This presentation explains how big data cannot be used to effectively evaluate people.

1. WHAT PEOPLE ANALYTICS CANT
CAPTURE
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2. The latest fad in human resources!
Using big data
analytics and
personality test
scores to predict
who is best for a
given job – so-
called “XQ.”

3. But…
• Big data, like any other, is only as good as the
questions being asked – and that some
algorithms can make unhelpful assumptions.

5. • This destroys the emotional climate that
sustains the life-blood of any
organization

7. What makes the difference?

10. What is needed?

11. A word of caution about big data
• The assumptions of an algorithm built into a
test can themselves be biased against certain
traits and so discriminate unfairly.

12. • But the biggest objection comes from the
fact that the strongest predictor of a
person’s future behavior is their past
performance itself. And that
performance gets evaluated best by
people who know that person well.

13. Presentation made by:
TARUNA SUDHAKAR