

Directionally Correct, A People Analytics Podcast
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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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Oct 29, 2023 • 57min
Ep. 66 Oct 29th, 2023 - Jackson Roatch - The People Analytics Blogosphere
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Orgnostic! http://orgnostic.com/directionallycorrect
Jackson's Lindy Effect Article: https://open.substack.com/pub/jacksonroatch/p/the-lindy-effect-in-people-analytics?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Jackson & Cole's Elephant Hunting Article: https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/elephant-hunting-weighing-human-vs?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Cole's Overrated vs Underrated People Analytics Trends: https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/youre-leading-people-analytics-now-what-overrated-vs-underrated-81d8426452a3?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Microsoft In-Person Settings Should Be Reserved for ‘Moments that Matter’: https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2023/09/26/microsoft-finds-that-in-person-settings-should-be-reserved-for-moments-that-matter
The Museum of Industrial-Organizational Psychology: https://paulspector.com/the-museum-of-industrial-organizational-psychology/
What's Fueling Burnout in Your Organization: https://hbr.org/2023/10/whats-fueling-burnout-in-your-organization

Oct 15, 2023 • 1h 9min
Ep. 65 Oct 15th, 2023 - Dr. Charles Handler - GenAI for Talent Assessment & SIOP LEC
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Orgnostic! http://orgnostic.com/directionallycorrect
CEO wants AI to evaluate job candidates in new ways: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/former-nutrisystem-ceo-wants-to-use-ai-to-democratize-talent
New statistical method outperforms machine learning: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/new-forecasting-model-better-machine-learning-researchers-say
Should we be calling it Generative BI instead of AI: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7114594890247782401/?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7114594890247782401%29
Honest people migrate out of dishonest areas: https://phys.org/news/2023-09-honest-people-tend-migrate-areas.html

Oct 8, 2023 • 1h 23min
Ep. 64 Oct 8th, 2023 - Cole and Scott - Impromptu Marathon Episode (Guest No-Show)
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Orgnostic! http://orgnostic.com/directionallycorrect
Bringing Toxoplasmosis Back - Article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1042258719890992
Robotaxis are Easier to Catch than Ridesharing and Taxis: https://twitter.com/mikesimonsen/status/1705665311310262753
Open Science Advocates Warn of Widespread Academic Fraud: https://www.ft.com/content/fcad4a70-5ba0-4c42-bcec-332cf3b19f5d

Oct 1, 2023 • 1h 1min
Ep. 63 Oct 1st, 2023 - Toby Culshaw - Everything Talent Intelligence... Collective
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Orgnostic! http://orgnostic.com/directionallycorrect
Toby's Talent Intelligence Book: https://www.perlego.com/book/3739303/talent-intelligence-use-business-and-people-data-to-drive-organizational-performance-pdf?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=2.1.1.1%20DSAG%20%7C%20US%20%7C%20All%20books&utm_term=Business&utm_content=Business&msclkid=97bb951bab9115e02469f01f24562f51
Talent Intelligence Collective: https://talentintelligencecollective.myshopify.com/
Cole & Toby's Article Talent Intelligence as Competitive Intelligence: https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/talent-intelligence-as-competitive?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
John Sullivan Article on Weaponized Recruiting Tools:
https://drjohnsullivan.com/articles/weaponized-recruiting-tools/
Orgnostic People Analytics Session on Talent Intelligence: https://youtu.be/4HwJJ8LBYm0?si=K5MzIJoVxWpL2tQ9
Scott's IOP Commentary on Polyculturalism: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/industrial-and-organizational-psychology/article/abs/bringing-polycultural-organizations-to-life-a-network-analytic-strategy/E24F032A9BEE9C31BD3C8191DCB0F73D
Are You Overemployed X Thread: https://twitter.com/svpino/status/1700848050153890170

Sep 17, 2023 • 1h 15min
Ep. 62 Sep 17th, 2023 - Cole and Scott - Should You Get a PhD, Grab Bag, & Going Live on Twitch
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Orgnostic! http://orgnostic.com/directionallycorrect
Cole's Everyone Gets Paid the Same Article: https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/everyone-gets-paid-the-same-a-theory?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Polinode Network Analysis of People Analytics Leaders: https://blog.polinode.com/index/2023/8/18/mapping-the-global-people-analytics-network-using-linkedin-data
Giving Up Your Legos Article: https://review.firstround.com/give-away-your-legos-and-other-commandments-for-scaling-startups
CNBC Article on "Goldilocks Zone" in the Economy:
https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/09/01/what-to-know-about-the-goldilocks-job-market.html
Risk of Death Charts:
https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1671265487056162823?s=20
50% of Stack Overflow Traffic is Gone Due to Chatgpt:
https://twitter.com/svpino/status/1684175677136703488?s=20

