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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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Apr 7, 2024 • 56min
#86 - Cole and Scott - Prepping for SIOP 2024, Yacht Rock, & Zombie Deer
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4th Wave of People Analytics: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15344843231207220
The High Performer Hedonic Treadmill: https://bigthink.com/smart-skills/happy-high-performer-hedonic-treadmill/
AI Generates Better Ideas than Students: https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1685717651262201856?s=20
Workplace Ostracism is More Distressing than Harassment: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/minds-business/workplace-ostracism-more-distressing-than-harassment.html
Zombie Deer are Coming for Us: https://x.com/stillgray/status/1739620328392016268?s=20

Mar 31, 2024 • 1h 6min
#85 - Dr. Jennifer Diamond Acosta - Job Skills & Upskilling When AI Is Coming For You
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How citations effect how papers are read: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733322000129#:~:text=A%20paper%27s%20quality%20is%20also,and%20later%20in%20their%20lifetimes.
Exploring the relationship between video game performance and fluid intelligence: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0186621
Person-organization fit theory research and conundrums: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/peps.12581
2nd Time we covered the is the juice worth the squeeze Marc Effron article: https://talentstrategygroup.com/is-the-juice-worth-the-squeeze/

Mar 17, 2024 • 1h 10min
#84 - Dr. Nathan Carter - Causal Attitude Networks & The Octopus Murders
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College consumption and academic behavior: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30481/w30481.pdf
The cost of knowledge: https://people.tamu.edu/~yonghongan/The_Cost_of_Knowledge.pdf
Peer reviewer crisis: https://paulspector.com/a-peer-reviewer-crisis-in-the-organizational-sciences/
Using causal network analysis: https://psycnet.apa.org/manuscript/2019-78909-001.pdf

Mar 10, 2024 • 1h 6min
#83 - Mark Hanson - Skills Intelligence With Lightcast & Is The Future Skill-Based?
Mark Hanson, VP of Strategy at Lightcast and a talent management specialist, dives deep into skills intelligence and its future role in the workforce. He discusses the integration of external data with internal analytics to enhance hiring strategies, urging a shift towards skills-based recruitment. The conversation takes a playful turn with a quiz on Gen Z slang and humorous insights on grocery bag packing. They also tackle the transformative role of AI in various jobs and the necessity for human oversight in an AI-driven world.

Mar 3, 2024 • 1h 16min
#82 - Dr. Ryan Hammond - Turnover Prediction, ML Ethics, & The HiQ Story
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Like stars: How firms learn from scientific conferences https://www.felixpoege.eu/assets/publications/2020FirmComm/corporateconferences.pdf
The role of facial hair on women’s perceptions of men https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nick-Neave/publication/222774518_The_effects_of_facial_hair_manipulation_on_female_perceptions_of_attractiveness_masculinity_and_dominance_in_male_faces/links/5a53418d458515e7b72e9d0e/The-effects-of-facial-hair-manipulation-on-female-perceptions-of-attractiveness-masculinity-and-dominance-in-male-faces.pdf

Feb 25, 2024 • 1h 1min
#81 - Dr. Igor Menezes - Building Assessments Using AI & Emoji Talk
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Core-periphery in the movie industry
Trust in communication mediums
Big five personality and divergent thinking

Feb 18, 2024 • 1h 6min
#80 - Andrew Pitts - Polinode for ONA & What's Up with Vanderpump Rules?
Podcast explores mapping networks with Polinode in people analytics, emphasizing diversity, and inclusion. Discusses unique Australian facts and cultural quirks. Analyzes network diagrams from Vanderpump Rules data using Polinode, highlighting global relationships and honeymoon reflections.

Feb 4, 2024 • 1h 21min
#79 - Cole and Scott - Regional Favorite Foods, Dream Guests, & A Marathon Nerdery
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An urgent call for I-O psychologists to produce timelier technology research
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/industrial-and-organizational-psychology/article/abs/an-urgent-call-for-io-psychologists-to-produce-timelier-technology-research/CFF168BF4E4B89741985BAAC451CC5B1
Gender Differences in Personality Traits of Software Engineers
https://cora.ucc.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/4315dfdc-bc00-4975-8b05-f45a69f360cf/content
COKE VS POP: https://twitter.com/ChrisVannini/status/1733922148727623931
Are DEI programs going away
https://joshbersin.com/2024/01/are-diversity-and-inclusion-programs-going-away/
Paper Mills Bribing Journal Editors
https://www.science.org/content/article/paper-mills-bribing-editors-scholarly-journals-science-investigation-finds
Under the weight of heavy tails - Aguinis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352673423000768?via%3Dihub

Jan 28, 2024 • 1h 11min
#78 - Jordan Hartley - Round 2: Let's Talk Gen Z People Analytics
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Not very competent but connected article: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-53694-001
Study links Doctor Who to Christmas and death rates: https://nationalpost.com/news/study-links-doctor-who-christmas-episodes-with-lower-death-rates-in-u-k
Who is leaving and why AOM article: https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amj.2021.1327
Cole's Everyone gets paid the same theory:
https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/everyone-gets-paid-the-same-a-theory?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Cole's People analytics primer: Leadership analytics -
https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/people-analytics-primer-leadership-analytics-41770b75084?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Jan 21, 2024 • 1h 3min
#77 - Hemerson Paes - Active & Passive ONA Use Cases at Roche
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Burnout contagion among teachers: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/retrieve/548768
Order effects in the results of song contests: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C03D0D5AA384362736FE1EB59A75516C/S1930297500006288a.pdf/div-class-title-order-effects-in-the-results-of-song-contests-evidence-from-the-eurovision-and-the-new-wave-div.pdf
Projections of Kinship for all countries: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2315722120?utm_source=TOC&utm_medium=ealert&TOC_v120_i52=&ref=d6697565
Cole's article - A Historian, Demographer, and Data Scientist Walk into a Bar: https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/a-historian-demographer-and-data?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Scott's MBR article - The Adaptive Hybrid: Innovation with Virtual Work: https://mbrjournal.com/2022/08/13/the-adaptive-hybrid-innovation-with-virtual-work/