Evolution of People Analytics with Dave Millner, HR Curator

In this HRchat episode, Bill welcomes back Dave Millner to talk about the role of the HRBP, contextual pressures changing the HR function, and new ways data can help.

Dave is an author and Founder at HR Curator Ltd. Dave has a background working in financial services, followed by 30 years of internal and external HR consulting experience at NatWest, PSL, Kenexa and IBM as an occupational psychologist. He has worked directly with various global and multi-national firms offering organizational effectiveness-based solutions focusing on future-proofing their businesses.

Dave is referenced as being a key influencer in a number of HR subject areas via his HR Curator brand. He’s also an Associate with Corporate Research Forum (CRF), GPS Asia, the Centre for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California (USC), and is an Adviser to iPsychTec, a cultural analytics provider.

He also is a regular presenter at well-known HR events such as DisruptHR; promoting the role of technology, people analytics, and his belief in the need for HR to be more commercial in its approach.

Dave's first book ‘Introduction to People Analytics’ (April 2020) focuses on the changing role of HR and the increasing demand for data insights. The second edition was released this month!

Questions for Dave include:

• The debate around wellbeing reporting is once more on the agenda, following the recent publication of Workplace Intelligence and Deloitte’s second Annual Workplace Wellbeing Study. You shared a post from TLNT called 'Should Companies be Required to Report on Employee Wellbeing?' What's your take? Is wellbeing' an area companies should be mandated to publish metrics?
• You shared another post recently about how new research is showing that having more top-performing middle managers leads to much better financial outcomes. What are some actions that can set managers and their organizations u