The Surprising Value of Obvious Insights
Confirming what people already believe can help organizations overcome barriers to change.
A few years ago, the people analytics experts at Google stunned me with one of their recommendations to managers. They had been studying how to onboard new hires effectively. After running surveys and experiments, they came back with a list of tips. Hereâs the one that jumped out at me:
Meet your new hires on their first day.
People analytics has transformed HR and talent management into a data-driven field. Since Google was a pioneer in the field, I was expecting an aha moment. Instead, I got a duh-ha moment â a sudden flash of the blindingly obvious.
As an organizational psychologist, ...
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