High profile entrepreneur Andrew Banks has teamed up with a corporate psychologist to reimagine AI, creating advanced technology that identifies your personality type and knows you better than you do.
Unlike traditional AI, ‘Hey Compono’, does not trawl the internet. In an Australian first, this new tool is connected to a unique database of 50,000 personality profiles, 30 years of behavioural science research and models, and psychometrics.
Andrew Banks said he is investing in ‘Hey Compono’ because it fills a gap that is desperately needed.
“At a time when people fear AI is stealing their jobs, Hey Compono turns AI into a tool that can help people land their dream job, bosses make better decisions and even provide individualised advice on managing life’s challenges and difficult conversations,” Mr Banks said.
Compono CEO and Corporate Psychologist Rudy Crous said the strength of ‘Hey Compono’ is the validated database of peer reviewed research and human behaviour data that informs the AI.
Mr Crous said the tool identifies users’ personality type and helps them understand their blind spots and strengths.
“In many ways, ‘Hey Compono’ is a 24/7 personal coach that gives tailored advice based on decades of science and best practice psychology. It compares your speech patterns, your attitude, your traits and personality type to the database to provide personality-adaptive guidance every time. The longer you interact, the better it knows you without judgement.”
“It can help you understand why you do the things you do, become more self-aware and improve the way you communicate. If you want to know ‘who am I like?’, it even gives you a list of world leaders, athletes and movie stars who share your personality type,” he said. “You can also ask ‘Hey Compono’ to take on different personalities and role-play scenarios. Whether it’s asking your hard-nosed boss for a raise, practising a difficult conversation with an avoidant friend, or simply running through job interview questions. It steps into those personas effortlessly.”
Research indicates that people are often more likely to disclose honest information to private AI tools than to traditional psychometric assessments.
Mr Banks said: “When I started my recruitment business 30 years ago, I wish I’d had something like this to help candidates understand themselves and make smarter career choices.
“Most people go through their entire careers without truly understanding their strengths or how they come across at work. ‘Hey Compono’ changes that. It gives people the self-awareness they need to build careers they actually enjoy,” he said.
Mr Banks said the benefits of ‘Hey Compono’ go beyond personal growth.
“When people are aligned to roles suited to their strengths and passions, productivity rises, retention improves, and workplace satisfaction increases,” he said.
“AI doesn’t have to be a threat to jobs - it can help people find purpose, fulfilment, and success.”
‘Hey Compono’ is voice- and text-activated. It has now officially launched as part of Compono’s broader technology suite.
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