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Directionally Correct is the #1 people analytics podcast in the world. Hosted by Cole Napper, the podcast dives into people analytics, workforce planning, behavioral science, and talent intelligence, helping leaders navigate the future of work with insight and a dash of fun. To find out more, check out colenapper.com
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Jun 30, 2024 • 1h 11min
#96 - Cole and Scott - Giving Presentations, Scott's New R Package, & Trading Blows Nerdery
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Scott's new R package "ScottyHines": https://github.com/scottyhines/scottyhines
Moving off the map: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/orsc.2018.1277?journalCode=orsc
ChatGPT hasn't impacted Wikipedia: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.10205
Should you be polite to LLMs: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.14531
Don't expect juniors to teach senior professionals to use AI: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4857373
The fragmentation of psychological sciences: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zoeziani_science-psychologicalscience-research-activity-7191828812651765760-dIbQ/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Bayer gets ride of all middle management and moves to self-directed teams: https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/11/pharmaceutical-giant-bayer-ceo-bill-anderson-rid-bosses-staff-self-organize-save-2-billion/
HBR seminal article on ONA/relational analytics: https://hbr.org/2018/11/better-people-analytics
White collar job recession: https://www.businessinsider.com/hiring-slump-professional-white-collar-jobs-recession-high-salary-2024-4
10K research papers retracted in 2023, new record: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew-akbashev_research-science-activity-7199364033098006529-nKGe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Jun 23, 2024 • 1h 14min
#95 - Dr. Shuba Gopal - Computational Biology Helps People Analytics with Small Samples & More
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The Phoenix and The Dragon: https://directionallycorrectnews.substack.com/p/the-phoenix-and-the-dragon?r=ybtwi
Let's Talk about the B in DEIB: https://directionallycorrectnews.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-the-b-in-deib?r=ybtwi
Shuba's Wharton PA Presentation on Pay Equity: https://youtu.be/K0f3CmWDqD0?si=CKka5MKxRg3gD88M
Understanding the onset of hot streaks across careers: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25477-8
ACLU says Aon AI tools are discriminatory: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-30/aclu-says-in-ftc-complaint-that-aon-s-ai-tools-discriminatory
Testing theory of mind in LLMs and humans: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01882-z

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Jun 16, 2024 • 1h 3min
#94 - Kevin Oakes - 2024 People Analytics Predictions from i4cp & Culture Analysis Deep Dive
Kevin Oakes from i4CP discusses 2024 predictions in people analytics with a focus on AI, culture, and organizational success. The podcast explores the link between income and well-being, challenges of entrepreneurship, and the importance of HR expertise in AI strategy.

Jun 9, 2024 • 1h 11min
#93 - Ron Hetrick - Who's Going To Do The Work, Demographic Drought, & The Jobs Mismatch
Guest Ron Hetrick discusses workforce issues, demographic trends, talent data, labor shortages, and demographic challenges. The podcast also covers AI advancements, impact of professors on research, and insightful economic analysis mixed with personal anecdotes.

May 26, 2024 • 1h 14min
#92 - Dr. Serena Huang - Modern Careers in People Analytics & GenAI Training Classes
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Shall we serve the Dark Lords? A meta-analytic review of psychopathy and leadership: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/apl-apl0000357.pdf
Email is more efficient than slack - Change my mind: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kozyrkov_sponsored-activity-7186064387772706816-qyu5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
The most valuable career advice isn't what you'd expect: https://open.substack.com/pub/vinvashishta/p/my-most-valuable-career-advice-isnt?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

May 12, 2024 • 1h 22min
#91 - Cole and Scott - Skills You Should Know, Job Searches, & Overlooked Articles
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Map of famous people lives:
https://twitter.com/rainmaker1973/status/1761399141689704897/photo/1
Theory is all you need: AI, Human Cognition, and Decision Making:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4737265
Economic Value of Tiger Woods:
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mksc.1120.0760?journalCode=mksc
Why every leader needs to worry about toxic culture:
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-every-leader-needs-to-worry-about-toxic-culture/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sm-direct
AI poisoning could turn open models into "sleeper agents":
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/01/ai-poisoning-could-turn-open-models-into-destructive-sleeper-agents-says-anthropic/
Zombie leadership - Dead ideas that still walk amongst us:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984323000966?via%3Dihub

May 5, 2024 • 60min
#90 - LIVE from SIOP 2024 - Special Returning Guests: Anthony Ferreras, Amy Stevenson, Rob Stilson, Emily Pelosi, Kelsie Colley
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Prediction all of life: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43588-023-00573-5
Rethinking the Dunning-Kruger effect - Negligible influence on a limited segment of the population: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289624000242
LLMs are capable of doing regression and machine learning: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/emollick_this-is-kind-of-nuts-our-results-demonstrate-activity-7184395264420401152-daZ0/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Apr 28, 2024 • 1h 3min
#89 - Dr. Matthew Jackson - Power, Game Theory, & Networks as a Different Kind of Influence
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The psychology behind always sitting in the same seat: https://qz.com/1349508/the-psychology-behind-why-you-always-want-to-sit-in-the-same-seat
Pandemic dreams: ONA of dream content during covid: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573961/full
Vendor offering citations for purchase: https://www.science.org/content/article/vendor-offering-citations-purchase-latest-bad-actor-scholarly-publishing?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&et_rid=689109562&et_cid=5113287
Do AI bots act similarly to humans: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313925121
Social capital measurement and associations with economic mobility: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04996-4

Apr 21, 2024 • 1h 13min
#88 - Drs. Harold Goldstein & Charles Scherbaum - NFL Draft Player Performance Assessment
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The impact of football on academic achievement: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775714000806
Cheers vs Jeers: Effects of Audience Feedback on Individual Athletic Performance: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/L-Epting/publication/281766861_Cheers_vs_Jeers_Effects_of_audience_feedback_on_individual_athletic_performance/links/56b22c9208ae795dd5c7a490/Cheers-vs-Jeers-Effects-of-audience-feedback-on-individual-athletic-performance.pdf
What will people do after they get their PhDs: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17470218241236144
Preview of the NFL PAT 2023 Review of Results: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c3b3e19eb6&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1796095206673339613&th=18ed0313088bd4dd&view=att&disp=inline

Apr 14, 2024 • 1h 12min
#87 - Dr. Alan Colquitt - Is Performance Management Fine, Or Rotten To The Core?
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The Finer Details - The Predictability of Life Outcomes: https://www.colby.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Stewart_et_al_2022.pdf
37% of British Workers Think Their Job is Meaningless: https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/13005-british-jobs-meaningless?redirect_from=%2Ftopics%2Fsociety%2Farticles-reports%2F2015%2F08%2F12%2Fbritish-jobs-meaningless
Organizations Want to Abandon Performance Appraisal, Should They? https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kevin-Murphy-54/publication/312588967_Organizations_want_to_abandon_performance_appraisal_Can_they_Should_They/links/64f28b87fa851147de0a37d5/Organizations-want-to-abandon-performance-appraisal-Can-they-Should-They.pdf