Episode 14: Strategic People Analytics

Max Blumberg talks with Alec Levenson, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California. He conducts research and consulting with companies on strategy, organisation design and talent management, and is a thought leader in HR analytics. His recent book is titled Strategic Analytics, which is the subject of this discussion.

In this week's episode, they discuss:

• What causes gaps between HR and the business?
• Building causal models which link people investments to strategic outcomes
• Which HR processes require analytics focus and which do not
• When people analytics ROI can be a dangerous thing