the tools and strategies that will keep their organizations competitive. This article provides an overview of key HR and HRIS trends for 2025, offering practical insights to help decision-makers structure their strategies and address upcoming challenges.   1. The Digitalization of HR Functions: A Vital Transformation The digitalization of HR processes is now a strategic imperative. Automating administrative tasks and utilizing sophisticated HRIS tools allow HR leaders to focus on higher-value activities, such as talent management and enhancing employee experiences. Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA) are redefining how organizations approach recruitment, training, performance management, and benefits administration. In 2025, the pace of HR digitalization will continue to accelerate, driven by employee expectations and the need for overall business efficiency.   2. Employee Experience: The Core of HR Strategy Employee experience will remain at the heart of HR priorities in 2025. Employee expectations are evolving rapidly, with flexibility, autonomy, workplace well-being, and growth opportunities emerging as essential factors for attracting and retaining talent. HR leaders must implement solutions that provide a seamless and personalized experience for every employee, regardless of their role or work model (on-site, hybrid, or remote). HRIS tools play a crucial role in delivering this experience by centralizing information, simplifying administrative processes, and improving communication across the organization. The goal is to create a work environment where every employee feels valued and engaged.   3. The Strategic Importance of HR Data in Talent Management HR data is becoming increasingly central to strategic decision-making. Big data and HR analytics enable HR leaders to better understand employee behaviors, identify key talent, and predict future skill needs. By 2025, leveraging HR data for strategic decision-making will be a top priority. Organizations must invest in tools that collect, analyze, and utilize HR data to optimize recruitment, performance management, and workforce planning processes. Custom dashboards and reports will help HR leaders monitor the effectiveness of their strategies and make adjustments based on real business needs.   4. Remote Work and Flexibility: Evolving Hybrid Models By 2025, the hybrid work model will continue to dominate but with greater nuance. While many companies may maintain fully or partially remote work arrangements, others are gradually returning to more traditional on-site models or implementing hybrid systems tailored to their business and workforce needs. The post-pandemic period has demonstrated that no single approach works for everyone. Some organizations have seen telework boost productivity and offer greater flexibility, while others value physical presence for strengthening company culture and face-to-face collaboration. Businesses will need to strike a balance: For some, this might mean fixed in-office days to maintain team cohesion and synergy. For others, it may involve flexible hybrid models, allowing employees to choose when to work remotely or in-office. HRIS tools will play a key role in managing this flexibility by tracking attendance, managing absences, and optimizing work schedules. These tools will also measure the impact of these practices on performance and employee well-being.   5. Continuous Learning and Skills Development: A Strategic Priority In 2025, continuous learning and skill development will take center stage. Companies must anticipate changes in job roles and required skills to address future challenges. Upskilling and reskilling will become priorities for supporting employees in their professional growth. HR leaders should invest in online training solutions, learning management systems (LMS), and learning experience platforms (LXP) to provide flexible, accessible, and personalized training pathways. These tools will help keep employees’ skills up to date while fostering their growth within the organization.   6. Diversity and Inclusion: Achieving Key Objectives in 2025 Diversity and inclusion (D&I) will remain top priorities in 2025. Companies must implement concrete strategies to foster an inclusive work environment. HR leaders will need to ensure that recruitment, career management, and compensation practices are equitable and transparent. HRIS tools should include features to track D&I initiatives and measure progress. The goal is to create a workplace where every employee, regardless of gender, background, or experience, can thrive.   7. Employee Well-being: A 2025 Priority Employee well-being, particularly mental health, will be a key focus for HR leaders in 2025. Businesses must introduce psychological support initiatives, promote work-life balance, and provide more adaptable workspaces. HRIS tools can integrate well-being programs to measure employee satisfaction and offer support services. By 2025, creating a healthy work environment will be a critical factor in attracting and retaining top talent.   In 2025, HR and HRIS trends will be inseparable from organizational evolution. To succeed in this transformation, HR leaders must anticipate changing employee expectations, embrace digital technologies, and focus on strategies centered around flexibility, learning, diversity, and well-being. By making the right decisions today, companies can not only address current challenges but also position themselves as leaders in the future of work.
