The Science of Personality Podcast
Episodes
177 episodes
Why Do People Respond to Change the Way They Do?
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Dr. Victoria Grady, Associate Professor of Management at George Mason University's Costello College of Business, to talk about change. More specifically, we dive ...
ChatGPT Interviews Ryne and Blake
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, ChatGPT interviews Ryne and Blake about personality, leadership, and team dynamics. Yes, you read that correctly. Ryne and Blake answer 10 questions generated by ChatGPT in what turned out to...
The Personality of Evil
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by world-renowned author and journalist, Jack El-Hai, to discuss the personality of evil, with a specific focus on the personalities of authoritarians and fascists. ...
Skills Needed in an AI-Driven World
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake talk about one of the top headlines in the media today that isn’t going anywhere in the foreseeable future: With the exponential proliferation of artificial intelligence and it...
Unique Individuality
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Nigel Nicholson, PhD, author and Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School, to talk about unique individuality, which is the focus o...
The History and Psychology of Underdogs
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Peter Harms, PhD, a Frank Schultz Professor of Management at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business, to talk about the history and psychology...
Developing Technical Experts into Leaders
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Kevin Mitchell, PhD, the Talent and Organizational Development Manager at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, to talk about developing technical experts into leaders. In ...
The Pros and Cons of Workplace Gossip
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by new Hogan Assessments CEO, Allison Howell, to discuss the pros and cons of gossip in the workplace. Gossip is common in all facets of our everyday lives but, in t...
2025 Derailers of the Year
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake continue their annual tradition of breaking down the top derailers of the year. Who made the list in 2025? Give it a listen to find out.
Workplace Freeloaders
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake discuss the topic of workplace freeloaders. This is a topic that has been their minds recently based on an interview Ryne did with the media outlet, Quartz. That interview went...
Q&A: Get to Know Ryne
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne is joined by special guest host Valerie Stone, Hogan’s marketing director, who interviews Ryne to discuss his life, his role at Hogan, and his career journey.
Q&A: Get to Know Blake
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 listener...
Why Do We Believe in the Paranormal?
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 par...
The Psychology of Demonology, Possession, and Exorcism
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, U...
Hogan in Sports
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...
Listener Mailbag
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, sh...
Global Spotlight Series: The Inside of Personality
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 insi...
Fighting Fuzzy Thinking on Personality Change
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 ps...
Global Spotlight Series: The Dark Side of Personality
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 sid...
Creating a Coaching Culture
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 prof...
Hogan Global Spotlight: The Bright Side of Personality
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....
Music & Personality
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 Da...
Workplace TikTok Trends
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 n...
Values and Fit: The Culture Equation
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 h...
The Science of Personality Turns 5: Listener Favorites
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 digg...