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Predictive Index

The Predictive Index is a science-backed HR platform for talent optimization, spanning hiring, team design, management, and leadership.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

The Predictive Index describes itself as a personalized, science-backed HR platform that helps organizations hire better candidates, retain them longer, and manage with confidence. Its platform brings behavioral and cognitive data into every stage of the employee lifecycle, from hiring and team design to management and leadership. The company states it has been advancing behavioral science since 1955 and that its Behavioral Assessment has been the subject of nearly 500 validation studies.

History

The Predictive Index states that it has been advancing behavioral science since 1955. According to its company history, in 1942 twenty-six-year-old Arnold Daniels volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps and was shipped to England as a flight navigator, where he was part of a team that logged more than 30 missions without a single combat casualty; commanders sent in a psychologist to study the team's effectiveness, which was Daniels' first encounter with psychometric testing. After the war, Daniels returned to Boston and briefly studied workplace psychology at Harvard. In 1952 he released the first Predictive Index Assessment, and in 1955 he founded the company. The Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment was built from a normative sample of thousands of people and has since been the subject of nearly 500 validation studies. The company describes its evolution: what once was a pre-hire assessment tool has become more, and it is now positioned as a leader in talent optimization.

Products and positioning

The leader in talent optimization where people and business strategy meet.

  • PI Behavioral Assessment

    An assessment backed by over 70 years of behavioral science and 383+ validity studies, used throughout the employee lifecycle.

  • PI Hire

    A solution built on two rigorously validated assessments that measure behavioral drives and cognitive ability, linked to on-the-job performance across 120+ job roles.

  • PI Inspire

    Software that equips managers with employee-specific behavioral data to improve 1:1 relationships, develop high-potential talent, and retain top-notch people.

Recent events

  • Caldwell Analytics launches Predictive Index training center[5]

    Caldwell Partners announced the expansion of its Certified Partner relationship with The Predictive Index and the launch of Caldwell Analytics as a PI Master Certified Training Center, offering programs and workshops.

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