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• Figure Skating takes its Metrics too Far

  With my beloved New England Patriots long gone from the NFL playoffs and a week still to go before I can root against the equally reviled Indianapolis Colts in the Superbowl, my eyes wandered a bit reading Monday’s sports section. Remarkably, I found... Posted Jan 29 2010, 07:30 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HCM, Human Capital, HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, Human Capital Analytics, Analytics, Measurement

• We’re Going to Turn This Team Around 360 Degrees

  Every so often, I come across sports-related phrases that make me pause to say..“huh?” This is certainly the case for those related to measurement. In a moment of light-heartedness, I thought I’d take a moment to share some oddities with you; please feel... Posted Jan 27 2010, 08:01 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HR Metrics, Metrics

• Can Optimism be Taught?

  It is pretty safe to assume that the current events around the world could result in higher stress levels. From economic recessions to wars, terrorism, global warming, and the cost of health care, our lives are touched by enough challenges, tribulations... Posted Jan 12 2010, 08:55 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: Human Capital, HR Analytics, HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, Skills Shortage, Human Capital Analytics, Metrics, Analytics, skills

• Thoughts on Workforce Measurement from “The Year in Ideas” – Part 2

  In my last post I described a study, identified in the wonderful New York Times Magazine issue- “The 9th Annual Year in Ideas” ( http://www.nytimes.com/projects/magazine/ideas/2009/ ), which sought to quantify the value brought to an organization by its... Posted Dec 20 2009, 04:00 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: Human Capital, HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, aging workforce, The 2009 Annual Year in Ideas, Workforce Mobility, Promotions

• Thoughts on Workforce Measurement from “The Year in Ideas” – Part 1

  There are a lot of things I look forward to during the holiday season; time spent with family, (lots) of great food, gift giving and an ever evolving mix of new and old traditions. Outside of the traditional holiday elements, one of the other things I... Posted Dec 19 2009, 04:00 AM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: Human Capital, HR Metrics, Workforce Planning, aging workforce, The 2009 Annual Year in Ideas, Peter Principal, Workforce Mobility, Promotions

• Extra! Extra! HR Suddenly Hot!

  For those of you that caught the Wall Street Journal article this week HR Executives Suddenly Get Hot you might have had the same reaction Picasso had to the incredulous admirer that commissioned a “simple” drawing by him. The story goes like this: Picasso... Posted Dec 18 2009, 01:38 AM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HCM, Workforce Reporting, Human Capital, HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, Workforce Planning

• Rolling Pin Planning

  A few months ago many of us were consumed by the television show MasterChef. For some it motivated us to pull out our rolling pin with a vision to perhaps make some jiaozi skins. You may ask what this has to do with HR? The key elements in an HR project... Posted Dec 15 2009, 11:56 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: Workforce Reporting, HR Metrics, Workforce Planning

• Welcoming in the Benchmarking Season

  This time of year can mean many different things to many different people, the start of the winter here in North America juxtaposed against the curious image on greeting cards in Australia of Santa on a surfboard. Whatever region of the world you are... Posted Dec 10 2009, 03:13 AM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HCM, HR Metrics, HR Benchmarking, benchmarks, targets, Benchmarking

• Making Scorecards “Stick”

  For years the use of a human capital scorecard has created buzz in the HR community. It’s part of the focus on metrics, analytics, and building a data-driven function. However, many organizations struggle with making it “stick” – getting managers to actively... Posted Dec 09 2009, 04:23 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HCM, Human Capital, HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, HR measurement, HR Strategy, strategic hr, strategic HR measurement, data-driven hr, workforce scorecard, change management, scorecard, people scorecard, hr scorecard

• Be wary of “the single metric”

  One of the most common questions we’re asked when working with a company for the first time is “what human capital metrics are most important?” Or in another guise: “what should be our human capital KPIs?” It would be very tempting to provide a simple... Posted Dec 08 2009, 05:24 AM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HCM, Human Capital, HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, Metrics, human capital measurement, KPI

• Is Innovation Correlated to Headcount?

  Is innovation more likely to occur when labor is at capacity, under capacity or over capacity? Is the type (product vs. process) and magnitude (large or small) of innovation dependent on the headcount cycle? Does innovation take longer or shorter from... Posted Dec 01 2009, 09:48 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: Human Capital, HR Metrics, Innovation, labor economics

• What You See Is What You Get

  Thanksgiving typically offers most of us the chance to relax, eat well, and spend time with family. Of course, it also provides ample opportunities for reading about the application of data-driven analytics in fields beyond HR (who’s with me on... Posted Nov 30 2009, 04:27 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, Human Capital Analytics, Metrics

• What the Controversy over Mammograms tells us About the Use of HR Data

  Unless you’ve cancelled your newspaper subscription and listen exclusively to music on your way in to work, it’s almost impossible to have missed the recent flap over new recommendations around the age at which women should begin to receive regular mammograms... Posted Nov 26 2009, 07:02 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, Workforce Planning, HR data, Predicitve Modelling

• Mission Possible

  One of the best things about business travel is that I pursue a couple of endeavors not normally suited to day-to-day office work. One is to take a step back and think about the big projects I’m involved in (not easy when you’re sending emails... Posted Nov 18 2009, 03:37 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, workforce metrics, rollout planning, Fast Company

• New Employee Upskilling: The Parallels between Consumer Behavior and Critical Job Role Identification

  A common behavioral trend that has emerged from this recent economic downturn is the shift in consumerism. Now more than ever, questions we would rather avoid seem inescapable before every purchase – do I really need this? Is it worth this much... Posted Nov 13 2009, 06:23 PM by Infohrm's Weblog Filed under: HCM, Human Capital, HR Metrics, Workforce Analytics, Skills Shortage