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Drs. Chase and Pogge (Live From Ascent)
Drs. Chase and Pogge (Live From Ascent)
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Tune in to hear:- What gap did Dr. Chase see in the market? How has investment talent been traditionally vetted and how does this compare to how it optimally should be?- What specific personality assessments do they use and how do they settle on these?- How do Drs. Chase and Pogge utilize Rorschachs to vet different personality styles?- Taking results from a test like The Big 5 at face value might not tell you enough about someone’s personality. How can we further break these down into their constituent parts?- When looking for asset managers - what are some personality attributes that might qualify as a red flag?- How do you adjust for potential lies and deceit occurring in personality testing?- How might the personalities of a closing pitcher and a hedge fund manager look similar or dissimilar?- How do you strike a balance between finding a good fit for your team’s culture and not making “cookie cutter” hires?- How might a more scientific vetting process open the door to more diversity and inclusion in the industry?https://alpha-performance-psychometrics.comCompliance Code: 2404-OAS-8/31/2021
Released:
Sep 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Humankind's Greatest GIft Is Also Its Greatest Liability: If bees organize by innate mandate and chimps through tight-knit social interactions, the miracle of human ascendance in the animal kingdom owes to a penchant for behaving in accordance with social narratives. To put it bluntly, we act as if the stories we make up are real. As Harari writes in the magisterial Sapiens, “As far as we know, only Sapiens can talk about entire kinds of entities that they have never seen, touched or smelled.” A monkey can say, “There is a caribou by the river” but could never communicate that, “The caribou by the river is the spiritual guardian of our city.” This ability to communicate about the unreal allows us to create all manner of social structures that help bring about predictable human behavior and that reliably breed trust. The State of Alabama, the Catholic church, the Constitution of the United States of America, the inalienable civil rights of man: none of these things are “real” in the by Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby