Video Interviews with AI: Better for gender equality? Or worst?
Using AI to asses interviews / The pros and cons.
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People Analytics: A Service vs. Platform-Driven Model
How should companies structure their people analytics team? A thought-provoking product-centric model for building people analytics talent.
Googlegeist – An inconvenient truth
Googlegeist is a great initiative to gather feedback and seek the truth, but two questions remain: (a) can we trust the truth from this survey?; and (b) does this truth lead to meaningful resolutions?
Humu Nudges: Nifty Reminders or Lazy Leadership?
Humu, a human resources consultancy founded by the former Head of HR at Google, uses behavioral economics ‘nudges’ to prompt better leadership. But is it necessary?
AI in People Analytics: Rhetoric and Snake Oil
“AI” has become a buzzword in people analytics. To be sure, AI is indeed a powerful technology. Yet, as with many organizational practices that ascend to buzzword status, its promise has exceeded its potential. Sometimes it’s even sold as a mythical snake oil.
Trusted Partners or the Machine?
In our first class this semester, back in the halcyon days of our pre-quarantine innocence, Professor Polzer posed a question: Are employees trusted partners in a mission or cogs in a machine? Though we have discussed and debated, pondered and premised for almost a full semester now, these authors feel no less conflicted as to this central tension of people analytics than we did almost three months ago.
A healthy use of data, or an unhealthy breach of privacy?
Health insurance plans meet user data – but is such use of our data a healthy development for society?
Citizens the real boss? Thoughts on open-source government attendance data
Reactions to the Indian government’s decision to make government attendance data public.
Turning Flight Risk into Opportunity
How Credit Suisse is using analytics to identify who might quit..
Should Uber modify its driver compensation algorithm to address the detected gender pay gap?
Despite having an alleged gender-neutral algorithm, male Uber drivers earn 7% more than female drivers. Should Uber act to correct this gender pay gap?