ONA - organizational network analysis - is becoming an important topic for HR-technology. Simply put, ONA provides insight into how organizations really function. Embedding ONA capability has the potential to enable employers and employees to organize themselves more effectively, communicate more impactfully, and to lead their companies forward.

1. ML Lab 2.0
5th Feb 2019
Freiburg
Like never before.
Organizational Network Analysis

2. Enable Employees to be known for their work!
Reduce social hierarchy in organizations!
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Our Purpose

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We prototyped two solutions:
1. Improving corporate communication
2. Revealing Talents and Influencers

4. How we did it?
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5. 1. Improving corporate communication
(network-based)
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1736 1954 1985
Historical Context

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Enron
Emails
CSV
PST
Reconstruct
Enron
Exchange
Server
Exchange
API
Relational
Database
Graph
Theory
Metrics
(python)
Business
Logic
UI
AWS
Simplified Steps
9 weeks

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Graph
Theory
Metrics
(python)
Business
Logic
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Graph
Theory
Metrics
(python)
Business
Logic
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Authorities
Betweenness Centrality (1977)
Communicability
Dispersion (2013)
Louvain Communities (2008)
Edge Betweenness
Eigen Centrality
Transitivity
Flow Betweenness
Hubs
Page Rank
Leadership Score
What-If Employee Analysis
Leadership Peer Communication
Internal Succession Planning
Communication Clusters
Employee Communication Risk
Role-model Score
Communication Crisis
Communication Contributors
Management Score
Go-To Influencers
Organizational Network AnalysisGraph Theory

10. Meet Maria
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• Hard-working
• Competent
• Ambitious
• Punctual
• Reliable
Maria wants to make an impact!

11. To make an impact
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Who should she talk to?
John AnaMarkLaura

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Maria Alcaine
PeopleOS

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ONA Flow
1. Maria is in top 25% in Hubs Algorithm
2. Maria is not in top 25% in Eigen Centrality
3. Maria has Edge Betweenness with up to three of
top 25% of Eigen Centrality (Influencers)
4. Maria’s Communication Cluster contains
Influencers at middle or bottom of her list.
5. Identify 2 colleagues from Influencers’ joint
communication cluster
6. Suggest Mark and John
Laura
Influencer
Influencer
Maria
John
Mark

14. 2. Revealing Talents and Influencers
(content-based)
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