What Network Analysis Can Teach You About Human Resources

Network analysis is a technique that can be used to study relationships among people. It’s used in many fields, including marketing, social sciences, and biology. I’ve always been interested in the ways that network analysis can help us understand human behavior, so when I discovered how much it relates to human resources (HR), I was very excited! After all, HR is all about understanding people’s relationships with each other—and understanding how these relationships affect outcomes like employee engagement or turnover rates would be hugely useful for anyone working in this field. As an HR professional myself and someone who loves learning about both technology and psychology (two things that are often at odds with one another), I thought it would be fun to explore this topic further by interviewing experts on both sides of the equation: tech pros who have helped build tools using network analysis techniques as well as …