Archive - The Moderating Mediator | A People Analytics Blog

Your Best Career Move could be Going for a Run

The link between physical activity and cognitive performance is too strong to ignore

Aug 6 •

July 2024

How big of a talent advantage will remote hiring get you?

It depends on the predictive validity of your hiring methods

Jul 30 •

The Trait Advantage (Human Capital, pt. 2)

Skills might be depreciating at a higher rate, but not all human capital is the same

Jul 17 •

A few interesting things to start your week

Survivorship bias and selection effects, a great resource for selecting HR software, and bottlenecks to evidence adoption

Jul 8 •

June 2024

No, Skills are Not "The New Currency of Work" (Human Capital, pt. 1)

Clearing up skills as currency vs. human capital, and how the lack of a shared paradigm facilitates HR's credibility crisis

Jun 20 •

May 2024

The Work-GPT Paradox, AI and Job Crafting

Not that many of us are actually using AI at work, but we could make our jobs better if we did

May 14 •

April 2024

What Noncompete Agreements and Talent Hoarding have in Common

The game theory of talent stickiness and talent hoarding, and how we can overcome it

Apr 30 •

March 2024

The Great Valley: Why the Labor Market is Cooling Down

The sand has settled at the bottom of the "Great Reshuffle", leaving everyone wondering, what happens now?

Mar 20 •

February 2024

How the Chiefs Won the Super Bowl with a Bit of Analytics (and a Lot of Org Effectiveness)

Super Bowl 58 was a case study in organizational effectiveness, even though the difference between going first or second in OT is probably a wash

Feb 21 •

January 2024

The Behavioral Economics of Return to Office

A few psychological quirks, and their implications for organizations who want to handle the situation more delicately

Jan 30 •

One Year of People Analytics Blog + What to Expect in 2024

Obligatory Anniversary Post

Jan 26 •

The Science-Practice Gap: Why is Conventional Wisdom on Hiring so Misguided?

Selection decisions are widely viewed as “best guesses” and “judgment calls” despite the availability of evidence-based, data-driven approaches

Jan 9 •

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