Past Leadership Roundtables on Talent Analytics

June 9-10, 2022

Agenda (pdf)

For more information, please email wsp@northwestern.edu

Themes and Topics

Diversity

• Evolving Our Approach to Diversity and Inclusion
• De-biasing Performance Reviews & Promotions
• New Approaches to Equal Pay

Talent Acquisition and Retention

• Bridging the Gap in Our Labor Force
• Great Resignation  
• Looking At Flight Risk Through Different Methodologies
• Understanding Developer Team Performance

Using Analytics to Drive Change

• Obstacles and Opportunities to Enterprise Engagement
• Upskilling HR Business Partners in Data Analytics,
• Getting Buy-In From Senior Leaders to Innovate in People Analytics
• Managing a Major Acquisition
• Driving Change Through Action Planning

Performance Management

• Engagement Practices for Happy Workers
• Managing Return To Office
• Community Driven Promotions
• Understanding Developer Team Performance

Data

• Privacy Problems with Integration
• Leveraging HR Data to the HR and Business Strategy
• HR Data Delivery - Direct to Business Leader vs Working Through HR

Speakers

• Rajesh Anadan, Co-Founder and CEO, Ultranauts
• Susan Biancani, Director, Talent Analytics, Netflix
• Chris Broderick, Sr. Director Talent Management & Organization Agility, KeHE
• Ian Cook, Digital HR Strategist, Visier
• Bethany Dohleman, Director, People Insights, AbbVie
• David Fineman, VP, Workforce Planning, PTC
• Adrianne Gilbert, Principal Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Business Partner, Amazon Web Services
• Heidi Glickman, VP Talent Management, Freshworks
• Lorraine Goffe, Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer, Northwestern University
• Genetha Gray, Lead People Analytics Researcher, Salesforce
• Serena Huang, Global Head of People Analytics and HR Technology, PayPal
• Jason Narlock, Head of People Insights and Analytics, Mondelez
• Alexander Schwall, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, Rhabit Analytics
• Rachel Sederberg, Research Manager, EMSI Burning Glass
• Aiwa Shirako, Lead, People Innovation Lab, Google
• Tyrone Smith, Jr., Global Head of People Analytics & Insights, Udemy
• Aaron Sorensen, Partner - Head of Transformation and Behavioral Science, Axiom Consulting Partners
• Amy Stevenson, Director, People Analytics, HP Inc
• Deborah Weiss, Director, Workforce Science Project, Northwestern University
• Brian Wiemhoff, Global HR Analytics Leader, Caterpillar
• Ben Zweig, CEO, Revelio Labs

Moderators

• Al Adamsen, Founder & CEO, PAFOW
• Ian Cook, Digital HR Strategist, Visier
• Bruce Evans, Executive Vice President - Enterprise & Staffing, Emsi Burning Glass
• Michael Moon, Global Director, Learning Experience and People Analytics, Align
• Zachary Rosch, Senior Analyst, People Data Insights, JetBlue

With Thanks to Our Generous Sponsors

November 7-8, 2019

"It continues to be the best place to network with others in the talent analytics field and stay on top of the latest ideas and trends. We simply can't miss this."  – 2018 Attendee

For more information, please email wsp@northwestern.edu.

Speakers

• Buddy Benge, HR Digital & Analytics Leader, Bayer AG
• Nicholas Bremner, People Research Scientist, Uber
• Linda Cai, Global Head of Learning and Talent Development, Aon
• Dean Carter, Vice President of Human Resources and Shared Services, Patagonia
• Caitlin Cavanaugh, Talent Analytics Lead, Patagonia
• Arun Chidambaram, Vice President Talent Analytics, GE Healthcare
• John Damalas, Senior Director - Enterprise Data & Analytics, Walmart
• Damien DeLuca, SR. Director, PepsiCo
• T. Ryan Dullaghan, General Manager, People Data Insights, Jet Blue
• Bruce Evans, EVP - Talent Analytics, EMSI
• Benjamin Friedrich, Assistant Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Amanda Gadaleta, Global Head of Talent Strategy and Culture, BlackRock
• Nicholas Garbis, Global Head for Strategic Workforce Planning, Allianz
• Holly Lam, Director, Culture & Engagement, US Foods
• Eric Mackaluso, VP, Head of People Analytics, ADP
• Yustina Saleh, Senior Vice President, Analytics, EMSI
• Allan Schweyer, Chief Academic Advisor, The Incentive Research Foundation
• Garima Sharma, Director, People Analytics, United Airlines
• Aiwa Shirako, ABCP Equity & Fairness Lead, Google
• Lee S. Webster, ISO Chair

Moderators

• Al Adamsen, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Insight 222
• Chris Broderick, Founder and President, Bnear Global Inc., Member, HRMAC
• Serena Huang, Global Talent Analytics Lead, Koch Business Solutions
• Chris Mason, Senior Director, Talent Management, Compensation, and HR, KeHE
• Michael Moon, Director, People Insights, ADP
• Chirag Padalia, Executive Director, People Analytics & Insight, Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL, MT, NM, OK, and TX

Themes and Topics

Economic Mobility

• Internal reskilling as a talent pipeline
• Employer-led community training: filling the talent pipeline while closing the skills gap
• Job rotation for career ladders
• The ROI on tuition subsidies
• The employer role in industry credentials

Talent Management

• Reducing bias in decision-making processes
• Performance Management: Incentives, evaluation, recognition
• Engagement: New approaches to measurement
• What makes teams work?
• Leadership: Can it be measured? Can it be taught?
• Predicting and preventing attrition

