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AI and the Future of Work
4 min readJan 7, 2019

AI in HR and the Future of Work

Welcome to this week’s HR and the Future of Work update from your HR team at CognitionX.

This week we look at:

  • How AI tools are being used to unearth hidden candidates
  • How Daimler is using graph databases and ONA to understand agile org structures
  • Nine charts that show how fast AI is growing and where there is a diversity gap in AI
  • How AI is being used for knowledge sharing across organisations

We’ll be taking the next two weeks off but will be back in the New Year with all the latest AI in HR news. We hope you have a great break and see you in 2019.

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AI for Hiring

AI as talent scout: Unorthodox hires and maybe lower pay

Interesting article in the NY Times on using AI to match workers to jobs and how startups like Eightfold.ai are using AI to unearth hidden candidates based on more than just CV data or job titles. The article also explores the concerns of using algorithms for hiring, the challenges that still exist around trying to accurately measure employee performance, and using that data to influence selection decisions.

Graph Databases

Daimler drives new HR insights with graph database technology

Daimler is using technology to help its HR team better understand its constantly changing corporate structure and reporting lines as the company moves to agile teams or ‘swarms’ to speed up decision-making and empower staff. A swarm is typically an interdisciplinary team, assembled temporarily to carry out a particular project and then disbanded.

However, working in this way has increased the importance of having up-to-date HR data on changing org structures and shifting reporting lines, so the HR team has deployed a graph database tool (from Neo4j) to provide real-time insights across the org on how people are working together.

AI Adoption

Why companies that wait to adopt AI may never catch up

HBR article discussing the fact that although a lot of companies have already adopted AI, there are many that are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise in AI to become more widely available. They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies, but this article argues is a tactic that won’t work for AI, due to the need to tailor and configure the tool to your business.

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Diversity in AI

Nine charts that really bring home just how fast AI is growing

With so much hype surrounding artificial intelligence today, it can be difficult to know where things actually stand. Fortunately, a new report issued by a group of AI policy researchers collates a range of data that helps capture the state of the AI boom.

Key takeaways include the dizzying levels of investment being poured into AI, as well as data on the inadequate number of women and racial minorities in AI research. The report shows a shortage of women among applicants for AI-related jobs (below) and as a percentage of people in AI teaching roles.

Knowledge Management

AI-powered knowledge-sharing platform Guru raises $25 million Series B

Guru, the enterprise-focused information-sharing platform, has announced the close of a $25 million Series B funding round. The tool helps revenue and customer service teams to access relevant company information without needing to search for it first. In addition to its customer service offering, Guru also has plans to expand its product into other areas of company knowledge management, including HR and IT.

Data Literacy

How HR can drive data literacy in their organisations

This article looks at the importance of data literacy and the three ways HR can contribute to building a data literate culture, including future-proofing employee skills and investing in training.

CognitionX Research

How is AI changing candidate souring?

Tightening labour markets and shortening employee life-cycles, candidate sourcing becoming a new HR challenge.

With the growth of passive candidate sourcing due to platforms like LinkedIn, recruiters’ time is now being spent searching for likely candidates and contacting them. AI-technology is helping both recruiting departments and businesses identify and engage with the talent that has the right skills and is likely to be open to offers.

This report looks at the changes in the market and the technologies that are driving them, with an in-depth look at leading products including: Arya by Leoforce, Avrio, Entelo, and HiringSolved.

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