The People Everywhere Show

Dr. Nikki Blacksmith has spent her career trying to answer questions like:

In this interview, we talk with Nikki about her research into what makes an adaptive culture, the pivotal role leaders play in that, and how to make data informed people decisions around hiring and performance management.

Nikki has published more than 60 academic articles focusing on understanding the way personality and cognitive ability predict decision-making and job performance. She is an industrial and organizational psychologist, teaches at American University, is a research fellow at the U.S. Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences, and is the CEO of Blackhawke Behavior Science, where they bring a research-backed approach to helping startups and venture capitalists make better people decisions, build more effective cultures, and the close the gender gap in venture capital funding.

Welcome to The People Everywhere Show where we explore how leaders are creating vibrant and engaging workplace culture in a remote setting.

As more and more companies are exploring remote or hybrid models for work, we wanted to start a conversation to explore what's working, findings from the latest research, and the bright spots across organizations of various sizes.

Niko and Andy have been building remote workplace since 2015. This podcast allows us to continue this exploration while offering a platform for the pioneers who are laying the groundwork for what will become the best practices of remote work in the years to come.

In this episode, we share our experience building and scaling culture at Redox. We explore how the cultural DNA emerged from the founding story. We look at crises as moments to forge culture. And we talk about today's challenge of fostering belonging at scale.

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