Exploring People Intelligence with Cole Napper

<p>Cole Napper returns to ScienceForWork as the newly appointed Chief People Intelligence Officer at HR Bench, and brings a provocative claim: people analytics is now a commodity, and what comes next is something he calls people intelligence.</p><p>In this conversation, Cole and Matt explore:</p><ul><li>Why the four branches of HR data — people analytics, talent intelligence, workforce planning, and behavioral science — are collapsing into a single intelligence layer</li><li>How AI is forcing a rebuild of HR from first principles, and why large enterprises may face the steepest climb</li><li>The case for &quot;tokenomics&quot; as the next workforce planning challenge — and why hourly token cost vs. hourly human cost is closer than most leaders think</li><li>What it means to do science when the field is changing faster than the research can keep up</li></ul><p><strong>More from Cole:</strong></p><ul><li><em>Directionally Correct</em> podcast: <a href="https://www.colenapper.com/podcast">https://www.colenapper.com/podcast</a></li><li><em>People Analytics: Using Data-Driven HR and Gen AI as a Business Asset</em> (book): <a href="https://www.colenapper.com/book">https://www.colenapper.com/book</a></li><li>Cole&#39;s site &amp; newsletter: <a href="https://www.colenapper.com">⁠https://www.colenapper.com⁠</a></li><li>HR Bench: <a href="https://hrbench.com">https://hrbench.com</a></li></ul><p><strong>Enjoying ScienceForWork?</strong> Follow the show on Spotify and share this episode with a colleague who&#39;s thinking about the future of HR.</p><p><br></p><p>ScienceForWork is an independent, non-profit foundation of evidence-based practitioners who #MakeWorkBetter.</p><p>ScienceForWork.com</p>