In today's disruptive and unpredictable business environment, efficiently and proactively managing the Human Resources (HR) function has never been more important. HR's business partners are demanding more insights and more strategic partnering. Concurrent to this, the way that people are working is constantly changing and evolving – career paths take different twists and turns, remote working changes group dynamics, new skillsets like AI and machine learning are in high demand, automation requires workers to be retrained on new skills and there is intense competition for attracting and retaining top talent. In short, these are challenging and exciting times for HR professionals and data and analytics are critical to success in this new world.