From Analytics to Value: Empowering People Analytics to Drive Workforce Strategy
Turning workforce insights into enterprise action with the Tree of Value
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Track
Impact
People analytics teams often generate valuable insights but struggle to drive enterprise decisions. This session introduces the Tree of Value framework, showing how to connect analytics to business outcomes that matter – such as retention, mobility, and innovation. Discover practical ways to influence CHROs, planners, and business leaders by presenting workforce insights in their language, strengthening people analytics’ role as a strategic advisor.
This session will explore
- Introducing the Tree of Value as a framework for people analytics teams.
- Translating workforce insights into strategies that influence business leaders.
- Building business cases in job architecture, mobility, and pay equity.
- Linking analytics directly to measurable outcomes like retention and innovation.
Learning objectives
- Apply the Tree of Value to frame analytics for decision influence.
- Show measurable impact of people insights on retention, hiring, and innovation.
- Engage CHROs and leaders by presenting data in their business language.
- Strengthen the role of people analytics as a trusted enterprise advisor.
Cole Napper
VP of Research · Lightcast
Why this is on the agenda
Organisations face rising pressure to link people analytics directly to workforce and business results. Senior leaders demand evidence that data-driven insights improve hiring, retention, and innovation. Without a clear framework to prove this value, people analytics teams risk being sidelined as reporting functions. This session addresses that strategic imperative.