With People Analytics, a future field of human resource management is being broken down for the first time through a holistic and concrete application example, making it usable for traditional organizations. "Our employees are our greatest asset!" - this phrase, which sometimes sounds unbelievable in companies, is fundamentally different in professional football. The significance of the players for the overall organization is enormous. Therefore, in football, strategies are already being employed today that exist in science only as theoretical sketches and in traditional HR departments as vague concepts. The editors, Ralf Lanwehr, is a professor of business administration at FH Südwestfalen. He focuses on the effects of increasing quantification, digitalization, and informatization on the leadership, culture, and strategy of companies. Jan Maye.