Exploring People Intelligence with Cole Napper

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. In this conversation, Cole and Matt explore: Why the four branches of HR data — people analytics, talent intelligence, workforce planning, and behavioral science — are collapsing into a single intelligence layer How AI is forcing a rebuild of HR from first principles, and why large enterprises may face the steepest climb The case for "tokenomics" as the next workforce planning challenge — and why hourly token cost vs. hourly human cost is closer than most leaders think What it means to do science when the field is changing faster than the research can keep up More from Cole: Directionally Correct podcast: https://www.colenapper.com/podcast People Analytics: Using Data-Driven HR and Gen AI as a Business Asset (book): https://www.colenapper.com/book Cole's site & newsletter: ⁠https://www.colenapper.com⁠ HR Bench: https://hrbench.com Enjoying ScienceForWork? Follow the show on Spotify and share this episode with a colleague who's thinking about the future of HR. ScienceForWork is an independent, non-profit foundation of evidence-based practitioners who #MakeWorkBetter. ScienceForWork.com