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.”. Do the scores capture accurately all the required skills?
3. Experts caution that big
data, like any other, is
only as good as the
questions being asked –
and that some
algorithms can make
unhelpful assumptions.
6. Big data needs a hard outcome metric for
performance, but the most readily available
metrics may not actually be the most important
variables in organizational flourishing.
7. A boss who focus
too much on
performance at
the expense of
people can be
ruinous to the
organization
over the long
term.
9. 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.