People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast · Andy Kaufman, PMP, PMI-ACP
PPP 490 | Why Psychology Might Be Hurting Your Team, with Barry Wolfe
·48 min·4 clips
The creator of the DISC assessment also created Wonder Woman and wrote a pseudoscientific defense of sexual fetishism.
As heard by us
A pointed critique of psychology-led management that keeps the focus on results.
Barry Wolf takes aim at familiar corporate habits: personality tests, competency models, and leadership training rooted in psychology. The argument is that many of those long-used tools are more myth than science, and it is paired with a value-centric model of leadership.
Why you'd press play
If your team talks about fit more than output, this will sharpen your lens.
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