At the dawn of Artificial Intelligence (AI) era
This article first appeared in DNA India on 23rd Feb, 2017 Earlier this week I attended an interesting session on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computing organised by Microsoft. The highlight …
A topical example of sampling bias!
There is a classic Case study about the 1936 US presidential elections that pitted Alfred Landon against Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Literary Digest, one of the leading magazines of the …
How can Organizations assess the impact of policies and events on their employees?
Employee engagement has been shown to have a direct impact on multiple productivity outcomes. Organizations in this day and age spend a considerable amount of time, effort and resources in …
Can we understand the real-time mood of employees?
*image source: agile-trail.com Employee Engagement and Performance Outcomes There is extensive research that shows beyond doubt the correlation (dare I even say, causality?) between employee engagement and performance. A Gallup …
An HR date with Rev. Bayes!
At a recent analytics conference, I had a chance conversation regarding hiring the right people with a gentleman from a very large company. Amidst much whining on both sides about the …
Which community detection algorithm to use for organizational networks?
Anyone working with networks would have come across the familiar problem of which community detection algorithm to use. There are any number of different techniques to choose from and sometimes, …
10 Things I have learned as a new entrepreneur
It has been about 4-1/2 months since I started out on my entrepreneurial journey and I thought that I’d pen down my key learnings from the past few months. Hope …
