Author Bios

Author Bios

Does your author bio induce snoring? Your book is riveting, but your author bio is a snooze.If you’re afraid the above sentence may describe you, well — don’t be too hard on yourself; plenty of brilliant authors freeze up when it comes to writing about themselves in...
DESCRIPTIVE AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS

DESCRIPTIVE AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS

There is a human tendency to think in generalizations; those types of people, children, senior citizens, men, women, dogs, cats and so forth. Within any group there is a great deal of variance. We often talk about employees as a single entity when we know well that...
A Very Cold Night

A Very Cold Night

Jac FitzenzNo horizon. Earth and sky dissolve into one brittle cold, gray dome.Small man stands at the gate, stomps his feet, stares down the runway. No sign of the plane. Already thirty minutes late. Turning, he retreats quickly into the shelter of the terminal.No...
What Is Analytics?

What Is Analytics?

Analytics, and especially predictive analytics, arrived in the human capital market in 2007 and 2008. Still today, many people are uncertain as to just what analytics is about and how it can add value to managing.My view is that analytics is a meeting of arts and...
The Value of Insight

The Value of Insight

Insight into the future is the greatest asset anyone can have. Consider how wealthy you would be if you had the ability to foresee future trends or events. If you foretold an event was it because you were lucky or wise? Luck comes in two forms: dumb luck and true...