I had the opportunity this week to sit on a great panel at Oracle OpenWorld discussing the future of HR Intelligence and Metrics. My fellow panelists were Lexy Martin from CedarCrestone and Jim Holincheck from Gartner with the panel being led by a thought-leader in her own right, Row Henson. I found the panelists enlightening; but even more enlightening the audience. A few observations:
READY TO GO - This group (a large one), wants to make things happen in this space. This will be an area of huge growth (not necessarily success), but growth over the next give years - guaranteed
WHAT TO MEASURE - There is still confusion on what to measure. My advice as always - ask the tough question "Will this metric,measure,information mean anything to my CEO?" - that starts your answer. To add to your answer, what are the goals and objectives of my company in 2007, this will help you understand what to measure.
TOOL CONFUSION - This will be the case for a long time to come. Look at where most of your data exists today, look at that technology for creation of metrics and intelligent information and go from there.
CREATE WIM STRATEGY - At Knowledge Infusion we create many Workforce Information Management (WIM) strategies for organizations on a monthly basis. You HAVE TO have this to be successful.
Thanks to my fellow panelists. A great conversation. Drop me a note at mailto:jason.averbook@knowledge-infusion.com with any questions about this topic.
