The Zen of Analytics
by Lois Melbourne
Everyone’s always talking about the importance of analytics. “Blah blah blah analytics blah blah.” Of course “analytics” is more than just a buzzword, as you well know. Analytics are an important part of every HR team’s decision making and planning initiatives. And yes, you know you need them. But as many a toddler once asked, “WHY?”
Unfortunately in this case the standard answer, “Because I said so,” doesn’t really apply. So instead, I will tell you that the answer to that “Why?” is, rather ironically, so that you can understand the “why”. And once you have a sense of the “why,” you can proceed to make informed workforce decisions with predictable outcomes.
This is where the Zen part comes in.
Once you allow your decisions to be driven by analytics, you have the ability to see trends exactly as they are, not filtered through any preconceived notions. Gone are the decisions made by gut instinct, based on assumptions that may or (worse) may not be true. No longer do you have to perform the connect-the-dots headstand to make sense of a pile of metrics in a spreadsheet. Instead, let Aquire’s newest offering, InSight™ serve up actionable information to drive your workforce planning initiatives.
For example, you might see from your metrics that turnover in a particular division is 30% higher than last year. Okay. Good information to know. But what do you gain from that figure on its own? Not much. Fire up InSight and invite Hierarchy-Driven Analytics to the table, though, and you can dig down into that division to investigate “why” that figure has changed so significantly – a new manager? a new process? a change in direction? Know the “why” and you can address the situation wisely. In addition, InSight correlates results to specific business initiatives with visual timelines and then shows you the graphical trends that result.
Once the burden is off of you to try and interpret the cause of an effect based on assumptions, instincts or pure guesswork, you’ll clear away the confusion and achieve your Zen state. So have faith in analytics. Accept their truths. And let them point the way to productive, proactive, enlightened planning. Are you ready to achieve your Zen?
Aquire’s newest offering, InSight, is being announced at HR Tech. If you’re ready to achieve enlightenment with the most highly-focused analytics available, beat a path to booth #641 for a demo of the only hierarchy-driven workforce analytics solution on the market. Those of you not attending the show, email sales@aquire.com for more information.
Cheers,
Lois
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