    AI in HR
    2025年01月16日
  • AI in HR
    The Top HR Articles of 2024: Creating Value with People Analytics It was in 2014 that I first compiled a year-end compendium of 20 people analytics and data-driven HR articles from the previous 12 months and published it on LinkedIn. Back then it was an achievement to find 20 articles. Now it is an impossible task to prune so many wonderful resources down to a single summary – such has been the explosion of people analytics in the last decade as it has shifted from the periphery to the centre of people strategy. Indeed, as I reminisced by reading the ten collections to date for 2014, 2015, 2016 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (Part 1 and Part 2) and 2023 (Part 1 and Part 2), it became abundantly clear that the growth in the field has been staggering. The advance of people analytics has been mirrored by the human resources field in general as it elevates itself from a support function to a strategic partner. As I wrote in my article, 12 Opportunities for HR in 2025, the field has a huge opportunity to build a thriving workforce, a thriving culture, and a thriving organisation. People analytics is pivotal to this mission. So, in the second decade of the Data Driven HR Monthly, it’s time to change up this annual reflection on the year that has just passed. As such, in the coming days and weeks, there will be five editions of this newsletter organised into the following five themes: Part 1: Creating value through people analytics Part 2: Orchestrating the future of work Part 3: Enhancing employee experience and wellbeing Part 4: Developing leaders, culture and inclusion Part 5: Building the strategic HR function I hope you enjoy reading the selections for 2024. If you do, please subscribe to my Data Driven HR newsletter, and tune in to the Digital HR Leaders podcast. Join me for a Insight222 webinar on February 5 to discover they key themes shaping People Analytics in 2025. If you want to learn how AI, close alignment with people strategy, and data democratisation, are enabling Leading Companies to drive business value with people analytics, register for the Insight222 People Analytics Trends Webinar. The webinar, which will take place on February 5, will be hosted by me and feature Naomi Verghese and Madhura Chakrabarti, PhD unpack the findings from the recently published 5th annual People Analytics Trend study. You can register for the webinar here – or by clicking the image below. 1. CREATING VALUE WITH PEOPLE ANALYTICS JONATHAN FERRAR, NAOMI VERGHESE, AND MADHURA CHAKRABARTI - Harnessing Data for Growth: The Impact of People Analytics Article | Full Report The fifth annual People Analytics Trends study, which was published in December 2024, was our biggest yet at Insight222, with 348 participating organisations. The four key findings were: (1) Growth: people analytics continues to expand in scope and investment. (2) Intelligent automation: the advent of GenAI has catalysed HR’s use of AI with people analytics at the core and central to AI strategy in HR. (3) Adoption crisis: the adoption of people analytics remains a challenge with a significant gap between the democratisation of people insights and data (71% of organisations) and a high-level of adoption within HR (47%) and outside HR (28%) – see FIG 1. (4) Value: measuring and demonstrating value is now essential for people analytics teams to increase their impact and drive greater ROI. Kudos to the authors: Jonathan Ferrar, Naomi Verghese, and Madhura Chakrabarti, PhD Thanks too to the practitioners featured in the study: Adam Tombor (Wojciechowski), Peter Ryan, and Phil Willburn. FIG 1: Trends in the democratisation and adoption of analytics (Source: Insight222) DELOITTE - 2023 High-Impact People Analytics Research Prioritizing PA customers means understanding their needs—and how those needs align (or don’t) with the function’s capabilities and broader business priorities. The report by Eric Lesser Peter DeBellis and Marc Solow which is based on a 2023 study by Deloitte of more than 400 organisations across 18 countries, presents a People Analytics Maturity Model (see FIG 2) and discusses six key findings. These are: (1) People Analytics has become an organisational imperative. (2) Data culture is the single biggest predictor of people analytics performance. (3) Tech investments mean nothing without human capability (and vice versa). (4) Today’s challenges demand more data from more sources. (5) An expanding customer base means new demands on the people analytics function. (6) People data is business data – treat it as such. FIG 2: High-Impact People Analytics Maturity Model (Source: Deloitte) COLE NAPPER, JIN YAN, AND BEN ZWEIG - What is happening to people analytics? A 15- year trend: Part One | Part Two | Part Three (with KRISTIN SABOE) How has people analytics employment changed in the last 15 years, and specifically how has the environment changed in the last