strong>Five Links: Visualization
This weeks links focus on visualization (2), Innovation, Viral Marketing and Organizational Adoption of Analytics. The common thread is the future of HR. In order to communicate the onruch of human capital data, HR Departments will have to master visualization. This week’s links look at the graphic side of the question. Coming soon, the narrative visualization toolset.
Over and over again, the trick to next generation visibility and management is a better grasp of how communications flow. Crap detection and reasonable expectations set the stage. Clear thinking about whose ox is being gored, who wins and who loses in any change tells you everything about how well it will be adopted.
Balancing the need to shed assumptions with the need to understand them is central to effective evolution in our industry.
- Visualizing Data
Extraordinary resource for people leaning about and staying abreast of visualization trends and examples. Each month, Andy Kirk (the curator) publishes a best of the visualization web for the past month. Here’s January. - How Seemingly Irrelevant Ideas Lead To Innovation
“At Reebok, the cushioning in a best-selling basketball shoe reflects technology borrowed from intravenous fluid bags. Semiconductor firm Qualcomm’s revolutionary color display technology is rooted in the microstructures of the Morpho butterfly’s wings. And at IDEO, developers designed a leak-proof water bottle using the technology from a shampoo bottle top.” - Is Viral Marketing a Myth?
This piece from MIT’s Sloan School suggests that wildly viral behavior is hard to produce bu that 20% growth can be readily achieved. - The Real Reason Organizations Resist Analytics
The more data and analytics, the more managers are held responsible for shortfalls. Where’s the win in that? - The Why Axis.
A colection of pieces about really great visualizations. Follow this project if you want to understand how the discipline is evolving.
Events, Happenings and New Resources
- State of Talent Mangers Report: From HRExaminer Editorial Advisory Board member Marc Effron’s New Talent Management Network comes this study of the aptitudes, attitudes and perceptions of over 700 talent managers.
- HRExaminer Radio: Industry News and Commentary. Fridays @ 11AMPST (2PMEST)
- March 1: Kevin Marasco
- March 8: Chris Murdock
- March 15: Lars Schmidt
- HRTech Europe: Spring Warmup: (London, March 19-20, 2013) Sumser on Where Ideas Come From and a half day of Cutting Edge HR
- NeuroGaming 2012 Conference: (San Francisco, May 1-2, 2013) The place to learn about human-sensor integration
- Social Recruiting Strategies Conference: (Chicago, July 23-25) Sumser Keynote
- HR Technology Conference: (Las Vegas, Oct. 7-9, 2013) HRTech is the industry’s town hall. See Bill Kutik and Steve Boese shine.