Cole Napper is the Host of Directionally Correct, A People Analytics Podcast, a Substack Newsletter, and the owner of Directionally Correct LLC. Author of "People Analytics: Using Data-Driven HR and Gen AI as a Business Asset", Cole is a globally recognized leader in the people analytics, workforce planning, and talent intelligence space. In his day job, he is Chief People Intelligence Officer at HRBench, an AI-first people intelligence and AI workforce transformation platform. Previously, he was the Vice President of Research, Innovation, & Talent Insights at Lightcast, a labor market intelligence and insights firm. In previous roles, he brought a strategic focus and invaluable insights to both large, multinational corporations spanning various industries (FedEx, Texas Instruments, Toyota, PepsiCo, Grainger) and venture-capital backed startups (Motive, Booster, Orgnostic). His expertise lies in emphasizing the transformative power of people analytics and human capital labor data in driving organizational growth and efficiency. He often serves as a Keynote Speaker at industry conferences and is an HR Tech Advisor to multiple venture capital-backed HR Tech startups. More info at colenapper.com, and subscribe to the Directionally Correct Substack here.
Specialties: People Analytics, Workforce Planning, Talent Intelligence, Gen AI, Labor Market Intelligence, I-O Psychology, Behavioral Science, HR Technology
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