two years? That was the question that Cole Napper along with Jin Yan and Ben Zweig sought to answer after being inspired by Alexis Fink to analyse these topics. The findings were delivered in three articles. Part One presented a number of interesting – and perhaps counterintuitive – findings, including that people analytics positions in the US actually declined in the last two years – the data collated by Revelio Labs suggests more than 1,000 people have left the field during this time (see FIG 3). In Part Two, the team turned their attentions to an analysis of the skills of people analytics professionals and the impact of the field during the last 15 years. Insights included that there is a correlation between companies with ‘prestigious’ people analytics teams and companies being rated more highly for employee sentiment. In Part 3, Kristin Saboe, Ph.D. gets involved to shine the light on how the composition of government people analytics jobs have changed over the last 15 years. Finally, the team provide three recommendations are provided to move the field forward: (1) Add real value and break the cycle. (2) Mature the people analytics function. (3) Let’s get back to growth. FIG 3: People analytics positions have been decreasing in the last two years (Source: Revelio Labs) MARGRIET BENTVELZEN, CORINE BOON, AND DEANNE N. DEN HARTOG - A person centered approach to individual people analytics adoption In their paper, Margriet Bentvelzen Corine Boon and Deanne Den Hartog study people analytics adoption through the lens of the implementation of people analytics technology. They identify four profiles related to differences in user satisfaction and the frequency and versatility of PA technology use. They demonstrate that performance benefits, social influence, required effort, and facilitating conditions jointly affect the use of PA technology, but that the latter two might be the most influential factors. FIG 4 demonstrates the four user profiles identified in the paper: the skeptic diplomats, the optimistic strugglers, the optimists, and the enthusiasts. FIG 4: Source – Bentvelze,  Boon and Den Hartog (2024) PATRICK COOLEN - The 10 golden rules for establishing a people analytics practice A successful people analytics practice starts with the right people analytics leader Patrick Coolen’s first iteration of his ’10 golden rules for people analytics’ (one prescient ‘rule’ was to combine strategic workforce planning and analytics) was published in 2014 when he was in the early stages of building the function at ABN Amro. A decade on, Patrick updates his seminal article, with insights from his own career journey, Ph.D research, and the evolution of the field itself. As ever, Patrick is right on the mark with his ten selections including these three: (1) The people analytics leader can make the difference, (2) Create a clear people analytics operating model, and (3) Upskill HR in data-driven decision making. SHONNA WATERS, ERIN EATOUGH, SHEHZAD BASHIR, AND IAN O'KEEFE - People Analytics Across Company Growth Stages: Evolving Your Approach as You Scale HR Analytics adoption is associated with higher return on investment by an average of 6.2% for return on capital employed In their white paper, four esteemed experts in people analytics - Shonna Waters, PhD Erin Eatough, PhD Shehzad Bashir and Ian OKeefe, break down how to build and refine people analytics capabilities that grow with your organisation. The authors introduce a practical framework for people analytics based on four pillars - each with its own set of capabilities: Governance (with seven capabilities including strategy, ethics and compliance), Infrastructure (also with seven capabilities such as storage, performance and security), Methods (with eight capabilities including primary research, statistical models and machine learning), and Products (with nine capabilities including metrics, dashboards, and nudges), which they state form the basis for organisations to build and subsequently scale their people analytics function. This is a well-researched, practical and helpful paper. NAOMI VERGHESE, JONATHAN FERRAR, AND JORDAN PETTMAN - Building the People Analytics Ecosystem: Operating Model v2.0 ARTICLE | FULL REPORT One of the questions we get asked most by the people analytics leaders and chief people officers we work with at Insight222 is: What capabilities do I need to build into our people analytics function? Based on research of more than 250 companies, focus interviews with 20 organisations, and our experience of working with more than 120 global companies as part of the Insight222 People Analytics Program, my colleagues Naomi Verghese, Jonathan Ferrar and Jordan Pettman developed the report: Building the People Analytics Ecosystem: Operating Model v 2.0. The executive article provides a summary of the key highlights, while the full report breaks down the six elements of the People Analytics Ecosystem (see FIG 5): (1) A