Description

During this session, Emily Adams and Laura Brooks Dueland will map common workforce challenges to the appropriate data sources, providing attendees with a practical approach to integrating HRIS, employee feedback, and SME input to drive meaningful outcomes. By showcasing the power of triangulation, they will illustrate how organizations can unlock employee performance potential while making data-driven decisions that serve both employees and business objectives. This session will highlight the significance of integrating multiple sources of people data to create policies that foster employee empowerment. By using a data-driven approach that prioritizes employee voice, organizations can create solutions that not only remove barriers but elevate workforce engagement, inclusion, and overall business success. 

Emily Adams and Laura Brooks Dueland Bio

Dr. Laura Brooks Dueland and Dr. Emily Adams co-founded Inclusion Analytics. Both Laura and Emily earned doctorates in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. It was there that Laura and Emily discovered they had complementary skill sets and learned just how well they worked together. Their academic collaboration launched the theoretical and technical frameworks that became the foundation of their business.

Before founding Inclusion Analytics, Laura worked as a consultant on topics ranging from healthcare compensation to personality assessments for selection and developmental coaching. Today, Laura uses the compensation and client-facing experiences she gained in previous consulting roles to lead pay equity studies, design assessments, and head up client relations at Inclusion Analytics.

 In her prior roles, Emily leveraged data analytics to drive change in post-secondary education administration, juvenile justice system reform, and behavioral health workforce development. Her data analytics expertise makes her a natural fit for leading data visualization, back-end analytics, and operations at Inclusion Analytics.

Together, Emily and Laura have developed assessments targeting organizational policies and employee perceptions. These tools have been used by more than 100 companies across industries and sectors, from small non-profits to international technology companies.