Methods

• Data Integration within people analytics and across functions
• Machine learning and AI
• Crossing disciplinary boundaries of data science, economics and psychology
• Choosing technology

Using Analytics to Drive Change

• Challenges of engaging with other stakeholders
• Aligning people analytics with business strategy
• Coordinating people metrics with other metrics

Diversity

• Blending analytics and visualization to develop, evaluate, and communicate D&I programs
• Using analytics to help incumbents partner with underrepresented groups for change
• Driving pay equity through alternative work schedules and enhanced family leave
• D&I initiatives that don’t work- and those that don’t

Talent Acquistition

• Using AI to streamline hiring: past first-generation resume parsing
• Analytics for sourcing
• New approaches to predicting employee success

From the 2018 Attendees

• “The presentations were great, and the discussions and networking opportunities were especially great.”
• “The high quality of the discussion. Lots of opportunities for people to genuinely interact with one another.”
• “Openness of the participants and willingness to share information.”
• “Getting together People Analytics practitioners of that caliber was the best.”
• “Warmth and friendless of participants -- small group setting made everything more comfortable to talk to people, to ask for help, and to receive help on People Analytics topics and challenges.”
• “Great group of smart individuals with deep expertise.”

With Thanks to Our Generous Sponsors

Founding Partner

Premier Sponsor

Research Sponsor

Sponsor

Fifth Annual Leadership Roundtable on Talent Analytics

Thursday, October 11 - Friday, October 12, 2018

This roundtable will be a small invitation-only event that is intended for analysts in leadership positions in firms with an established Talent Analytics practice, as well as academics with expertise in this area. The roundtable will continue to focus on topics at the more advanced end of the analytics spectrum and will again emphasize discussion and interactive knowledge exchange.

At this year’s roundtable, we will be adding two sessions on Analytics for the Evolution of Work. These panels will explore the use of talent analytics to develop practices that benefit both firms and employees through improved economic mobility and a more diverse and inclusive workplace. We hope you can join us for all of the program sessions.

Agenda | Brochure

Session One: Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging

Moderator: Amit Mohindra, Founder and CEO, People Analytics Success

Leveraging Analytics to Improve Inclusion and Diversity
Bradley Hubbard, Director, HR Analytics, Bristol Myers Squibb

Pay Equity Analytics to Close Gender and Race Pay Gaps
Valerie Hoffman, Seyfarth Shaw LL & Annette Tyman, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Journey to a Culture of Inclusion
Theodore D. Crandall, Senior Vice President, Rockwell Automaticn & Michele L. Matthai, Director, Culture of Inclusion, Rockwell Automation

A Conversation with Dean Carter about Analytics for the Evolution of Work

Dean Carter, Vice President of Human Resources and Shared Services, Patagonia

Al Adamsen, Talent Strategy Institute

Session Two: Analytics for Economic Mobility

Moderator: T. Ryan Dullaghan, General Manager, People Data Insights, JetBlue Airways

Building 21st Century Skills: Preparing Employees for Jobs of the Future
Kateland Beals, Corporate Citizenship, IBM

Data for the Good of All
Chris Mason, Head of Talent Management, L&D, Compensation, & Workforce Analytics, Patagonia

What Talent Shortage? A Healthcare Example
Andy Biga, Senior Vice President, People, GoHealth Urgent Care

Session Three: Engagement and Retention

Moderator: Chris Broderick, President, Bnear Global Inc.

Beyond the Average: Levels of Analysis in Engagement Data
Eliza Wicher, Director, Global Talent Development, Groupon

A Multifaceted Approach to Employee Listening and Engagement
Anthony Walter, Head of People Analytics & HR Technology, Dropbox

Insights from Linking Engagement Data over the Employee Life Cycle
Archana Ramesh, People Science Consultant, Glint Inc.

Session Four: Privacy & Ethics

Moderator: Al Adamsen, Talent Strategy Institute

Privacy: Putting the User First
Parama Paramasivam, Privacy Architect, Microsoft Corporation

What happens to my data?: Transparency in Data Usage
Brandy Parker, Vice President, Research Strategy | Team Member Insights, Wells Fargo

Talent Analytics under GDPR's "Right to an Explanation”
Jay Exum, Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Counsel at SAS

A Conversation on Deep Learning with Diego Klabjan

Diego Klabjan, Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences; Director of Master of Science in Analytics Program, Northwestern University

Chris Broderick, President, Bnear Global Inc., Member, HRMAC

Session Five: Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning

Moderator: Cindy Chung, Senior Research Scientist, Intel

Using Analytics to Improve the Hiring Funnel
Ray Yang, Vice President, Manager of Talent Analytics, Liberty Mutual

Predicting Workforce Needs
Chirag Padalia, Executive Director, People Analytics & Insights, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, IL-MO-NM-OK-TX

Beyond the Job Title: Defining the Workforce with Skills Clusters
Bruce Evans, EVP, Talent Analytics & Yustina Saleh, Senior Vice President of Analytics, EMSI

Session Six: Analytics to Drive Change

Moderator: Antony Ebelle-Ebanda

The (Re)-Evolution of Talent Analytics
Laurie Bassi, CEO, McBassi & Company

From Data to Action: Making Sure Research Doesn't End Up in the Digital Dustbin
Jennifer Kurkoski, People & Innovation Lab, Google, Inc

People Analytics and the Future of Work
Serena Huang, Global Talent Analytics Leader, Koch Business Solutions

Sponsors

• Patagonia
• Microsoft
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Glint
• Emsi
• Lumina Foundation