Value Chain: from client drivers to business outcomes. (2) People Strategy at the Centre: a symbiotic relationship exists between people strategy and people analytics. (3) Five Core Capabilities: consulting, data science and research, employee listening, analytics at scale, adoption. (4) Four Additional Capabilities: reporting, data governance, workforce planning, AI strategy. (5) Internal Partnerships: HR and other business stakeholders are key to operational effectiveness. (6) External Partnerships: external suppliers and expertise are important for enabling success. FIG 5: The People Analytics Ecosystem (Source: Insight222 Building the People Analytics Ecosystem: Operating Model v 2.0) JAAP VELDKAMP - Positioning People Analytics into the HR Service Model: A Path to Sustainable Impact Embedding People Analytics within the HR Service Model is essential for creating a lasting and meaningful impact. In his thoughtful article, Jaap Veldkamp, Global Head of People Analytics and Organisational Effectiveness at ABN AMRO, provides guidance on how people analytics should be positioned within the broader HR service model. Jaap provides a simplified view of the HR operating model (see FIG 6), which has three components: (1) Identifying needs. (2) Prioritising needs. (3) Executing and evaluating strategies. He then describes how the key capabilities of ABN AMRO’s people analytics function (Dashboarding and reporting, Employee listening, Data science and research, Organisational effectiveness, and Consulting) flow through the HR service model. As Jaap highlights: “the overall aim is to ensure that the capabilities of the People Analytics team are part of every step in the HR Service Model.” FIG 6: Simplified HR Service Model (Source: Jaap Veldkamp) RICHARD ROSENOW - From Data to Strategy: The New Role of Workforce Systems Leaders in Transforming HR Without a Workforce Systems Leader, these decisions fall to the CHRO, pulling them into day-to-day inter-functional debates when they should focus on the strategic vision In Insight222’s 2024 study, Building the People Analytics Ecosystem, we identified three types of people analytics leader that are emerging as the people analytics operating model continues to evolve. One of these – the Portfolio Analytics leader – has similarities to a trend identified by Richard Rosenow in his white paper for One Model. The findings are based on more than 40 HR teams hiring a Workforce Systems Leader combining people strategy, operations, technology, data and analytics (see FIG 7). In the paper, Richard covers: (1) Key challenges in people analytics – how the role of people analytics often extends far beyond their original role description. (2) Mastering the People Data Supply Chain – highlighting the essential steps to building a robust people analytics function. (3) The emergence of Workforce Systems Leaders. Read a preview in Richard’s LinkedIn post and download the full paper here. FIG 7: The role of a Workforce Systems Leader (Source: One Model) DIRK JONKER - Finance and Human Resources: A Strategic Partnership for Business Growth Empathy has always been HR’s superpower, but it’s time to extend that empathy to seeing the workforce through a financial and business lens. In our research into Leading Companies in people analytics at Insight222, one relationship stands out: the partnership with finance. Of the 25% of companies (86 out of 348 companies) who participated in our 2024 People Analytics Trends study and told us that they had built a partnership with finance, 93% reported that the people analytics team had delivered measurable outcomes over the last 12 months. In his article, Crunchr CEO Dirk Jonker explains why and how HR and Finance should work together, painting a vision where: “Together, HR and finance can unlock a future where employees are seen for what they truly are: a company’s most significant (and measurable) asset.” For more from Dirk on this topic, I recommend tuning into his conversation with me on the Digital HR Leaders podcast: Driving Business Transformation with Advanced People Analytics. PIETRO MAZZOLENI - Transforming HR: How IBM measures the success of its people data platform investments For those of you who haven’t already subscribed to Pietro Mazzoleni’s People Data Platform newsletter, I highly recommend you do. In this edition, Pietro walks through the three tiers of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) IBM uses to evaluate investments in Workforce 360, its people data platform (see FIG 8). For more on how IBM infuses people analytics and AI into HR, listen to a recent episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, where I discuss with CHRO Nickle LaMoreaux - how IBM is augmenting HR programs with AI. FIG 8: Three tiers of KPIs to evaluate investments in a people data platform (Source: Pietro Mazzoleni) ETHAN BURRIS, BENJAMIN THOMAS, KETAKI SODHI, AND DAWN KLINGHOFFER - Turn Employee Feedback into