HR People Pod – Ep 46: Measuring culture, driving performance – with Hani Nabeel

Hani Nabeel's Culture Analytics presents a data-driven framework for turning organisational culture from a vague concept into measurable behaviours that link to business outcomes. Drawing on large-scale behavioural studies and psychometric methods, the book explains how to identify critical cultural behaviours, connect them to performance, and design targeted interventions. It emphasises measuring both individual behaviours and the environmental cues that shape them, and shows how to prioritise leading indicators rather than relying solely on lagging metrics like engagement. The book offers practical diagnostics and examples for HR and leaders to design culture intentionally, improve capability, opportunity and motivation, and sustain change. It aims to bridge academic rigour and practitioner needs, making culture actionable through analytics.

The story revolves around Morgan Snow, a career sex therapist at the Butterfield Institute, who becomes entangled in a murder investigation when one of her clients, Cleo Thane, an expensive call girl, goes missing. NYPD detective Noah Jordain seeks Morgan's advice, and as the investigation unfolds, Morgan finds herself dressing as a call girl to get close to the suspects. The plot involves ritualistic murders, a tell-all biography, and a complex web of powerful men with motives to kill Cleo. The novel explores themes of dual identities and the blurred lines between therapy and prostitution.