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The Behavioral Economics of Return to Office
A few psychological quirks, and their implications for organizations who want to handle the situation more delicately
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Jackson Roatch
From Correlation to Causation: Leveling Up People Analytics with Econometrics
Our clients have questions about causal relationships. To drive more impact, it's time for People Analytics to add econometric methods to the toolkit
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Your Best Career Move could be Going for a Run
The link between physical activity and cognitive performance is too strong to ignore
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Jackson Roatch
Cut the “Crud Factor” out of your Employee Listening Data: Psychometric Network Analysis (PNA)
Breaking down the flaws of traditional driver analysis, and recommending a modern approach based on psychometric network analysis (PNA)
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Jackson Roatch
The Lindy Effect in People Analytics
The relationship between tenure and turnover decisions, and why people are like frogs
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Jackson Roatch
Lessons from Sports Analytics
Sports Analytics is a window into what People Analytics might look like if we had perfect information. The results: a success, but not perfect
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Jackson Roatch
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
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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
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Jackson Roatch
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?
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Jackson Roatch
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
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Jackson Roatch
How big of a talent advantage will remote hiring get you?
It depends on the predictive validity of your hiring methods
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Jackson Roatch
Putting Connections in Context
A Primer & Tutorial on Multiplex Networks for Organizational Network Analysis (ONA)
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Ajay Somaraju
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