Hiring
What is cognitive thinking?
Learn what cognitive thinking is and how diverse thinking styles boost innovation, problem-solving, and team performance in the workplace.
Jordan Nottrodt · 7 min read
Talent Optimization
Company Culture
Better Work, Better World at 70: PI celebrates a milestone anniversary
In 2025, PI celebrates its 70th anniversary, marking seven decades of innovation, helping organizations align business strategy with talent strategy.
Courtney Swift · 3 min read
Behavioral Assessments
WPM Typing Speed: What It Reveals About Workplace Performance
What is a good WPM (words per minute) for candidates applying to different industries? Here’s a breakdown of how different positions compare and how you can improve your WPM.
Jordan Nottrodt · 8 min read
Employee Engagement
HR field guide to the future: Practicing stakeholder capitalism
Who holds the keys to a productive employer-employee relationship? At the most successful, healthy businesses, it’s a shared investment. Stakeholder capitalism can benefit employers and employees alike.
Matt Poepsel, PhD · 4 min read
Employee Engagement
HR field guide to the future: Contending with corporate backlash
HR and business leaders who leverage people’s behavioral preferences – and offer options appealing to those preferences – will help their organization’s health.
Matt Poepsel, PhD · 4 min read
Company Culture
HR field guide to the future: Guarding against generational drift
For the first time in modern history, as many as five different generations of employees are working together at the same time. How should HR and business leaders prepare for the evolving workplace dynamics?
Andrew Barks · 7 min read
Business Strategy
HR field guide to the future: Integrating new tech alongside your people
HR practitioners can offer guidance and reassurance. Help people understand that generative AI tools work best when paired with people who possess strong social and emotional skills.
Matt Poepsel, PhD · 7 min read
Behavioral Assessments
PI Wrapped: The year in BAs, industry accolades, podcast replays, and more – en route to Better Work, Better World
We’re recapping highlights from PI’s year, and as a show of gratitude, we’ve compiled some neatly wrapped playlists, arranged by Reference Profile.
Courtney Swift · 5 min read
Leadership
Creating a comprehensive leadership development plan
Learn how to create a leadership development plan by assessing organizational needs, creating the plan, and measuring results and impact.
Chris Caesar · 8 min read
Business Strategy
HR field guide to the future: Dealing with a prolonged talent shortage
As an HR leader, it’s imperative you understand the factors driving a talent shortage, its potential long-term effects, and your level of vulnerability as a company.
Matt Poepsel, PhD · 7 min read
People Management
Communication training for managers
Communication training for managers builds employee relationships and supports business goals. Give managers tools to become great leaders with PI for managers.
Chris Caesar · 9 min read
People Management
State of Talent Optimization takeaways: Empowering managers through the right data
You need to make time to train and develop leaders at every level. Strengthen your bench, by equipping managers with the sort of data that helps them better understand their people’s behaviors.
Andrew Barks · 3 min read
Hiring
State of Talent Optimization takeaways: Balancing hiring costs
Team members within the same company might view hiring challenges differently. But one thing is for sure: Bad hires can be just as costly as failing to fill a role at all.
Andrew Barks · 4 min read
Business Strategy
How to develop an effective HR strategy in 2025
Learn how to create an HR strategy by focusing on business goals, conducting a gap analysis, measuring against KPIs, executing the strategy, and reassessing it.
Chris Caesar · 9 min read
Behavioral Assessments
Forget breaking the ice — we melted it
Think about the last meeting that made you want to quit your job and stroll into the wilderness. Maybe it was with a new employee, or that team member you rarely interact with- or one you interact with too much.
Steve Messina · 4 min read