It’s no secret that there are many great HR Influencers out there, but let’s be more specific; who are the current Top HR Analytics Influencers? We decided it was time to focus on the analytical HR experts who are driving the HR data revolution forward.
Analytics in HR has been a much talked about area in business for a while now due to the way it can support organisations to use their wealth of employee data to make better, more informed decisions relating to their workforce and operational performance.
Analytics enables HR to find ways to attract top talent, accurately forecast future business needs and improve employee satisfaction and engagement (to mention a few), empowering companies to align human resources metrics with strategic goals that are of importance to their business.
From attracting top talent, to accurately forecasting future staffing needs or improving employee satisfaction, HR analytics tools empower organizations to align HR metrics with strategic business goals
But whilst the data gathered from analytics research in HR is proving to be very beneficial to organisations on a whole, it’s the people behind the data that make the most difference. HR analytics influencers are the experts that take the data and develop strategies that can be shared and adopted by other organisations so they too can reap the benefits of a more data-led approach to achieving their business goals and stay ahead of the times.
Whilst conducting our own research into who is who in the world of HR analytics, we came across very few written resources that would lead us to find a comprehensive list of experts in the field, other than this article by People Analytics Leader, David Green. It was rightfully acknowledged by David back in 2014 that there were limited articles relating to the top HR analytical influencers in a sea of generalist HR influencer posts and so with analytics in HR being such a prominent subject we wanted to also pay tribute to the most influential HR analytics leaders out there right now.
With a more data driven approach being adopted by Human Resources functions across the Globe, shouldn’t it be worthwhile to know which experts in the industry are influential? We thought so too, so with help from David’s 4 part article series in which he highlighted 79 thought leaders in HR analytics, we also conducted some more recent research and added a further 10 HR analytics influencers to the list. These 135 plus analytical experts create and share their knowledge on data, HR software, studies and experience all relevant to the analytics revolution.
You can find their names and head over to their LinkedIn profiles using the links provided below!
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Morten Kamp Andersen, Human Capital Consultant | HR Analytics Expert | Leadership Development | Professional Speaker | Research | @MortenKamp
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Kent Barnett, Performitiv Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management
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David Bernstein, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at ThisWay Global
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Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder, Bersin by Deloitte
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Michael Beygelman, Visionary Talent Acquisition Leader | Predictive Analytics | RPO | MSP | HCM | Staffing
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Naomi Bloom, Artist/writer/traveler/philanthopist/#EnSW opinions/professional theater sponsor/so much more
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Max Blumberg, Workforce and sales force analytics, design & automation
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Laszlo Bock, CEO and co-founder of Humu. Former SVP of People Operations at Google. Author of “Work Rules!”. Advisor. Dad.
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Eden Britt, Global Head, HR Analytics & HR Chief Data Officer at HSBC
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Peter Cheese, CEO at CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development
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Patrick Coolen, Manager HR analytics and strategic workforce planning at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
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Jonathan Ferrar, HR | Strategy | Analytics | CEO Ochre Rock | Co-Author The Power of People | Co-Founder Insight222 | Board Advisor
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Andrew Gadomski, Talent and Data Analyst with a healthy sense of curiosity, tenacity, and humor
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Jeanne Harris, Competing on Analytics (Expanded and Updated Fall,2017) Co-Author
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Peter Hartmann, Director, Performance, Analytics and HRIS at Getinge Group
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Nick Holley, Director of CRF Learning at Corporate Research Forum
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Michael Housman, Chief Data Science Officer at RapportBoost.AI • I teach machines how to teach people how to communicate more effectively
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Aki Kakko, Serial Entrepreneur: Transforming Recruitment & Redefining HR – @AkiKakko
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Nick Kemsley, Senior Partner at Korn Ferry Hay Group and Executive Fellow at Henley Business School
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Manoj Kumar, ★ Ex-HSBC Head of HR Analytics ★ HR 40Under40 ★ People Analytics Leader ★ Conference Chair/Speaker★Founder: WorkplaceIf
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Andrée Laforge, Vice-présidente Expérience-Employé et chef de produit enthousiaste, analytique RH, workforce analytics
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Matthew Lymbery, Chief Technology Officer at Liaison Financial Services
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Bernard Marr, Internationally best-selling author; keynote speaker; leading business, technology and data expert
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Andrew Marritt, Founder at OrganizationView, a people analytics practice
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Jean Martin, Executive Director and Talent Solutions Architect at CEB, now Gartner
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Tom Monahan, Managing Partner, Norton Street Capital
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Gyan Nagpal, Author of Talent Economics. Data enthusiast. Community builder. Talent Management Professional. @gyannagpal
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Ian O’Keefe, Managing Director of Workforce Analytics at JPMorgan Chase
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J Patil, Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist; built & run product teams @ LinkedIn etc; done a bunch of security and some data too
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John Pensom, CEO, PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics
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Prasad Setty, Vice President, People Operations — ABC (People Analytics, Benefits, Compensation and Perf Mgmt)
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Jeremy Shapiro, Executive Director, HR. Global Co-Head of HR Data and Analytics
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Phil Simon, Award-winning author, keynote speaker, and lecturer at Arizona State University
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Tracey Smith, Consultant, author & speaker on supply chain analytics, HR Analytics, Business Analytics, KPIs, metrics and data
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Luk Smeyers, Co-Founder & Practice Leader at iNostix by Deloitte, People Analytics
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Jeroen Delmotte, Co-founder at iNostix by Deloitte, Predictive HR Analytics
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Bart Voorn, Lead HR Analytics at Ahold Delhaize
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Kevin Wheeler, Strategic advisor, Consultant, Futurist, Global speaker, Entrepreneur
60.
