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The Value of People Analytics
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The Value of People Analytics

by Jonathan Ferrar, Jay Dorio, Madhura Chakrabarti
September 2026
Beginner
400 pages
11h 2m
English
Kogan Page
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1 Introduction

People analytics is not about data. It is about decisions. It is not about the activities. It is about the outcomes. Ultimately, people analytics is about the impact that is created for the workforce and the business. It is about delivering value.

The activities and work that collectively form people analytics, such as reporting, strategic workforce planning, employee listening, advanced analytics and agentic artificial intelligence (AI), should only exist in companies to deliver value. Value to customers, value to employees, value to stakeholders, value to the communities which the organizations operate within and, ultimately, value to shareholders.

While this is often talked about, we have seen in many companies that the

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ISBN: 9781398621251