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All great human achievements, such as the Great Wall of China and the moon landings, are the result of coordinated group effort. In addition, every organization, no matter how successful, must innovate and adapt to survive. This is why innovation is an important concern for well-run organizations. Furthermore, as economist Joseph Schumpeter noted, innovation is at the heart of all economic…

“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.” ― Steve Maraboli There are three big mindsets that nearly all highly successful people adopt over the course of their lives. All three of these mindsets are counterintuitive, and completely different from the way that most people think. The last one, in particular, is rare because it goes directly…

Personality can affect our memory, which is not as reliable as we’d like to believe. Recently on The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, and Blake Loepp spoke with Ryan Rush, PhD, a consultant on the corporate solutions team at Hogan Assessments, about the science of memory. A former professor of psychology, Ryan has conducted research on the social nature…

Recent social and political trends in the United States have not been kind to assessments. For instance, the number of colleges requiring standardized test scores for admission continues to drop. As another example, assessments can be collateral damage in the bipartisan movement to re-examine occupational licensing. And a growing movement also looks to malign the use of assessments in the…

If you’ve ever led creative people, you know that managing creative teams takes special techniques. Creativity and imagination can bring innovation as well as impracticality. Recently on The Science of Personality, cohosts Ryne Sherman, PhD, and Blake Loepp discussed what works and what doesn’t when managing creative teams. Research has shown best practices for…