The focus of this talk will be on the need for making better use of the human capital data you have through advanced analytics and research practices before talking about the need to begin incorporating big data solutions. Burkland and Honts discuss the need for Human Resource functions to step into leveraging the data they have and work to incorporate research analytics practices first, before they begin looking to more comprehensive big data solutions. They will present examples and experiences revolving around this pitfall of trying to move too fast toward adopting complex, big data focused analytics processes without first ramping up the human resource function’s capability with existing data, analytics and research processes.