Action Ultimately, success (in employee listening) lies in empowering leaders to translate insights into concrete actions, effectively communicating progress, and fostering a continual feedback loop that values and respects the diverse voices within the organization. "To manage the employee experience, leaders must deeply understand employees’ perceptions, feelings, and desires and respond thoughtfully. This is particularly crucial when immense resources are invested in gathering employee feedback through pulse surveys, town halls, and data scraping from internal communications. But leaders are often overwhelmed by the data and struggle to translate it into actionable insights." In their Harvard Business Review article, Ethan Burris, Benjamin Thomas, Ph. D, SHRM-CP, Ketaki Sodhi, PhD and Dawn Klinghoffer, share insights from interviews with more than two dozen companies to outline seven challenges and demonstrate how leading places to work have built an integrated process for assembling and understanding employee input and translating it into action. The seven challenges are: (1) Making sense of all that data. (2) Making sure employees feel heard. (3) Identifying the actual underlying problems. (4) Protecting employee privacy. (5) Navigating conflicting views. (6) Not burying bad news. (7) Providing meaningful follow-up. PHIL WILLBURN - People Analytics Demystified: A Practitioner’s Handbook Highly effective HR organizations know that every area of the business makes people decisions. The best people analytics teams excel by scaling people insights to all business leaders, ensuring these insights reach those making critical people decisions Phil Willburn, the Head of People Analytics, and his team recently hosted a Peer Meeting for member companies of the Insight222 People Analytics Program® at Workday’s global headquarters in California. During the two days, Phil and his team presented some of the amazing work they are doing with people analytics in areas such as workforce planning, employee experience and hybrid work. Some of the content they presented is in this insightful e-book, which shines a light on how Workday has scaled people analytics in its own company (see FIG 9), their product-oriented and persona-based approach, and provides details on three case studies including how the team provides insights on flexible work and collaboration. FIG 9: People analytics and insights at Workday (Source: Phil Willburn, Workday) EMILY KILLHAM - From Insight to Action: New Data on the State of Employee Listening (Article) | The State of Employee Listening 2024 (Report) (Leading firms ensure) listening efforts are aimed at the most important business and talent priorities facing their organizations today. Emily Killham highlights the key findings from Perceptyx’s third annual State of Employee Listening report, which is informed by survey of more than 750 senior HR leaders from global firms with at least 1,000 employees. These include: (1) 78% of firms surveyed conduct some kind of listening event at least once a quarter, compared to 70% in 2023 and 60% in 2022. (2) Nearly 40% of organisations can share listening data with managers within two weeks. (3) When compared with their peers, the most mature listening organisations are 6x more likely to exceed financial targets, 9x more likely to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction, 4x more likely to retain talent, even during times of high attrition, 7x more likely to adapt well to change, and 7x more likely to innovate effectively. FIG 10: Employee Listening Maturity (Source: Perceptyx) RESOURCES FROM CURRENT AND PREVIOUS PEOPLE ANALYTICS LEADERS In each edition of the Data Driven HR Monthly, I feature a collection of articles by current and recent people analytics leaders. These are intended to act as a spur and inspiration to the field. Nine of the best from 2024 are presented here: In Our Real-Life Journey with GenAI in Skills and Talent Management (with code!!), the Wolters Kluwer talent analytics team of Mariëlle Sonnenberg, Federico Bechini, Sietse Schröder and Caitlin van Mil share a case study of using GenAI to provide the foundation of their work to transition to a skills-based organisation. Andrés García Ayala, Group Head of People Analytics and Strategic Workforce Planning at Legal & General, discusses five reasons why people analytics should be at the heart of AI’s successful workplace adoption. Martha Curioni provides guidance on how to support HR to adopt people analytics harnessing insights from the likes of Isabel Naidoo, Patrick Coolen, Greg Newman, and Amit Mohindra. In a two-part post, Hallie Bregman, PhD discusses the pros and cons of situating people analytics in or outside HR: Part 1 and Part 2. In an edition of his excellent Making People Analytics Real Substack, Willis Jensen digs into what makes a ‘good’ and a ‘bad’ people analytics metric. The secret? Ask yourself: “Can I make a line chart of the