Laurie Bassi, CEO at McBassi & Company, Author of “Good Company”
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Mark Berry, HR Strategist | People Proponent | Process Optimizer | Analytics Innovator
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John Boudreau, Professor and Research Director, University of Southern California
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Marcus Champ, Professor and Research Director, University of Southern California
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Salvatore Falletta, Human Capital Research, Ethical People Analytics & Workforce Decisions, and Evidence-Based Management & Strategy
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Jac Fitz-enz, Owner, Human Capital Source and Human Resources Consultant
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Adam Grant, Author: GIVE AND TAKE, ORIGINALS, OPTION B; Wharton professor; NYT writer
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Alec Levenson, Economist / Senior Research Scientist at Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California
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Alan Paling, Global HR MI Lead at Barclays Bank PLC
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Gene Pease, People analytics thinker & author, Award winning entrepreneur, Board member, CEO, Senior advisor, Speaker
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Benjamin Taylor, Want AI in 2017? Chief Data Officer at ZIFF, Inc. #unrecruitable
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David Green, People Analytics leader | Award Winning Writer | Speaker / Chair | LinkedIn HR Power Profile | @david_green_uk
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Evan Sinar, Chief Scientist and Vice President at DDI
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Dave Milner, Executive Consulting Partner, IBM Workforce Science (Known as @HRCurator)
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Ms Michael M Moon, Helping create data-driven HR functions through the application of evidenced-based practices
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Sarah Andresen, Head of People Science at Sage People (formerly Fairsail)
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Tito Magobet, Empowering Talent Engagement & Attraction @ Scale
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Dr Ernest Ng, Senior Director, Employee Success at salesforce.com
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Ross Sparkman, Head of Strategic Workforce Planning at Facebook
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Doug Hamor, Workforce Planning & Strategies Leader, Suncor Energy
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Nicholas Garbis, HR Executive leading workforce planning, analytics & HR operations
93.
Al Adamsen, Founder & Executive Director at Insight222
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Dave Sutherland, Advanced Global Strategic Workforce Planning, Workforce Analytics, & Workforce Reporting/Data Management Practice Leader
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Dan George, Delivering value, developing leaders as an Associate Director @ Deloitte
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Lisa Rowan, Research Vice President, HR software & services Research at IDC
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Jaana Saramies, Strategic developer / HRD, HR reporting, people analytics, knowledge sharing, development, analytics, BI, finance
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Ramesh Soundararajan, Consulting on HR analytics and Architecting high performance systems, Author
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John Gunawan, Global HR Ops and Workforce Analytics at PepsiCo, M.S. Predictive Analytics
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RJ Milnor, VP, Talent Management Operations at McKesson
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Ray Esboldt, Workforce Planning and Analytics Manager at 3M
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Holly Allen, Manager of Workforce Insight at CH2M HILL; workforce reporting, analytics & metrics, and strategic workforce planning
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Rupert Bader, Enabling Expedia to meet current and future talent needs in a predictable, proactive and scalable way
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John Bruce, PHR, HR Data Hound / Analytics Junkie / Workforce Planning Enthusiast
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Jen Miller, Senior Manager Talent Analytics at Kohler Co.
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David Slicker, HR Analytics and Reporting Manager at Southern Company
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Corey Bucher, VP, HR Analytics & Workforce Planning at Voya Financial
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Dr. Daniel Mühlbauer, People Analytics @ function(HR) || HR Consultant @ bhm consulting || Curator of Nerd Words for HR
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Jordan Pettman, Global Head, People Data, Analytics and Planning at Nestlé
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Littal Shemer Haim, People Analytics Consultant, HR Data Strategist, Organizational Researcher
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Mostafa Azzam, Senior HR Advisor | Digital/Analytics HR Leader | Global HRM Consultant | Master Facilitator | Speaker | Writer
120.
Tom Haak, Director at HR Trend Institute | Writes and speaks about HR Trends and HR Tech | Sharp, entertaining and inspiring
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Fiona Jamison, Ph.D., CEO | Spring International | Custom Research, People Analytics and Consulting | Speaker
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Mike Guglielmo, Assistant Professor of HR at Temple University | Business Professional with 35+ years of experience in HR, IT, & Finance
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Soumyasanto Sen, HR Technology, Transformation & People Analytics Leader and Advisor | Evangelist Future of Work | Speaker & Writer
126.
Raja Sengupta, Head Of Product Development & Principal Consultant @ Workplaceif
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Irma Doze, Consultant HR-analytics & Enterprise Intelligence
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Tony Petrucci, PhD, Academic Director of Leadership Development Temple University & CEO of The Leadership Analytics Group
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Mattijs Mol, Global Program Head Recruitment Processes & Analytics @ ASML
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Addie van Rooij, Vice President People Operations, L&D services, M&A HR services and Labor Relations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Jared Valdron, People Analytics @ GitHub | Organizational Consultant
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Olaf Backofen, VP HR Steering & Analytics LH Group bei Lufthansa
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Paul Borza, BSc. MSc in Machine Learning. MBA Candidate @ UW
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Dr. Tyrone Smith, Global Strategy Leader | People Analytics & Workforce Intelligence, AI, RPA, Human Capital Management
We hope that by compiling this list of the top HR Analytics Influencers to follow, who are currently driving the data movement forward, may help some of you find inspiration for your own HR analytics strategy.
If you are aware of any HR analytics influencers we may have missed that deserve a place on this list, leave us a comment and we will update accordingly!
Robyn.
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