Reflections on the rebound
Recently, I was asked to provide some perspective on my return to full-time at IA, as more and more employees are returning – or thinking about returning – to organizations they had previously left. Where do I begin? See, I’m not a boomerang in the traditional sense because I was still on the board of […]
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How to Tell a Powerful Story with Your People Data
Here’s something you probably didn’t talk about much at holiday cocktail parties: data visualization. But it’s something I think about a LOT. For the past few months we’ve been working with a large company to gather and interpret their people data. It’s been a massive undertaking, with data sets coming from over 90 countries. We’ve […]
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Unassigned Seating at Work: A Passing Trend or Here to Stay?
Hoteling. Unassigned seating. These may sound like terms you would find on a travel website, but they’re actually part of a new workplace vocabulary. You might also call your informal seating arrangement hot desking, free address or collective use. Unassigned seating means first-come, first-served. Anyone can sit anywhere they’d like. Major companies have been practicing […]
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How to Avoid ‘Fake News’ in Your Workforce Analytics
You’ve worked for days on a presentation for your company’s executives. They have asked for a few simple answers about the company’s people. You crunch the numbers, double-check your math, and present your findings in a PowerPoint presentation. Everything goes perfectly — with one major exception: Finance delivered a report 20 minutes before you, and […]
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