In recent weeks there have been a lot of column inches given over in the press and media to high profile individuals and organizations falling from grace.  Concerns have been raised about possible errors of judgement in recruiting certain people; why certain decisions were taken and acted upon.

What struck me however is that despite all the technological and intellectual advances in the past 25 years it seems that in areas like recruitment, understanding and identifying personal characteristics is still very much an inexact science.

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