The Origins of HC Moneyball

The Origins of HC Moneyball

by | Dec 1, 2018 | Featured, Insights

In late 2016, while I was doing a project for a client heavily dependent on analytics, he asked me if it were possible to just “load me into a software product so they could access my knowledge any time.” Something lit up inside me, I imagined a digital, cloud-based...
APPLYING SUPPLY CHAIN LOGIC TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT – Part 2

APPLYING SUPPLY CHAIN LOGIC TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT – Part 2

by | Aug 6, 2019 | Insights

Part 2 in a series describing how measuring a company’s spend on people (from salaries and benefits to training, recruitment, bonuses, and more) can support decision making that is focused on bottom-line profitability from ROI to EBITDA. This post discusses Training and Development as an example and emphasizes that while CHROs can powerfully determine which programs and people are achieving the KPIs and goals set, CFOs can begin to identify opportunities to better align cost/benefit for the organization and optimize dollars invested and resulting return in the training process; promoting an authentic and synergistic partnership between Finance and HR...
APPLYING SUPPLY CHAIN LOGIC TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT – Part 1

APPLYING SUPPLY CHAIN LOGIC TO HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT – Part 1

by | Jul 31, 2019 | Insights

By understanding how SCM logic can be applied to HR programs, CFOs can identify areas to improve efficiencies and financial performance. In recent years, CFOs have been asked to take on increasing responsibility for improving financial efficiencies in the organization. Given that people costs are often a company’s single largest line item expense, realizing small improvements in efficiencies of HR processes can drive large accretive impact to the bottom line. By applying SCM rigor, combined with data analytics techniques, the nature and quality of data can help to inform activities and decision-making.
THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE ANALYTICS AND HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYTICS Maximizing Profit on Your Largest Single Line-Item Expense

THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE ANALYTICS AND HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYTICS Maximizing Profit on Your Largest Single Line-Item Expense

by | Jul 23, 2019 | Insights

People Analytics is all about measuring individuals and groups against standards and KPIs established by HR. Human Capital Analytics is all about shining a spotlight on any impact that can be measured where any cash spent on people in the organization has impacted bottom-line financial performance. They do not compete, and both are necessary.