About AI PEOPLE READER
AI PEOPLE READER™ grew from the intersection of professional experience and movement analysis.
Before developing AI PEOPLE READER, Alisa Lohitnavy, Ph.D. spent 12 years working in headhunting, interviewing and assessing candidates for professional roles.
That experience reinforced something she saw repeatedly:
What you hear isn't always what you get.
In an interview, people naturally focus on what is being said. But words are only one part of communication. Non-verbal signals can provide an additional perspective on how a person communicates, responds and interacts.
This led to the original concept for People Reader—a tool designed to support hiring and selection by adding structured observation of movement to the information gathered through conventional recruitment methods.
As Alisa's work in movement analysis, non-verbal communication, presentation training and leadership communication developed, another application emerged: AI PEOPLE READER Presenter Analysis.
Presenter Analysis focuses specifically on physical presentation delivery and how that delivery may be experienced by others. It became the first AI PEOPLE READER product to launch, while People Reader remains a separate product in development for hiring and selection.
The Idea Behind AI PEOPLE READER
At the heart of AI PEOPLE READER is a simple principle:
Listen to the words—but also observe the movement.
Movement can add another layer of information to what we hear. Rather than assigning fixed meanings to isolated gestures, AI PEOPLE READER uses a structured approach to observing movement patterns and combinations.
The methodology draws on recognised movement theory, including Laban Movement Analysis, together with Alisa's empirical experience of observing and working with people across different professional and educational settings.
About Alisa Lohitnavy, Ph.D.
Before specialising in movement analysis and non-verbal communication, Alisa Lohitnavy, Ph.D. spent 12 years working in headhunting, interviewing and assessing people for professional roles.
Those years taught her an important lesson: listening to people is one thing. Knowing what to look for when observing them is another.
In interviews, meetings and presentations, we are surrounded by non-verbal information. But without a structured way of observing movement, it can be difficult to know where to look, what to look for and how to make sense of what we see.
This became an important part of Alisa's subsequent work in movement analysis.
For more than 16 years, she has studied and applied movement analysis in her work with CEOs, senior executives and teenagers, particularly in presentation, non-verbal communication and leadership communication.
Her approach combines recognised movement theory with empirical experience—observing how people actually move in real situations and helping them understand how those movement patterns may influence the way they are experienced by others.
This combination of professional experience, movement theory and practical observation eventually led to the development of AI People Reader and AI People Reader Presenter Analysis.
Alisa in Heidelberg on Movement in Communication
A Structured Way of Observing Movement
Knowing that non-verbal communication matters is one thing. Knowing how to observe it systematically is another.
This led Alisa to the study of human movement and, in particular, Laban Movement Analysis (LMA)—a systematic framework for observing and describing how people move.
Rather than assigning fixed meanings to individual gestures, movement analysis provides a way of looking at patterns, combinations and changes in movement.
Over more than 16 years of working with movement, Alisa has combined recognised movement theory with empirical observation—watching how people move in real situations and exploring how different movement patterns contribute to the way they communicate and may be experienced by others.
This approach became the foundation for the development of AI PEOPLE READER, applying structured movement observation through technology to make aspects of non-verbal communication easier to see and understand.
LEARN MORE ABOUT LABAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
One Brand. Two Distinct Products. Different Purposes.
AI PEOPLE READER™ is the brand behind two separate applications of movement analysis.
AI PEOPLE READER Presenter Analysis
Presenter Analysis focuses specifically on presentation delivery.
It helps presenters understand how aspects of their physical delivery may be experienced by others through 6 categories:
Eye Contact • Uprightness • Stance • Engaging Level • Confidence Level • Authority Level
Presenter Analysis is the current AI PEOPLE READER product available to users.
People Reader — In Development
People Reader was the original concept behind AI PEOPLE READER and is being developed specifically to support hiring and selection.
It applies structured movement observation in a different context, providing an additional perspective to complement information gathered through conventional recruitment and interview processes.
People Reader is a separate product with its own analytical categories and should not be confused with Presenter Analysis.
Making Movement Visible
Much of our movement happens without conscious awareness. We may know what we want to communicate, but we don't always see what our body is communicating alongside our words.
AI PEOPLE READER was developed to make movement visible and easier to understand.
The aim is not to tell people who they are, what they are thinking or what they are feeling. It is to provide a structured way of observing movement and another perspective from which to understand communication.
See what your movement may be communicating.
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