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How people think, how teams hire and what AI changes about both, from the NOOVA Cognitive Lab.
PwC Critical Thinking Certificate: What It Means That 85,000 People Will Be Trained in Judgment
PwC critical thinking certificate: the US firm will train and assess 85,000+ partners and staff in judgment by June 2027 as AI takes over routine work.
Hiring Bias: What 25 Years of Fake Applications Show, and What Actually Reduces It
Hiring bias is measurable: in 306 field experiments, older applicants got about 40% fewer callbacks. What the evidence says reduces it, and what backfires.
Mobley v Workday: Workday Moves to Decertify the Age Bias Collective
In Mobley v Workday, Workday asked the court on November 10 to decertify a collective of over 15,000 applicants over 40. What it argues and what is still open.
EEO-1 Reporting Is Set to End: The EEOC Final Rule Is at the White House
EEO-1 reporting may end: on November 9 the EEOC sent the White House a final rule to scrap the reports that about 110,000 employers file every year.
Connecticut AI Hiring Law: What SB 5 Requires of Employers, and When
Connecticut AI hiring law: from October 1, 2027, employers must give a written notice with six disclosures before an AI tool shapes a job decision.
AI Job Applications Are Flooding Employers, Says Indeed's CEO
AI job applications are swamping employers: on November 11 Indeed's CEO said one candidate's agent may send 100 or even 1,000. What it means for hiring.
What Is Critical Thinking, How It Is Measured and What AI Does to It
What is critical thinking: careful judgment about what to believe or do. It can be taught, with an average effect of 0.30 across 341 effect sizes.
Systems Thinking: Stocks, Flows, Feedback and Delays, and Why We Misjudge Them
Systems thinking is reasoning about stocks, flows, feedback and delays. In an MIT study, students averaged just 48% on a simple bathtub task.
Cognitive Load: What It Is, How It Is Measured and What It Means for Work
Cognitive load is the demand a task puts on working memory, which holds only about four chunks at once. What the theory says and how to cut load.
Cognitive Biases at Work: What Replicated and What Reduces Them
Cognitive biases are predictable errors in judgment. In a 2015 study, one training game cut each targeted bias by at least 31.94% right after play.
Behavioral Interview Questions: How to Ask, Probe and Score Them
Behavioral interview questions ask what a candidate actually did. In a 54-study meta-analysis they predicted job performance at .51 corrected validity.
Analytical Thinking: What It Is, How It Differs From Critical Thinking, and How to Train It
Analytical thinking is breaking a problem into parts and testing how they connect. 69% of employers call it a core skill in the WEF's 2025 survey.
What Is Metacognition, and Why It Decides How Well You Learn and Think
Metacognition is knowing and steering your own thinking. Taught well, it adds about 7 months of progress in a school year, per the EEF.