Accelerating DE&I through use of data – How Grundfos started their journey towards 2025

In 2019 Q3 and Q4 Grundfos started laying the cornerstones for the next ambitious DE&I journey. Teaming up with Boston Consulting Group, Grundfos made an internal (quantitative) diagnostic of the last 4 years back in time looking into representation numbers (diversity), and (qualitative) surveying the whole organization. Specific focus groups/miniority groups/priority groups were identified. Also, Equity measures on attrition, promotion and hiring were made going the step further to utilize data. Both internal and external data was used to set benchmarks- decided by the newly established DE&I Council in Grundfos.  

• It’s about getting started instead of doing nothing
• To succeed with a DE&I strategy one must invest in it
• Let the employee be a part of the journey; Create Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

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Jacob Nielsen – Senior People Analytics Specialist | Grundfos

Jacob has been working with People Analytics since 2019 when he joined Grundfos’ People Analytics team. Since that time, he has been on a steep career journey and is today acting as their Senior People Analytics Specialist from Grundfos’ Headquarter in Bjerringbro, Denmark.  Through the years Jacob has gained huge experience within the field and has elevated the use of data for insights and decision-making in the HR Function. Examples of projects Jacob has been involved with: – Turnover Analyses – DE&I Analysis and Diagnostics – Employee Motivation Survey – Organisational Network Analysis – Stress Analysis – Pay gap analysis Jacob holds a Master’s in Business Intelligence (BI) from Aarhus University, Denmark and brings techniques from the BI world into use with people data. Alongside the work in Grundfos Jacob is a member of a few advisory boards and he is passionate about spreading the potential that People Analytics brings to the business. He actively contributes to the future career development of students and interns within the field of People Analytics in Grundfos.