Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen discusses what a personality hire is and if it is fair, or even legal, for businesses to recruit for specific personality types. Lippert-Rasmussen argues that bias towards extrovert people in hiring can be equated to other forms of discrimination in hiring – e.g. because research shows that 40-60% of personality is inherited, thus not something one self can change.

Lippert-Rasmussen argues that there are strong arguments for expanding the protection against discrimination to include certain personality types. Although he does recognize that this opens the door for protections against discrimination becoming too far-reaching. The podcast was brought on BBC Business Daily August 21, 2025. Hear more about Lippert-Rasmussen's thoughts here.

Lippert-Rasmussen is brought in at timestamp 11:49.