From Insight to Influence: Operationalizing Strategic and Prescriptive People Analytics Expanded guidance based on Step 5 of Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction Step 5 is where People Analytics transforms. After building trust in the data, surfacing patterns, and forecasting risks, we now enter the

From Analysis to Anticipation: Building a Responsible Predictive People Analytics Practice Expanded guidance based on Step 4 of Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction Once you’ve built a stable foundation of clean, well-governed data and a healthy descriptive analytics practice, the next logical step

From Metrics to Meaning: Operationalizing Descriptive People Analytics Expanded guidance based on Step 3 of Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction At Step 3 of the People Analytics staircase, the work begins to visibly pay off. With clean, consistent, and well-governed data in place, we’

From Chaos to Confidence: Mastering Data Quality and Governance in HR Expanded guidance based on Step 2 of Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction In the first step of the staircase, we focused on collecting the right data—at the right time, in the right

Building Reliable Data from Day One: A Technical Guide to People Data Collection Expanded guidance based on Step 1 of Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction In Step 1 of the People Analytics Staircase, we discussed the importance of intentional, structured data collection as the

Where Insight Becomes Impact: People Analytics as a Strategic Driver Part of the series Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction We’ve come a long way—starting with intentional data collection, shaping a culture of data quality, translating patterns through descriptive analytics, and finally exploring

From Why to What’s Next: Entering the World of Diagnostic and Predictive Analytics Part of the series Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction After exploring what’s happening in the workforce through descriptive analytics, it’s only natural to ask: Why is this happening?

The Power of Knowing What’s Happening: Descriptive Analytics Done Right Part of the series Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction By now, we’ve explored how intentional data collection and solid data governance create the foundation for People Analytics. We’ve laid the bricks.

Where Trust Begins: Building Data Quality and Ownership Part of the series Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction In the first step of this series, we explored how intentional, consistent data collection lays the foundation for meaningful People Analytics. But even the most carefully captured

Smart Data Starts at the Source: Getting Data Collection Right Part of the series Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters Introduction This article is the first deep dive in my series Climbing the Staircase of People Analytics: Why Every Step Matters, where I explore how organizations

Introduction Data has become one of the most powerful assets in modern HR, driving better decisions, stronger strategies, and a more informed understanding of the workforce. But effective People Analytics is not about jumping straight to predictive models or advanced dashboards. It’s about walking—firmly and intentionally—through each