The Science of Personality Podcast

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Ryan Rush, a consultant on Hogan's Corporate Solutions team, to discuss the science of memory. Prior to joining Hogan, Ryan was an associate professor of psychology and department chair at Franklin College in Indiana where much of his research focused on examining the social facilitation and inhibition of memory. So, because this is a fascinating topic and we have a resident expert on the subject, we thought our listeners would really enjoy this conversation.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by George Randle, managing partner at Randall Partners, to talk about his book, “The Talent War: How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent,” and also how he uses assessments in hiring and coaching. 

In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake sit down with Georgi Yankov, PhD, senior research scientist at Development Dimensions International, to discuss whether AI can have a personality. 

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake talk about managing creative teams. Words often used to describe creative individuals include adjectives such as curious, imaginative, innovative, eccentric, unique, etc. And although creative people contribute significantly to the workforce and society as a whole, managing them might be a bit different than non-creative people. 

In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake sit down with Roxanne Laczo, PhD, head of people analytics at Cloudflare, about empowering managers to lead remote teams.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Kate Sweeny, Professor of Psychology at UC Riverside, to discuss the psychology of patience. This has been a key research focus for Dr. Sweeny and it’s something that affects all of us in both our personal and professional lives.

In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake sit down with Bradley Brummel, PhD, Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston, to discuss the goals of personality-based team interventions.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by three of Africa’s top experts in leadership development to discuss the past, present, and future of leadership in Africa, including the similarities to other continents but also the differences that we see based on decades of data and research. Guests for this episode are Jani Wiggett, an I/O psychologist and director at JVR Psychometrics out of South Africa, Seniora El-Hage, managing partner and head of consulting at Phoenix Consulting, which serves much of North Africa and the Middle East, and Gicheha Gitau, senior principal and head of people analytics at Career Connections, based out of Kenya. 

In this special, mini episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake sit down with Jimmy Holloran, partner and head of talent at American Industrial Partners, a private equity firm, to talk about teams and how private equity firms can leverage Hogan's suite of assessments.

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality Podcast, Ryne and Blake are joined by Jackie Sahm, Hogan's Director of Product Development, Interactive Products, to talk about assessment-based coaching and why it is far superior to the regular, run-of-the-mill coaching.