Beyond DEI - The Missing Metric in Talent Acquisition
Is belonging something we can predict before the hire?
Recruiters are asked to balance skills, speed, and culture—yet culture fit is rarely defined in a way that’s measurable or repeatable. The result? Costly mis-hires, preventable conflict, and teams that never quite click.
In this interactive workshop, Marlee Whetten, founder of The Hack, presents a science-based framework for understanding culture through decision-making styles. The Hack reveals how people naturally prioritize information, make choices, and interact—allowing recruiters to predict whether someone will truly belong within any given culture and alongside specific coworkers.
You’ll see how this approach:
Turns culture from a feeling into an intentionally designed people system
Predicts compatibility before onboarding begins
Explains why conflict often feels personal, but isn’t
Supports fair, bias-resistant hiring decisions
A live demo will bring the framework to life, showing how compatibility patterns between various decision-making styles directly impacts belonging, retention, and performance.
Speaker Bio:
Marlee Whetten is the founder of The Hack, where she helps companies and recruiters see what interviews and resumes can’t: how people actually make decisions together. An evolutionary psychologist, her research has informed a science-backed framework that reveals why some hires thrive, some clash, and others quietly disengage.
Known for her accuracy and practical application, Marlee turns abstract ideas like culture into something concrete and measurable. Her belief is simple: when decision-making styles are understood, culture becomes definable, compatibility becomes predictable, and people problems become solvable.
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