NERDALERT BLOG
Gender Pay Gap (Part 2): What Does “Equal Pay” Really Mean?
This is the second part of a series of posts relating to the gender pay gap. Last week, we pointed out that nearly all data sets are subject to the proverbial “garbage in, garbage out” [...]
Battling Bias
We work with a lot of data. How often do we question whether it is good data? Big idea: if you don't start with the right data, you can get the wrong conclusions. Let's [...]
Fail Faster (but not in HR)
I am struck by the contradiction between how businesses run their business and how those same businesses run their HR organization. The product development teams operate in an Agile fashion, embracing a requirements change and [...]
Going Meta – A Study of Studies of Studies
I'd lose my HR nerd card if I didn't occasionally read some academic articles about HR. My wife needs to get in her eye roll when I get excited about the delivery of a [...]
The Robots are Coming! (Part 3): What Harry Potter Can Teach Us About Risks
The prior post in this series provided some warnings from Jurassic Park about how letting machine learning run amuck could cause unintended consequences. In this installment, we’ll go further into the process and talk about [...]
Talent Acquisition is Acquiring Cash!
George LaRocque recently published some great data on his site detailing recent investments in HR technology. If you don't follow George or listen to his podcasts, you are missing an opportunity to be smarter [...]