This podcast episode features Ashish Pant, Global Head of People Analytics and Data at Novartis, who discusses the journey of building a data-driven People Analytics function at Novartis. He highlights the key milestones and phases of this journey, including the focus on identifying critical business problems, scaling up solutions, and embedding People Insight Partner roles in each business unit. The episode also explores the role of People Analytics in supporting a major organizational transformation at Novartis and the key metrics used to measure its success. Additionally, the episode emphasizes the importance of integrating behavioral science into a people analytics team and the future evolution of the team structure.