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The only bigger myth than organisations claiming to be "data-driven" Or data being seen "as a strategic asset" Is "People are our biggest asset" 😲 If that was true, more organisations would have a strategy as to how they'll attract and retain the best people they possibly can Because fundamentally, competitive advantage comes from the people you can attract and retain And that applies from the very top, all the way down All leaders (anyone that manages a team) should have a strategy as to how they're going to compete in the talent market And that cannot be done very effectively at a corporate level, it needs to be developed at a function level Yet, so few do. Why? #data #analytics #talent
Ben Wilkins
2mo
Really valid observation, I’d argue that these are not binary states but rather scales… the risk with both these situations is that a leader can set the vision and put in place the tools and processes to improve your position on the scale but fundamentally it comes back to habits and culture. Do you have ways of checking to see where you are on the scale? Do you challenge yourself and those around you to develop and practice those habits everyday? I saw a post recently that said your data operating model is more of a priority than your data platform, I agree because the the op model makes it easier to develop the habits and the culture!
Taylor Culver
2mo
It's too hard, and talent is a quality metric that gets deprioritized to $'s & time.
David Pidsley
2mo
The data-driven dogma is a whopper, but I concede that the people-as-asset slogan probably trumps it as far as degenerate platitudes go.
Rob Wall
2mo
Kyle Winterbottom telling it how it is! 👏
Orbition Group
2mo
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Organizations that prioritize quality as a primary kpi tend to value people a little more. I’m thinking of the triple bottom line orgs of the early csr movement.
Khaja Rehanuddin
2mo
So true! Many companies talk a big game about valuing their employees, but actions speak louder than words.
Gourav Sengupta
2mo
With genAI the idea is to make people and intelligence dispensible and cheap and redundant. No one wants to work on data and everyone wants to work on intelligence 🤣
Recruitment Automation & AI | Driving Operational Excellence | Sunday Times Award Winning Recruitment Leader
2moBecause in 99% of instances recruitment is still treated as a competitive process not an attraction process. Start with job descriptions - an age old process of posting a boring ass document but calling it an ‘job advert’. The whole concept of an advert in any other setting is to attract, not qualify. You don’t buy a Cadburys Flake because of the ingredients, you buy it cos you want to eat in the bath naked……well you do if you grew up in the 80s 👀 but you get what I mean