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Leadership in VUCA World: Perspectives on #IndiaHRChat

QAspire

This was the topic of June Edition of #IndiaHRChat in presence of special guest Faisal Hoque – an entrepreneur, author of Everything Connects – How to Transform and Lead in the Age of Creativity, Innovation and Sustainability (McGraw Hill, Spring 2014) and contributor to FastCompany and Huffington Post. Is VUCA more hype than reality?

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Data-Driven Decision Making in HR

HR Digest

In today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of data-driven decision making. HR data analytics has emerged as a powerful tool that enables HR leaders and managers to make informed decisions based on objective evidence rather than intuition or guesswork.

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Metrics Are Easy; Insight Is Hard

Harvard Business Review

Big data is great. But we should consider that we've actually had more data than we can reasonably use for a while now. In contrast to this abundant data, insights are relatively rare. Insights here are defined as actionable, data-driven findings that create business value. And they're hard to build.

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Instead of Optimizing Processes, Reimagine Them as Platforms

Harvard Business Review

Rethinking process optimization — visualizing processes as platforms — can transform your business model. A little dab of inventory data would enhance both customer expectations and process efficiencies. Surely this cheap, customer-centric, and data-driven innovation would impress the client.

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What Data Scientists Really Do, According to 35 Data Scientists

Harvard Business Review

Modern data science emerged in tech, from optimizing Google search rankings and LinkedIn recommendations to influencing the headlines Buzzfeed editors run. Yet the terms “data science” and “data scientist” aren’t always easily understood, and are used to describe a wide range of data-related work.

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What Makes the Best Infographics So Convincing

Harvard Business Review

It can illuminate patterns in massive amounts of data. The least effective confuse you (the food pyramid), overwhelm you with data (nutrition labels), or are just plain boring. What’s special about the way infographics make their case? Take a look at the first infographic of the collection. It can compress time and space.

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What Data Journalists Need to Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

The role of the data journalist has increased dramatically over the last decade.The past few months have seen the launch of several high-profile “data journalism” or “explanatory journalism” websites in the U.S. But I think one of most important issues that Ball touches on is how journalists source their data.