Richard Hanson
Global Head of Data Science, WTW · 1 appearance on the record.
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Richard Hanson co-founded HiringScreen (later rebranded as Jobable) in Hong Kong, developing machine-learning algorithms and analytics to automate candidate screening and job matching. In 2021, global advisory and brokerage firm Willis Towers Watson acquired Jobable and hired Hanson to lead data science for its talent and rewards practice.
2 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not checkable as stated how the 3 claims stand · each chip opens the sources
3 assertions · 3 opinions · 3 insights · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.
The record, in short
What the tape says about how Richard argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.
Argument clarity: do they answer the question? how? →
answered every one of 25 assessed questions directly
This is a score against a rubric. It is not a rank. Every host question → answer exchange is scored with names hidden on directness, coherence, precision and compression, 1–5 each, on meaning alone: disfluencies are ignored, and only raw unedited episodes count. This is the score that measures thought. Every scored exchange, scores shown → · The rubric and its checks →
How they sound: speaking style how? →
223 words/min while actually speaking · 38.3 um and uh per 1k words
Measured by listening to the audio itself: 3,555 words across 1 episode of raw-level tape, transcribed verbatim with every um and uh kept, each one attributed only where the alignment onto our timed stream is unambiguous. These are measurements of speaking style. We do not rank them: across this corpus, fluency and argument quality are nearly uncorrelated (ρ≈0.2), and smooth talking does not signal clear thinking. How it's measured →
How the interview went all their pushback → series average →
Across 1 rated episode:
Everything Richard Hanson said on 20VC that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →
The other half of the tape: Richard Hanson's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode on 20VC. every mention, with the transcript →
Who brings them up most Harry Stebbings 1
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Appearances (1)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| 20VC FF 028: Where To Start Your Startup and Single Founder vs Co-Founder Model with Richa | Jan 1, 2016 | 17m |