Sep 10, 2023 • 1h 9min
Ep. 61 Sep 10th, 2023 - Dan George - People Analytics Perspective from the CPO Suite
Dan George, CPO at an analytics company, discusses his journey to becoming a Chief People Officer and the challenges HR professionals face. The podcast also includes lighthearted conversations about actors, anti-bucket lists, and the importance of engaging and showing empathy towards new group members. The hosts also explore scenarios involving inappropriate social media posts and manipulated data.

Sep 3, 2023 • 1h 10min
Ep. 60 Sep 3rd, 2023 - Jon Izenstark - HR Technology Sales & People Analytics
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Orgnostic! http://orgnostic.com/directionallycorrect
Engagement & Job Performance Metaanalysis: https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1027%2F1866-5888%2Fa000316
Most Bosses Regret Return to Office Mandates: https://fortune.com/2023/08/14/bosses-regretting-return-to-office-mandates/
Nick Bloom LinkedIn Post on Global Pay Scales: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nick-bloom-86b79510b_big-debate-over-paying-remote-workers-on-activity-7099329146190798848-bjHE/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Cole's LinkedIn Post on Global vs Local Pay Scales: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/colenapper_peopleanalytics-compensation-globalpayrate-activity-7099752128558071808-4shv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Rob Briner's Article on Evidence Based Management NOT Being about Truth: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rob-briner_why-dont-we-need-the-whole-truth-activity-7095376817280163840-hUDR/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Everyone Gets Paid the Same Theory by Cole: https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/everyone-gets-paid-the-same-a-theory?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Aug 27, 2023 • 1h 4min
Ep. 59 Aug 27th, 2023 - Dr. Daniel Schmerling - Performance Management & Machine Learning
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Orgnostic! http://orgnostic.com/directionallycorrect
Koenig et al PPsych Article - Improving Measurement and Prediction in Personnel Selection: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/peps.12608
Fun Idea - Powerpoint Karaoke: https://www.tiktok.com/@unhingedfem/video/7193048252399406382?_r=1&_t=8cUFMzkrhvS
Leadership Quarterly - Causal Inference with Propensity Score Analysis: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984323000048?via%3Dihub
Cole’s Peak Performance Article: https://open.substack.com/pub/directionallycorrectnews/p/how-do-you-measure-peak-performance?r=ybtwi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Aug 20, 2023 • 54min
Ep. 58 Aug 20th, 2023 - Drs. Mike & Emily Campion - NLP Applications in Selection & New Science
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Orgnostic! http://orgnostic.com/directionallycorrect
Descriptive Statistics and Advanced Text Analytics article: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=waapIasAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=waapIasAAAAJ:LI9QrySNdTsC
Campion & Campion JAP Article - Using Practice Employment Tests: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/apl-apl0000401.pdf
Sackett JAP Article - Revisiting Meta-Analytics Estimates of Validity: https://gwern.net/doc/statistics/meta-analysis/2021-sackett.pdf
Aguinis “An A is an A” Article: https://twitter.com/HermanAguinis/status/1583081386235154434?s=20&t=UMdPnSxEDnwJ7oCxqGE-CA
When Looking Hot Means Feeling Cold Article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353688735_When_looking_%27hot%27_means_not_feeling_cold_Evidence_that_self-objectification_inhibits_feelings_of_being_cold
Harvard Professor Fraud “Clusterfake” from DataColada: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katy-milkman_109-data-falsificada-part-1-clusterfake-activity-7075892254673907713-ga8N/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Stanford President Resigns over Academic Fraud: https://stanforddaily.com/2023/07/19/stanford-president-resigns-over-manipulated-research-will-retract-at-least-3-papers/

Aug 6, 2023 • 57min
Ep. 57 Aug 6th, 2023 - Cole and Scott - 6 Month Look Back, Grab Bag, & Flat Sheets
Directionally Correct podcast is sponsored by Worklytics! https://www.worklytics.co/directionallycorrect/
Richard Landers article on Impacts of Machine Learning on Selection:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369298554_A_Simulation_of_the_Impacts_of_Machine_Learning_to_Combine_Psychometric_Employee_Selection_System_Predictors_on_Performance_Prediction_Adverse_Impact_and_Number_of_Dropped_Predictors