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Understanding and assessing talent is something I don't think we talk about in enough detail in our industry. Advances in both technology and neuroscience are challenging traditional thinking in recruiting if this will be another key topic for me this year.\n\nTo get the conversation started my guests this week have a simple fascinating story to share. Eric Castien and Andries Van der Leij are the founder and CTO of Brainsfirst. Brainsfirst is a Dutch company that uses cognitive psychology and machine learning to help elite football teams identify future talent. They have brought their learnings into the business world and have some incredible insights to share.\n\nIn the interview, we discuss:\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u25aa\xa0\xa0\xa0Talent identification in elite football\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u25aa\xa0\xa0\xa0Studying the link between specific brain function and performance\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u25aa\xa0\xa0\xa0Learnability over capability\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u25aa\xa0\xa0\xa0How understanding brain skills can drive talent redistribution\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u25aa\xa0\xa0\xa0Only assessing skills you can actually quantify\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u25aa\xa0\xa0\xa0Seeing a role as a set of desired behaviours\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u25aa\xa0\xa0\xa0Focusing on future fit\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u25aa\xa0\xa0\xa0Eliminating bias\n\n\nSubscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts