Laying the groundwork for powerful HR dashboards
A data readiness imperative In today’s business environment, organisations are under increasing pressure to make data-driven decisions about their employees. The rise of people analytics has brought dashboards to the forefront – tools that promise real-time insights into workforce trends, engagement, retention, and performance. Many organisations are discovering that the journey to gaining real insight […]
Cracking the first mile of HR people data
A data readiness imperative Organisations all want to harness people data. We all know how crucial it is to get the most out of what we’ve already got – and what we’ll collect in the future. But many of our clients, contacts and friends in the HR field get stuck before they even open Power BI […]
Are you really learning from your leavers?
When someone leaves your organisation, does your exit process uncover what matters or just record what’s convenient? Many organisations collect leaver feedback hoping to improve retention, yet the insight often stops at surface level. Questions get asked, data gets stored, but little changes. At Enable-HR, we’ve seen how leaver feedback can become one of the […]
HR teams don’t need more AI tools – they need a place to start
A recent (and in my view excellent) Harvard Business Review article by Herminia Ibarra and Michael Jacobides, explored why so many companies still struggle to capture real value from AI. Their point isn’t about the technology itself – it is that leaders rarely redesign how their organisations actually work. That feels especially true in HR. Many […]
Employee Retention: How to Keep the Best People
Employee retention is a perennial and often critical issue for HR departments. The challenges of keeping top talent seem to be more complex than ever before. Retaining skilled employees is still not just about offering attractive salaries. That, of course, has always only been part of the mix! It requires a holistic approach that addresses […]
It all starts with getting the data right
Bringing people data together into one clear, reliable dashboard is achievable. It starts with getting the data right. Most organisations already have the data, spread across HRIS, recruitment, engagement and performance systems. The challenge is not access, it is getting it into good enough shape to use. If the data going in is inconsistent, incomplete […]
More HR data hasn’t made HR clearer
One pattern I’ve noticed recently is HR teams today have more data than ever: More dashboards More metrics More workforce insight And yet clarity and action have not increased at the same pace. That is not because the data is wrong, or because teams lack capability. In many cases, it is because the starting […]
A quieter truth about AI adoption
The leadership and governance questions shaping responsible AI use I read a piece in the Hacking HR newsletter recently that’s stayed with me. It argued that AI adoption is no longer really a technology challenge. It is a governance challenge. The more I’ve reflected on that, the more it matches with what we’re seeing with […]
If your HR function hasn’t started on AI yet, you’re not alone
There’s a lot of commentary at the moment suggesting we’re in the “messy middle” of AI adoption in HR. Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in their late 2025 paper Unlocking Impact from GenAI and Agentic AI, describe the current phase as one of high opportunity but uncertain impact – organisations experimenting and still working out where […]
The future of work is a partnership with AI
Many conversations about AI in HR still centre on tools, automation and efficiency. However, that framing misses the more interesting shift. This is not primarily about technology – it is about how work itself is being rebuilt. Current thinking increasingly describes the future of work as a partnership between human judgement and AI capability. It’s […]