

Kate Marks
Head of People Insights and Analytics
easyJet
Shivaprasad Nayak
Head of Enterprise Data, Analytics and AI Architecture
easyJet
In this joint case study, Kate Marks and Shiv Nasak will reveal how easyJet unifies people-focused insights with the airline’s broader analytics ecosystem. Attendees will learn how the team maintains a lean, agile approach to scaling analytics, ensuring that information is quickly available to frontline managers under intense operational pressures. From building organisational capability and “democratising” data, to anticipating future workforce demands in a highly competitive environment, the speakers will show how integrating HR analytics with wider data tools drives tangible business outcomes—keeping flight operations both cost-effective and resilient.
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Joint Analytics Foundations: Ensuring alignment between people analytics and the wider data ecosystem
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Lean Governance Structures: Balancing governance with the speed required by operational teams
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Enabling Fast Decisions: “Democratising” access to data while maintaining integrity and compliance
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HR Data Collaboration Models: Showcasing the “triangle” concept and other cross-functional frameworks
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Tackling Complexity: Managing short-term operational demands alongside strategic workforce planning
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Tracking Core Metrics: Linking staff ratios, roster stability and cost measures to business performance
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Capability Building: Developing analytical skills across both HR and non-HR functions.
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Discover how a dual HR-data leadership model accelerates analytics adoption in a demanding environment
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Learn practical tactics for integrating people data into the broader enterprise analytics toolkit
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Understand how to maintain lean governance and efficient decision-making under strict cost pressures
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Gain strategies for balancing immediate operational needs with long-term workforce imperatives.
A low-cost airline’s success depends on near-flawless operational delivery, particularly under regulatory, market and budget constraints. easyJet’s approach to analytics demonstrates how aligning people metrics with enterprise data—covering everything from pilot rosters to engineering labour models—can help manage everyday risks and enable long-term workforce planning. By forging strong links between HR and core data teams, easyJet ensures that information is trustworthy, readily accessible and able to guide decisions in a tightly regulated, cost-sensitive sector.