Kristin Saling, Author of Data-Driven Talent Management: Using Analytics to Improve Employee Experience

The bluEPrint by Executive Platforms

In today’s episode we speak with Colonel Kristin Saling, currently serving as the Acting Director of Army People Analytics in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower & Reserve Affairs.
A US Army engineer who did two deployments in Iraq, in 2016 Kristin was assigned to apply a data scientist’s tools and training to better understand the Army’s million-plus employees. Eight years later, she has written a book that every HR executive and senior leader of a Fortune 500 company can find value in reading. How should HR professionals really use data analytics and AI tools at scale to improve their employee experience and talent management? In this conversation we answer that question from the perspective of someone who came to that issue as an expert in data analytics first who found success applying her expertise to some of the biggest challenges and opportunities Human Resources leaders face in this space. For all this and more, given this episode a listen!
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Col. Kristin Saling
Acting Director of Army People Analytics
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower & Reserve Affairs
Author of Data-Driven Talent Management: Using Analytics to Improve Employee Experience
Kris is a Colonel in the US Army who is currently serving as the Acting Director of Army People Analytics in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower & Reserve Affairs. In this office she is responsible for developing, managing, and synchronizing the Army’s strategy, policy, and research in people analytics and talent management. She is a graduate from the United States Military Academy who served as an engineer officer for twelve years, including two deployments to Iraq, before serving as the chief analytics officer for the Army Talent Management Task Force.
She is also the author of Data-Driven Talent Management: Using Analytics to Improve Employee Experience.