metric?” In The Three Most Common Statistical Tests You Should Deeply Understand, Keith McNulty explains that hypothesis testing is one of the most fundamental elements of inferential statistics. He uses an example to show three common hypothesis tests (Welch’s t-test, Correlation test, and Chi-square test of difference in proportion) and how they work under the hood, as well as showing how to run them in R and Python and to understand the results. Having worked in both domains, Scott Rogers is well-qualified to explore the dynamics of the HRBP-People Analytics relationship. He presents a framework identifying the key focus areas for people analytics leaders (e.g. championing HR operational excellence) and HRBPs (e.g. engaging with and advocating for people analytics). Jackson Roatch outlines how people analytics teams can move from correlation to causation and create more impact by adding econometric methods to its tools and capabilities. Nelson Spencer presents his S.T.A.R.T Framework (see FIG 11), which is designed to solve a perennial problem for many HR functions: the disconnect between analytics, technology and operations. As Nelson explains, S.T.A.R.T has been designed “to consider these three critical functions holistically, acknowledging that they are part of a bigger puzzle and are all deeply interconnected.” The five pillars, which Nelson describes in detail in his article, are: (1) Strategy, (2) Technology, (3) Analytics, (4) Results, and (5) Transformation. He then provides guidance on how to implement the framework in organisations of varying sizes, from small to large. FIG 11: The S.T.A.R.T Framework (Source: Nelson Spencer) READ THE OTHER INSTALMENTS OF THE BEST ARTICLES OF 2024 Don’t forget to check out the four other editions of Data Driven HR Monthly, where I reveal my best articles of 2024: Part 2: Orchestrating the future of work (available from Sunday, January 12) Part 3: Enhancing employee experience and wellbeing (available from Thursday, January 16) Part 4: Developing leaders, culture and inclusion (available from Sunday, January 19) Part 5: Building the strategic HR function (available from Thursday, January 23) THANK YOU Thanks to all the authors and contributors featured in the best articles of 2024 as well as across the monthly collections from 2024 – see January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December - your passion, knowledge and expertise continues to inspire. Thanks also to my colleagues at Insight222, the guests and sponsors of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast in 2024 and the great many of you that share and engage with the content I share. It’s much appreciated. I wish you all well for a happy, healthy, and successful 2025. UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR PEOPLE ANALYTICS FUNCTION THROUGH THE INSIGHT222 PEOPLE ANALYTICS PROGRAM At Insight222, our mission is to make organisations better by putting people analytics at the centre of business and upskilling the HR profession The Insight222 People Analytics Program® is your gateway to a world of knowledge, networking, and growth. Developed exclusively for people analytics leaders and their teams, the program equips you with the frameworks, guidance, learnings, and connections you need to create greater impact. As the landscape of people analytics becomes increasingly complex, with data, technology, and ethical considerations at the forefront, our program brings together over one hundred organisations to collectively address these shared challenges. Insight222 Peer Meetings, like this event in London, are a core component of the Insight222 People Analytics Program®. They allow participants to learn, network and co-create solutions together with the purpose of ultimately growing the business value that people analytics can deliver to their organisations. If you would like to learn more, contact us today. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Green ?? is a globally respected author, speaker, conference chair, and executive consultant on people analytics, data-driven HR and the future of work. As Managing Partner and Executive Director at Insight222, he has overall responsibility for the delivery of the Insight222 People Analytics Program, which supports the advancement of people analytics in over 100 global organisations. Prior to co-founding Insight222, David accumulated over 20 years experience in the human resources and people analytics fields, including as Global Director of People Analytics Solutions at IBM. As such, David has extensive experience in helping organisations increase value, impact and focus from the wise and ethical use of people analytics. David also hosts the Digital HR Leaders Podcast and is an instructor for Insight222's myHRfuture Academy. His book, co-authored with Jonathan Ferrar, Excellence in People Analytics: How to use Workforce Data to Create Business Value was published in the summer of 2021.
