Analytics & Business Intelligence
The New Data Republic: Not Quite a Democracy
Huge, complex datasets are becoming universal. The skills needed to work with them? Not so much.
Human Resources
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Collaboration
Social Media Expands Horizons for Workers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Social media is a tool that allows autistic workers to better express their unique abilities — and tech companies are taking notice.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Participant Questions from the Recent Data & Analytics Webinar
We answer three questions about the findings in our recent Big Idea Initiative research report, “The Talent Dividend.”
Climate Change
Salary, Benefits, Bonus … and Being
It’s not enough to offer great pay and benefits anymore. Employees want their workplace to reflect and support who they are.
Talent Management
Does Your Boss Want You to Sleep?
Being fresh for the work day requires prioritizing sleep — which organizations can do a better job encouraging.
Collaboration
‘People Analytics’ Through Super-Charged ID Badges
Humanyze helps interpret social data so that businesses can identify the best collaborative practices of the most effective people.
Collaboration
Are Social Media’s Benefits Getting Lost in Translation?
For multinational companies, language barriers are a key obstacle to social business. Can a multilingual approach work?
Marketing Strategy
The Other Talent War: Competing Through Alumni
It’s smart to be on good terms with former employees. Recent research highlights the upside to following competitors’ former employees, too.
Climate Change
Sustaining Sustainability
Improved performance rests not upon tangible investments, but on the intangibles of workers’ perceptions.
Technology Innovation Strategy
Gone Fishing — For Data
When it comes to big data, GE avoids warehousing and instead turns to the data lake approach.
Data & Data Culture
Data Scientist In a Can?
Can we automate enough of what data scientists do to ease the skills gap?
Climate Change
The Crucial — and Underappreciated — Role of HR in Sustainability
HR departments are usually overlooked in developing sustainability programs — yet their input is crucial for success.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Short on Analytics Talent? Seven Tips to Help Your Company Thrive
Companies are having a tough time finding the data scientists they need — but that doesn’t mean those projects need to halt altogether.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
At Amadeus, Finding Data Science Talent Is Just the Beginning
A company that wants to successfully use analytics needs to make sure its data scientists are fully integrated into business units.
Collaboration
The American Red Cross: Adding Digital Volunteers to Its Ranks
The mission of the American Red Cross is to alleviate human suffering during emergencies by mobilizing volunteers and donors. It’s using social media to help.
Innovation Strategy
The Dandelion Principle: Redesigning Work for the Innovation Economy
People who are “different,” behaviorally or neurologically, can add significant value to companies.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Elevating Data, Analytics to the C-Suite
The implications of a chief analytics officer for strategy and for long-term planning.
Collaboration
Reinventing Employee Onboarding
Employee orientation practices that focus on individual identity can lower employee turnover.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Bridging the Talent Gap: How to Find the Right Data Scientist
What can companies do to help fill their data scientist gap? That was the topic at a conference hosted by the MIT Center for Digital Business.
