The SIOP Exchange

Are We Ready To Innovate?

By Manisha Bajaj, SIOP Blogger

What’s going on?

What contributes to the success of smartphones such as iPhones and Droid? Is it their product design or is it the applications (Apps) that you can buy on them? Or is it both? Putting this another way…

• Would you still buy an iPhone or Droid if the weight loss or online music Apps were not available on these devices?
• Also, would any of these Apps be available if there were no devices like the iPhone or Droid?

How has Your I-O Psychology had an Impact?

By Adrienne Colella, SIOP President

This is my very first blog ever, and I need your help. The “theme” of my year as SIOP President is IMPACT, i.e. the impact I-O psychology has made on individuals, organizations and society. In conversations about this, I came to realize that impact means different things to different people. I was thinking in terms of change, i.e. how a practice, product, or research stream has led to a positive change. Adam Hilliard gives a good example in his post on “How Selection Consultants Change the World”. Personally, the most impactful (perhaps I mean most fulfilling) thing I’ve done as an I-O psychologist was to be a part of KARE, a SIOP group which helped organizations in New Orleans get back on their feet after the levy failures and Hurricane Katrina.

How I Stumbled Upon I-O from a Totally Different Career

By Carrie Zapka, SIOP blogger

How does a Microbiologist end up in I-O?  It was not easy. I-O is definitely not a well-known career option. I will share how I stumbled upon I-O (and I hope you will reply and share your story too) because I believe that we should find ways to help more people from diverse non-psychology backgrounds to discover I-O too. 

A few years ago I hit an invisible mental career wall. I was happy when I was immersed in my day to day tasks. When I thought about my future, though, I was anxious and frustrated. I looked around at colleagues who were a few stops ahead of me on my default career path and I just couldn’t see myself in their shoes.

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The House that Management Consulting Built

By Paul Thoresen, SIOP Blogger

On the premiere episode, of House of Lies (a Showtime Original Series) “management consultants” are painted as soulless opportunists.  With the tagline Survival of the Slickest, this should not be very surprising to most. The show’s first episode portrays the main protagonist (played by Don Cheadle) attempting to win over clients with flattery, meaningless jargon, and several other less than productive tactics. Is this the general impression that the public holds for those who consult to management?