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Science 4-Hire is now Psych Tech @ Work!.

After 6 years and 72 episodes and 20,000 downloads!, why the change?

In case you haven’t noticed a lot has changed in the past six years! AI is creating a seismic impact on the psychology of work, and we all need to pay attention to what is happening here, or else???

Psych Tech @ Work promotes safe technological innovation and human/machine partnerships as an essential force in creating equilibrium and between psychology and commerce.  Maintaining this balance in a time of unprecedented change is essential for ensuring that the future of work is ethical, positive, and prosperous.  

Creating such a future requires an unprecedented level of interdisciplinary collaboration.  With the goal of educating, engaging, and inspiring others through thoughtful and practical discussions with guests from a wide variety of backgrounds and specialties, Psych Tech @ Work provides a smorgasbord of food for thought and practical takeaways about the issues that will make or break the future of work.

Check out the latest episodes!

Ethics by Design: Responsible AI is Blueprint, not a Band-aid

Featuring: Bob Pulver- Principal/Founder: Cognitive Path

“This AI piece and all the ethics and governance and everything that goes around that… it really warrants a dedicated role and some specific communities focused on AI ethics and risks.”   Bob Pulver: Founder of Cognitive Path   Summary: My guest for this episode is Bob Pulver, a seasoned expert in the intersection of…

Dr. Charles Handler - - 03/12/2024

LLAMA, LLAMA- How to Avoid Generative AI Drama!

Featuring: Vivek Sriram Co-founder: Bookend.ai

“So most of the world is made up of full stack application developers who build software for anything from HRIS to accounting, to supply chain, and what have you?   For those people to easily add generative AI capabilities into their applications while remaining in compliance with the security, trust, and safety requirements that enterprises…

Talent Acquisition Strategy Excellence – A Reality Check

Featuring: Kevin Wheeler: Founder - Future of Talent Institute & Bas van de Haterd: Self proclaimed “Professional Snoop” and principal of the van de Haterd Consultancy

One of the most important themes from our conversation is the necessity for talent acquisition professionals to adapt and evolve, emphasizing the need for experimentation and a strategic approach to integrating AI into talent acquisition processes.

Hired by a Hologram? The future of talent evaluation will be wild. With Georgi Yankov, Principal Research Scientist at DDI

In this forward-looking episode of Science 4-Hire, I welcome Georgi Jankov, a fellow IO psychologist and futurist. We take a dive deep into the innovative intersections of AI with psychometric measurement and managerial/executive assessment.

Dr. Charles Handler - - 02/07/2024

Mastering Content Marketing in the AI Era: What every professional needs to know!

Featuring: Mary Ellen Slayter

 “AI is a race to the middle. Generative AI content is, by my definition, mediocre.” -Mary Ellen Slayter Summary: In this episode I take a bit of a departure from the world of hiring to talk with my long time friend, Mary Ellen Slayter, the founder of Reputation Capital, a top notch digital content marketing…

Dr. Charles Handler - - 01/31/2024

Vegemite, Stroopwafles, and AI based assessments: New sensation, or acquired taste?

Featuring: Djurre Holtrop and Patrick Dunlop

“Personnel selection is shaking on its foundations.  Lots of the  assessments that we have, that we do, suddenly we’re not quite sure if they’re still as effective.” “I feel as if now it’s starting to become the responsibility of organizations who are hiring to make sure that people are using it (Chat GPT) in the…

Dr. Charles Handler - - 01/25/2024

Building Digital Coaches Using AI and Psychology

Featuring: Dr. Matt Barney

“When GPT 3.5 came out. I  was like, oh my gosh, we don’t need to train the AI anymore! We just need to prime it.  It’s so similar to psychology!  Instead of programming and language, we’d do it in English.” In this episode of Science 4-Hire, I chew the digital fat with Dr. Matt Barney,…

Spirits in the empirical world: The plight of human job seekers in the age of AI

Featuring: Hilke Schellman, author of the recently released book "The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now”, Assistant Professor of Journalism at New York University, and investigative journalist extraordinaire.

“As a journalist, I’ve seen the many facets of AI in hiring – it’s not just about the technology, but about the people it affects.” – Hilke Schellman In this revealing episode of Science 4-Hire, Dr. Charles Handler welcomes Hilke Schellmann, author of “The Algorithm” and Assistant Professor of Journalism at New York University  for…

Hey You Got Your Linguistics in My IO Psychology!

Featuring: Karin Golde, Ph.D.- Founder of West Valley AI

Linguistics and IO psychology go together like chocolate and peanut butter! “When you’re a linguist, especially a syntactician, you look at language a little differently. You see the structures under it, and have this x-ray vision of what’s going on under the hood.” – Karin Golde, Founder of West Valley AI. In this awesome and…

“Making People Smarter about People”: The role of technology and ethics in building world class hiring systems

Featuring: Christina Norris-Watts- Head of Assessment and People Practices at Johnson & Johnson

“We bring data and insights right from that data to our decision-makers… that’s how we make people smarter about people.” – Christina Norris Watts   This episode offers a unique perspective on balancing innovation with ethics in the rapidly changing world of HR technology. My co-pilot for this journey is Christina Norris Watts, Head of…