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Preconsortium Workshops
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025
Time
Workshops & Speakers
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Introduction to Explanatory Statistics and Modeling using R:
Keith McNulty, McKinsey & Company
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Storytelling with Data:
Nicole Lettich & Kenneth White
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Driving People Analytics ROI: Breaking Silos, Boosting Value:
Alexis Fink & Madhura Chakrabarti, People Analytics Success
Session Schedule
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025
Time
Sessions & Speakers
1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Welcome and Introduction
1:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Opening Keynote: Alexis Fink
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
Bridging Theory and Application in People Analytics
- Connecting Research and Practice in People Analytics: A Stakeholder Approach:
Fred Oswald, Rice University - Building Better Lay Theories Using People Analytics:
Sekou Bermiss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Bridging Data and Real-world Application
- Criticality of Small Data in a World of Big Data: Considerations for Application of Insights into Real-world Contexts:
Gloria Park, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine - From Data to Decision: Transforming Analytics into Action Through AI-Enhanced Communication:
Rob Stilson, HP, Inc.
4:00 - 4:15 p.m.
Break
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
Workplace Culture and Employee Voice
- The Synergy of Listening and Analytics: How to Transform Employee Voice into Organizational Intelligence:
Craig Starbuck, Chime - Transforming Culture:
Janxin Leu, KKR - Innovating in Uncertain and Resource-Constrained Environments:
David Meza, NASA
5:45 - 6:00 p.m.
Closing and Reflection
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Evening Reception
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Optional Networking Dinners
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
Time
Sessions & Speakers
7:45 - 8:00 a.m.
Opening
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Generative AI and the Evolving Workplace
- Generative AI at Work: Building Readiness and Systems for Strategic Impact:
Evan Sinar, Amazon - GenAI Adoption: Improving the Speed and Depth of Analytic Insights:
Pat Caputo, Meta - Employee AI Adoption and Connections to Thriving and Productivity:
Jon Peterson, Microsoft
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Break
9:45 - 11:15 a.m.
Cross-Sector and Industry Perspectives on Analytics Use (Part 1)
- Interdisciplinarity in People Analytics: Finding Common Languages:
Richard Landers, University of Minnesota - Market, Mental, and Mathematical Models: The Interplay of Economics, Psychology, and Mathematics in People Analytics:
Amit Mohindra, People Analytics Success & Alexis Fink - Customer Experience (CX) in Public Sector:
Speaker TBA
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cross-Sector and Industry Perspectives on Analytics Use (Part 2)
- What Can We Learn from the Integration of Analytics in Nonprofit, Government, and Private Sectors:
Kristin Saboe, Google - Grounding Nonprofit Services in Data:
Speaker TBA
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Data Integrity, Governance, and Visualization
- Increasing the Trustworthiness of AI:
Alexandra Dmytriw, ServiceNow - From Thinking to Knowing: The Importance of Using Multiple Data Sources:
Meisha-ann Martin, Workhuman - The Awesome Power of Graphs:
Keith McNulty, McKinsey & Company
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Using People Analytics to Drive Business Outcomes
- Driving Business Outcomes through People Analytics:
Emma Crockett, Atlassian - Leveraging Workforce Analytics to Drive Global Competitive Advantage in MNCs:
Mark Huselid, Northeastern University
4:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Final Closing