People Analytics & Workforce Planning
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Recurring research series
People Stack
Our recurring research series on how leaders build and govern the modern people-technology stack.
- Editions
- 4 published
- Opt-in tag
- people-stack
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What the series looks at
Each edition takes one question about how leaders build and govern the modern people-technology stack - where AI in hiring actually earns its place, what workforce data really shows, which parts of the stack change outcomes for the business and for the people it affects - and answers it with data rather than opinion. Method, period and sample are stated in every edition.
Figures are sourced in the body of each edition. Where an edition relies on third-party data, the origin is linked; where it relies on our own collection, the collection method is described.
Archive
3 earlier editions- 03The union email employers must send, and must not measureUnderstand employer obligations for union emails and the limits of employee engagement tracking and workplace monitoring.16 Oct 2026
- 02The job-category mapping nobody owns once the EEO-1 goesUnderstand job-category mapping, ownership, and employee data considerations surrounding EEO-1 reporting.25 Sep 2026
- 01AI agents in the HR record: the ownership question, in plain termsExplore the ownership questions surrounding AI agents in HR records, HCM systems, and HRIS platforms.4 Sep 2026
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