Nadeem Khan is a business author, keynote speaker, futurist, leadership coach and consultant in organizational strategy, digital transformation and the future of work. Over the past decade, he has advised and worked with many of the world's best known organizations including Coca-Cola, Goeth Institut, Avery Dennison, PARCO and Avari International Hotels on improving business performance through their people.
Born in Pakistan and brought up in the UK, Nadeem received his initial education in Scotland. After returning to Pakistan, he received his MBA from the Institute of Business Management and qualified as an academic to kick start his career in academia and subsequently ventured into organizational development consulting. Nadeem was later awarded a scholarship by the Department of Leadership & Management at Lancaster University to take up a master's program in Human Resources & Consulting. At Lancaster, Nadeem's research interests were focused on understanding the importance of human capital analytics to improve organisational performance which culminated with a distinction. Nadeem resides in England with his family and has since been part of several globally recognised initiatives that are revolutionising HR, people management and the future of work.
A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and advance level 7 post graduate diploma holder in human resource development, Nadeem is a regular contributor to People Management magazine, The UK Domain and LinkedIn. He is an instructor and trainer for AIHR Academy, MBL Seminars and the North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce. Nadeem also dedicates his time as a mentor to Lancaster University's career mentoring programme. With the ambition to transform HR, Nadeem turned down his offer for a PhD and took up the baton to contribute towards the global HR community by joining hands with Dave to create this book and lead HR into the future. Currently, he is the managing director at Optimizhr Ltd. - a data and people analytics solution provider offering services that amplify and align organizational strategy with capability towards business optimization.

Chapter - 00: Introducing the framework; Section - Part One: Context for change; Chapter - 01: Redefining HR: The context for change; Chapter - 02: The age of data and people analytics; Section - Part Two: Making the shift to a data-based approach; Chapter - 03: The commercial HR mindset; Chapter - 04: Developing new ways of working; Chapter - 05: Working with data; Section - Part Three: People analytics delivering value; Chapter - 06: A people analytics framework: Laying the foundations through metrics, reporting and core analytical activity; Chapter - 07: A people analytics framework: Identifying business insights from analytics; Chapter - 08: Delivering people analytics projects; Section - Part Four: Looking to the future; Chapter - 09: How to be more data-driven and people analytics-focused; Chapter - 10: The road ahead: Turning intent into tomorrow's people function through people analytics;