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The Science of Personality Podcast

Hogan Assessments

Personality affects the way we relate to the world and the people in it, how we work, who we love, and how other people see us. Although the study of personality is centuries old, our ability to understand and control such a complex and abstract concept is relatively new in the context of history. Featuring some of the world’s leading experts in personality psychology and business, this podcast explores the impact of personality on life, leadership, and organizational success.

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75:48

Q&A: Get to Know Blake

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2025/11/11

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Blake is joined by special guest host Valerie Stone, Hogan's marketing director, who interviews Blake to discuss his life, his role at Hogan, and his career journey. Many listeners probably noticed that there was not a new episode last week, and that was for a couple of reasons. The primary reason is that Ryne has had an extensive international travel schedule in the second half of 2025. The other reason is that this time of year is e...

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74:04

Why Do We Believe in the Paranormal?

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2025/10/21

In the final spooky season episode of The Science of Personality in 2025, Ryne and Blake are joined by Christopher Bader, PhD, professor and chair of the department of sociology at Chapman University, to talk about why people believe in the paranormal. Christopher has studied the paranormal for more than 20 years, and he also takes his work out into the field, having participated in several ghost hunts, observed support groups for UFO abductees, and joined in on bigfoot investigations. In add...

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69:31

The Psychology of Demonology, Possession, and Exorcism

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2025/10/07

Spooky season is back! In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and I are joined by Chris French, PhD, professor emeritus and former Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, to talk about the psychology of demonology, possession, and exorcism. With his primary area of research being the psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences, Chris is a frequent radio and television guest who casts a...

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58:28

Hogan in Sports

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2025/09/23

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Nadine Maliakkal, PhD, a consultant on Hogan's Talent Analytics team, to talk about the work Hogan has been doing in the world of sports. Over the past five years, Hogan has experienced a huge uptick in work with some of the world’s leading sports teams and organizations. Whether it’s helping teams predict performance of NBA basketball players or helping NFL teams draft the best American football players, organi...

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49:41

Listener Mailbag

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2025/09/09

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake answer listener questions they have received in recent weeks. For listeners interested in asking questions for Ryne and Blake to answer on a future listener mailbag episode, shoot them an email at hello@thescienceofpersonality.com. Cheers!

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67:07

Global Spotlight Series: The Inside of Personality

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2025/09/02

In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Blake is joined by three Hogan distributors, Seniora El-Hage of Phoenix Consulting, Victoria Zapata of HR Tools, and Rene Kusch, PhD, of RELEVANT Management Consultancy, to discuss the inside of personality. This episode was recorded live and on video in May at Heiga Studios in Miami, Florida during Hogan Assessments' international distributor summit. A link to the video is below. Cheers! Global Spotlight Series: The Inside of Personality

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47:21

Fighting Fuzzy Thinking on Personality Change

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2025/08/26

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake talk about a recent article published by John Burn-Murdoch for the Financial Times that sparked a lot of interest among many of Ryne’s colleagues in the world of personality psychology. The article takes a look at an Understanding America Study that shows a significant decline in conscientiousness, particularly among young adults. It also shows decreases in agreeableness and extraversion and an increase in neuroticism. So, a)...

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49:38

Global Spotlight Series: The Dark Side of Personality

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2025/08/19

In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Blake is joined three Hogan distributors, Nicole Neubauer of Personality Guidance AG, Peter Berry of Peter Berry Consultancy, and Gicheha Gitau of Career Connection, to discuss the dark side of personality. This episode was recorded live and on video in May at Heiga Studios in Miami, Florida during Hogan Assessments' international distributor summit. A link to the video is below. Cheers! Global Spotlight Series: The Dark Side of Personality

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73:45

Creating a Coaching Culture

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2025/08/12

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Coaching.com CEO, Charlotte Saulny, to talk about how organizations can create a coaching culture. With more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in professional services, Charlotte has dedicated her career to helping people thrive in the workplace. She has worked directly with many of the heavy hitters in the corporate world, including Hilton, Cisco, Coca-Cola, and Facebook, and as a senior executive a...

