Human Capital Analytics: How to Harness the Potential of Your Organization's Greatest Asset

Acknowledgments

The work that is represented in this book is the result of tireless collaboration for seven years of an amazing team at Capital Analytics and decades of Dr. Jac’s work. It was a long time in coming, and a lot of people helped along the way. We would not be here today without the support of the Capital Analytics investors: Phil Buchanan, PhD; Barrie Trinkle; Joan Troy Ontjes, PhD; Dr. Andy Collins and Joey Colclough; and later on Reed Clevenger, Chris Hens, and Mike Wood. Thank you to our advisory board members, whose wisdom has helped us immensely: Sandy Costa; Steve Bistritz, PhD; Karen Jackson; Julia Gometz; Harold Stolovitch, PhD; Dean Spitzer, PhD; Diane Paces-Wiles; David Vance, PhD; and Hugh Wrigley.

After we put together the company with the help of the investors, we needed someone who completely understood the mind of the client. Bonnie Beresford was our client on the Chrysler projects and pushed us harder and drove us to better work than any client ever had. When we were ready to expand, she was the perfect choice to lead our client engagements and continues to be the person who understands how to realize value for the clients more than anyone else. (We were kind of hoping that once we hired her, she wouldn’t work us quite as hard, but alas, we should have seen that one coming.) The team that has joined us at Capital is really our dream team, and we would not trade them for anybody. Melissa Lewis; Lori Ches; Jenny Murnane, PhD; and John Zonneveld have contributed ...