Is People Intelligence the Future? Unpacking a Manifesto - Cole Napper & Alexis Fink - #179
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Cole Napper discusses the evolution of people analytics into people intelligence with guest host Alexis Fink.
Thanks to HRBench for powering this episode. To find out more about the company building the future of people intelligence, reach out to book a demo at hrbench.com/directionallycorrect ! Check out our latest HR Tech Voices episode of 2026! In a special twist, host, Cole Napper, steps into the guest seat as he’s interviewed by special guest host, Alexis Fink, Founder of Propeller Insights and Co-Founder of the Data Driven HR Academy! We explore what "people intelligence" really means, Cole's People Intelligence Manifesto, and why people analytics isn't dead but instead is evolving into its next chapter. At the center of the conversation is Cole's People Intelligence Manifesto and the ideas that inspired it. Rather than arguing that people analytics is dead, Cole explains why the discipline is entering a new era where AI fundamentally changes how organizations collect, analyze, and act on workforce data. He introduces his vision for people intelligence as the convergence of people analytics, talent intelligence, workforce planning, and behavioral science into a unified function capable of driving faster, smarter business decisions. Alexis challenges many of the manifesto's boldest…
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