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The Value of Self-Reported Data in Organizational Intelligence
Author: Stephen Smith MSc, WPA head of people & strategy In psychology, self-reporting is when an individual communicates his or her own behaviors, thoughts, or attitudes. Self-reported data is typically collected in writing, electronic format, or during an...
WPA 6 differentiators..
Watch a short movie about the 6 important differentiators that makes WPA so powerful in making work better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3t6gPb5pc4
The 7 traits of valuable People Analytics
As the world of people analytics evolves and we become increasingly reliant on data to inform our organizations, it is critical to know the methodologies that are influencing our information. There are risks and opportunities that exist in people analytics. With...
Part 4: Engagement Is Dead – What Else is Missing?
By now, you probably understand the many issues I take up with measuring employee engagement. If not, check out the other posts in this series to understand my thoughts on how we measure engagement, what metrics we’re measuring and what we do with the data we collect...
Part 3: Engagement Is Dead – What We Do with Data
Employee engagement is an often studied, rarely understood beast. My issue with the concept stands with how we measure engagement, what metrics we’re measuring and what we do with the data we collect from our efforts. We’ve already covered the flaws in how we collect...
Part 2: Engagement is dead – What We Measure
As I’ve made clear in the first post in this series, I fully believe in the power employee engagement has to create happy, productive employees. My issue with the concept stands with how we measure engagement, what metrics we’re measuring and what we do with the data...
Part 1: Engagement is dead – How We Measure
As I begin a new series on employee engagement, it’s important for me to say this now. I believe in the power of engagement and its relationship to happy, productive employees. When I am engaged, I get into the “flow”—a term coined and made famous by the great Mihaly...
WPA on ‘insight on business’ podcast of Michael Libbie.
Kevin Schlueter and Stephen Smith, were invited to be interviewed on Michael Libbie's 'insight on business' podcast. A great 25 minute insight on why People Analytics and especially the deep insight gained with it, is so crucial for organizations. Improving business...
Creating Complacency: A Tale Of Incentives
Stephen Smith, Head of People Strategy at WPA was asked to give one of the speeches on the Disrupt HR 2018.
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