article thumbnail

HR Must Make People Analytics More User-Friendly

Harvard Business Review

The reality seems less impressive, as a global IBM survey of more than 1,700 CEOs found that 71% identified human capital as a key source of competitive advantage, yet a global study by Tata Consultancy Services showed that only 5% of big-data investments were in human resources. Insight Center. Putting Data to Work.

article thumbnail

What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

We hired roughly 1,000 new employees in approximately 15 months to build our operations, human resources, compliance, and technology teams. (We We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) What words evoked the passion they felt about the organization? What values drove them?

article thumbnail

Why Women Aren’t Making It to the Top of Financial Services Firms

Harvard Business Review

To find out, Oliver Wyman surveyed 850 financial services professionals from around the world (both men and women), interviewed over 100 senior female executives globally (C-suite and board members), and held focus groups with Millennial women working across a number of financial institutions in the U.S.