Cole Napper is the Vice President of Research and Innovation at Lightcast, a labor market intelligence and insights firm. He is also the Co-Host of Directionally Correct, A People Analytics Podcast and owner of Directionally Correct LLC. Cole is a globally recognized leader in the people analytics, workforce planning, and talent intelligence space. In previous roles, he brought a strategic focus and invaluable insights to both large, multi-national corporations spanning various industries (FedEx, Texas Instruments, Toyota, PepsiCo, Grainger) and venture-capital backed startups (Motive, Booster, Orgnostic/CultureAmp). His expertise extends to emphasizing the transformative power of people analytics and human capital labor data in contributing to organizational growth and efficiency.