#191: People Analytics: Data in the Service of Workforce Effectiveness with Andrew Marritt

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04/19/22 • 72 min

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"The people" are often the most valuable asset for a company, so getting the ones who are a good fit, supporting them in their work and their careers, and figuring out what motivates (and demotivates) them is critical. And data—both quantitative and qualitative—can help with that. It's a topic we've wanted to tackle for a long time (well, Moe and Michael have; Tim was confused, as he thought it couldn't be that hard to analyze a data set consisting of a single "Do they do their f***ing job?" boolean flag), and we finally got to it, with Andrew Marritt from OrganizationView! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.

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"Modern art" was a terrible label because, ya' know, time would pass and here we are 50 years after the end of that period shaking our heads at what a short-sighted semantic gaff that was. We share that observation for no particular reason. On this episode, we sat down with broad, deep, and entertaining thinker Benn Stancil from Mode to talk about one facet of the modern data stack: the metrics layer. What is it? Who's thinking about solving for it? What is a monthly DAU? These are questions to ponder that, hopefully, won't leave you impersonating a piece of modern art. For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.

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