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“If data suggests a hiring problem…” How would HR know? Are they analytical?

People Analytics

Who tends to enter HR and hiring silos? Data ninjas? Not exactly, guys. Continue Reading

Data vs. emotion: Student loan forgiveness is a bad, bad idea

Will a bunch of numbers (often misunderstood) really change someone’s entrenched beliefs? Er, no. Continue Reading

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The biggest dichotomy of 2020 (out of many!)

It has to do with data and beliefs. Continue Reading

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Why do we think data from Glassdoor is valuable?

Negative reviews tend to be from the terminated. Positive reviews are from ass-kissers. Is this “clean” data, really? Continue Reading

The power of narrative on belief structure, politically and otherwise

How do you choose what to believe and what not to believe, and how much do “data” and “expertise” really play in? Continue Reading

So, so many KPIs are completely meaningless

There are core things that matter in a specific business, and core things the executives track … and those are NOT always the public KPIs. Continue Reading

Do we think the world is getting better or worse?

The world (or at least America) can feel like it’s collapsing with COVID and schools and polarization. But what about the whole world? Continue Reading

The supposed power of AI will be undercut by human need for relevance

At one company studied by researchers, managers were manually changing the AI data outputs to align with their assumptions. LOL. Continue Reading