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42:28

Hogan Global Spotlight: The Bright Side of Personality

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2025/08/05

In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Blake is joined three Hogan distributors, Jani Wiggett of JVR Africa, Melvyn Payne of Advanced People Strategies, and Roberto Santos of Ateliê RH, to discuss the bright side of personality. This episode was recorded live and on video in May at Heiga Studios in Miami, Florida during Hogan Assessments' international distributor summit. A link to the video is below. Cheers! Hogan Global Spotlight: The Bright Side of Personality

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77:50

Music & Personality

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2025/07/29

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by David Greenberg, PhD, a psychologist, neuroscientist, and musician who is one of the world’s leading experts on the psychology of music, and in today’s episode David is going to help us explore the topic of music and personality. What does the music we listen to say about our personalities? How do our personalities frame the various kinds of music we listen to? Well, we couldn’t have asked for a better guest to ...

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63:52

Workplace TikTok Trends

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2025/07/19

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Ebenezer Edema-Sillo, a Hogan Assessments Data Science Intern and 5th year PhD student at the University of Houston, to talk about Workplace TikTok trends. It’s no secret that in today’s society people utilize social media platforms like TikTok to shine a light on current workplace trends like quiet quitting or acting your wage, but how do these trends relate to our personality characteristics or values?

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51:04

Values and Fit: The Culture Equation

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2025/07/01

In the latest episode of the The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake to talk about values and culture fit and why it’s so crucial, particularly when it comes to executive selection. At Hogan we talk a lot about values. In fact, we think SO highly of values that we introduced an assessment that measures one’s values all the way back in 1996. Fast forward to 2025 and they are just as important, and arguably much more important, today that they’ve ever been. This is a topic that Ryne and his ...

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52:43

The Science of Personality Turns 5: Listener Favorites

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2025/06/17

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake celebrate the podcast’s five-year anniversary with a look back at some of the most impactful conversations to date. From exploring the dark side of personality to digging into careers and the broader impact of personality, this special episode features clips from standout moments across each season, including: Year 1: The Dark Side of Personality ft. Peter Harms, PhDYear 2: Personality, Leadership, and the Consequences featur...

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53:01

Potential to Performance

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2025/06/03

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Melvyn Payne, Commercial Director at Advanced People Strategies out of the UK, to talk about potential to performance. The word potential gets thrown around a lot in HR and talent management circles, but potential on its own really means nothing if it doesn’t translate to performance. As the commercial director of one of Hogan’s top international distributors at APS, few people in the world of Hogan know more ab...

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46:51

The Myth of Authenticity

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2025/05/20

In the latest the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake talk about authenticity. We’ve all heard the saying before: “Be your authentic self.” In fact, common wisdom for years has suggested that authenticity is a good thing, and few have doubted the merits of that “wisdom.” But what if we were to tell you this might actually be the opposite and could actually hurt your career? Ryne and Blake address that and so much more in this episode.

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39:52

Live from SIOP 2025: Part Three

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2025/05/13

In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake interview guests in person at the 2025 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference in Denver. Featured guests include: - Rob Kaiser, President, Kaiser Leadership Solutions o Topic: Using Hogan in private equity - Ellen Lovell, PhD, Principal Workforce Transformation Consultant, Perceptyx o Topic: Trends in organizational wellbeing - Jessie McClure, Senior Cons...

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62:50

What Activates Your Dark Side?

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2025/05/06

In that latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Jackie Sahm, Hogan’s Vice President of Integrated Solutions, to talk about what activates your dark side. With Jackie being one of the world’s foremost experts in interpreting Hogan scales and facilitating Hogan feedback sessions, not to mention her previous role as a consultant for numerous Fortune 500 companies and Hogan’s Director of Global Learning, she's the perfect guest to explore this aspect of the dark...

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51:07

Live from SIOP 2025: Part Two

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2025/04/29

In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake interview guests in person at the 2025 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference in Denver. Featured guests include: - Ty Fezzey, PhD Student, University of Alabama o Topic: Competitiveness - Bradley Brummel, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Houston o Topic: Leader identity - Pradnya Parasher, PhD, Managing Director, ThreeFish Consulting o ...

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61:10

Domino Derailers

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2025/04/22

In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Trish Kellett, Hogan's executive advisor for strategic initiatives and former director of the Hogan Coaching Network, Rebecca Feder, principal consultant at Princeton HR Insight, and Rebecca Ghanadan, PhD, founder and principal at Aspis Coaching Group, to talk about Domino Derailers. This is a relatively new concept when it comes to Hogan terminology and was actually coined by Trish during her time as dire...

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