When it comes to People Analytics, the most valuable tool is one that lets you to ask the right questions and explore solutions. Canned insights can't answer the real questions you need to answer. Recently, during a demo with a prospective client, a question came up that perfectly illustrates how One Model is a platform built for problem-solving rather than just offering irrelevant canned insights.
The Situation: A Forecasting Challenge
The scenario began with a focus on Female Representation metrics, specifically forecasting whether the organization was on track to meet its diversity targets for women. The forecast feature showed trends for different job levels, and while representation looked promising for some levels, there was a noticeable downward trend for the executive level. Naturally, the prospect wanted to know: Why is this happening?
This was not a question with an easy, pre-packaged answer. Instead, it required a deeper dive into the data—an approach that highlights One Model's value as a tool for discovery and insight generation.
Digging Deeper: How We Tackled the Problem
To address the question, we demonstrated how to use filters and visualizations to isolate and explore the data. Here's how it unfolded:
- Applying Filters: We filtered the data by job level and gender to focus specifically on female executives. From there, we looked at key metrics like net hiring trends and termination rates.
- Identifying Patterns: The data revealed a significant drop in representation between 2023 and 2024, which appeared dramatic due to the auto-scaling of the graph.
- Exploring Causes: By clicking through different visualizations, we identified that termination rates, particularly "other" terminations, were higher than expected. Using One Model's hotspot maps, we further pinpointed the specific business unit and region where the issue was most acute.
- Forming Hypotheses: Using this information, we leveraged One Model's built-in predictive AI capabilities to identify potential turnover drivers and develop actionable insights.
Flexibility Matters
This scenario underscores something critical about One Model: We don’t solve all your problems; we give you the tools to solve them.
Other platforms that rely on rigid, canned use cases might struggle in this situation; no solution can offer pre-built analyses for all possible scenarios. Without a pre-built guide addressing their specific issue in this specific organization, the user will hit a wall. One Model, by contrast, enables users to dynamically filter, explore, and analyze data to uncover answers.
Why This is Critical for People Analytics
This scenario demonstrates the real-world challenges of People Analytics. Insights are rarely handed to you on a silver platter. Instead, they require a combination of curiosity, exploration, and judgment —qualities not even AI will bring to the table. While some HRBP-level professionals might not engage in this level of analysis, advanced People Analytics practitioners understand that solving complex, niche problems—like representation trends at a specific level—requires more than surface-level data.
The One Model Advantage
Here’s why One Model is different:
- Speed: Because One Model creates a unified single source of truth for your organization, you can explore complex interactions without having to manually manipulate data, saving you time.
- Flexibility: You’re not limited to prebuilt Storyboards or canned content. You can adapt and dig into unique questions in real-time, even in situations where you need to create new metrics to explore an issue.
- Depth of Insights: By enabling dynamic exploration, One Model allows for nuanced and complete answers that out-of-the-box solutions can’t deliver.
The takeaway from this use case is simple: Good insights require effort. Platforms that promise quick, prebuilt solutions often oversimplify problems or deliver incomplete answers. One Model’s strength lies in empowering users to dig deeper and uncover real insights—even when the questions are complex.
With One Model, you’re not just using a People Analytics platform—you’re solving real problems.
