2pm Thursday 26th March 2026
HR teams are being asked to deliver greater impact with fewer resources. This practical session is designed to help you move beyond instinct and start using workforce data to make faster, smarter decisions that drive real business results.
Led by Dr. Adena White, Market Intelligence Manager at HiBob, this session blends behavioral science with business strategy to make people data practical and powerful. Holding a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and an MBA, Adena specialises in turning complex workforce data into clear, compelling stories that help HR teams make confident, evidence-based decisions.
Perfect for HR professionals in small and growing businesses, this session will equip you with clear frameworks and practical guidance to turn insight into influence without getting lost in statistics.
You will learn how to:
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- Strengthen your data fluency to help you make better use of AI tools and gain leadership buy-in
- Build a data-informed HR approach
- Understand the story behind key metrics such as engagement, retention, and training ROI
- Learn how to confidently demonstrate how HR contributes to business performance
Guest: Adena White, Market Intelligence Manager at HiBob
Dr. Adena White, Ph.D., is the Market Insights Manager at HiBob, where she transforms research on HR tech, wellbeing, and workplace trends into insights and stories that inspire better work. She’s endlessly curious about the sweet spot where work, happiness, and technology meet. Outside of work, you’ll usually find her trying out new recipes or having dance parties in the kitchen with her kids (or both).
Host: James Marsh
James is an organisational learning and development specialist and has worked as an HR manager, consultant, in-house recruiter and trainer with expertise in both management strategy and HR policies and processes. A former editor of HRreview, James then spent seven years at specialist retailer Planet Organic as the architect of their learning strategy and apprenticeship programmes before moving to Guardian News Media in June 2022. He has continued to work closely with HRreview as a podcast presenter and the regular chairperson of their award winning webinar series, InsideHR.
