I have argued over the past decade that the Human Resources (HR) function has the potential to become one of the leaders in analytics. The key word, I thought, was potential. Not anymore. A recent global survey on which I collaborated with Oracle suggests that HR is right up there with the most analytical functions in business — and even a bit ahead of a quantitatively-oriented function like Finance. Many HR departments are making use of advanced analytical methods like predictive and prescriptive models, and even artificial intelligence.