    AI in HR
    2025年01月09日
  • AI in HR
    HR:清醒吧!员工更信任AI而非HR 多年来,我一直是HR的支持者和朋友。在与HR团队的每次交流中,我都对他们的热情、投入和善意印象深刻。然而,尽管我们尽了最大努力,一项针对851名职场专业人士的最新调查发现,“员工更信任AI,而非HR。” 什么?这怎么可能? 在你否定这个结果之前,让我解释一下数据。这并不像表面看起来那样简单。 数据揭示了什么? 1. AI被认为更值得信任 当被问到“你更信任AI还是HR专业人士”时,54%的受访者表示更信任AI,而27%表示更信任HR。这个数据虽然听起来奇怪,但实际上反映的是“信任”的问题。员工知道经理有偏见,因此任何由HR提供的绩效评估、加薪或其他反馈可能都会受到某种偏见的影响(甚至是近期偏见)。 而AI没有“个人意见”。在基于真实数据的情况下,它的决策往往更“值得信赖”。65%的受访者相信AI工具会被公平使用。 这很合理:我们已经从认为AI会毁灭世界的担忧中跨越了鸿沟,现在更多地将其视为统计和基于数据的决策系统。而且你可以问AI“为什么选择这个候选人”或“为什么这样评估这个员工”,AI会给出精准且明确的答案。(而人往往难以清楚地解释自己的决定。) 2. AI已被信任用于绩效评估 尽管目前市场上可用的AI绩效评估工具还很少(如Rippling的工具),但39%的受访者认为AI的绩效评估会更公平,33%认为基于AI的薪酬决策不会有偏见。同样,这很可能是因为AI能够清晰地解释其决策,而管理者往往依赖“直觉”。 3. AI更受欢迎作为职业教练 当被问到“你是否重视AI工具在职业目标设定方面的指导能力”时,64%的受访者表示“是”。这再次表明员工对反馈和指导的需求,而这是许多管理者做得不够好(或者不够开放)的地方。 这不是对HR的否定,而是对管理者信任度的质疑 对我而言,这些数据揭示了三个重要点,每个都可能让你感到意外: 1. 员工对管理者的决策能力存疑 我们并不总是信任“管理者”在招聘、绩效和薪酬方面做出公正、不偏不倚的决定。员工知道偏见存在,因此希望有一个系统可以更公平地选择和评估他们。 2. AI从“令人恐惧”到“被信任”的转变 我们已经跨越了“AI令人害怕”的心理鸿沟,开始更多地将其视为可信赖的工具,这使得企业可以更大规模地将AI用于人事决策。 3. HR需要迅速适应AI时代 对于HR部门来说,前进的方向已经明确。我们现在必须立刻学习AI工具,将它们引入最重要的HR领域,并投入时间去管理、培训和利用这些工具。 关于HR赢得信任的能力,现在的逻辑变成了这样:公司内部支持和信任的建立将越来越依赖于HR如何选择和实施AI系统。员工的期望很高,因此我们必须满足这些需求。不管你喜欢与否,AI正在改变我们管理人的方式。
    AI in HR
    2024年11月21日
  • AI in HR
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