Live from SIOP 2026: Part Two
In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake interview guests in person at the 2026 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference in New Orleans. Featured guests include:
Gillian Hyde, managing director & chief psychologist, Psychological Consultancy Ltd.
The Leaders We Have vs. The Leaders We Want
Janine Waclawski, PhD, co-founder and managing partner, Maestro Consulting
Rethinking Talent Management and Challenging Conventional Assumptions
Nikita Mikhailov, chief neuroticism officer, Goodness of Psychology
All Things Psychometrics
America at 250: What the American Experiment Can Teach Us About Leadership
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake talk about America’s upcoming 250th anniversary through the lens of Hogan’s point of view on leadership. More specifically, they dive into the core leadership principles that a successful democracy requires and also explore the uniqueness of governments as organizations.
Live from SIOP 2026: Part One
In this special episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake interview guests in person at the 2026 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference in New Orleans. Featured guests include:
Allan Church, PhD, co-founder and managing partner, Maestro Consulting
The Great AI Debate: Where AI Fits and Where It Doesn’t
Allison Howell, CEO, Hogan Assessments
The Leadership Divide: Hogan’s Global Leadership Effectiveness Survey Findings
Brent Holland, PhD, director of talent assessment, Mondelez International
Hogan History: The Early Days of the Company
Personality and the Secret Life of Organizations
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Hogan Assessments founder and president, Robert Hogan, PhD, to talk about his new book, Personality and the Secret Life of Organizations. If you’ve listened to even one episode of this podcast, it is highly likely you have been impacted by this man because that’s the magnitude of his legacy on personality psychology. So, we were thrilled to have him on this episode to talk about the book and learn more about what he means by “the secret life of organizations.”
Buy the book: Personality and the Secret Life of Organizations
Balancing Team Engagement and Psychological Safety
In the latest episode of The Science of Personality, Ryne and Blake are joined by Melvyn Payne, Commercial Director at Advanced People Strategies, one of Hogan’s fabulous distributors in the UK, to talk about finding the right balance between team engagement and psychological safety. More specifically, we look at the role personality plays through the lens of Hogan data. This is something Melvyn and his team at APS have made a priority recently as they continue to deliver best-in-class team solutions for their vast client portfolio.