The SIOP Exchange

Guest Blogger: Thank You, Anna Clark!

The SIOP Exchange crew would like to thank the blog's recent guest blogger and LEading Edge Consortium speaker, Anna Clark, for her time Thursday, August 30. Clark answered questions and comments from several SIOP members on the topic of environmental sustainability in the workplace as part of the SIOP Electronic Communications Committee's "Guest Blogger" series.

If you would like to read the questions and answers, view Clark's post here. If you would like to learn more about environmental sustainability at work, including a full presentation by Anna Clark, register for the SIOP Leading Edge Consortium. You can get a full agenda, list of speakers and presentations, and other information on the LEC homepage.

The committee plans to invite more live blogging guests in the coming months to be available for questions and comments from readers on various topics important to the I-O community. Stay tuned for more guest posts!

Emotionally Extraordinary

By Karin Soweid, SIOP Blogger 

I attended a seminar recently that vowed to ‘wow’ in terms of its unique approach to reframing, if not transforming, the time management discussion. The facilitator challenged all participants to consider the consequences of just being simply average. Would there be a Great Wall of China, the pyramids of Egypt, or bold female figures such as Joan of Arc or Amelia Earhart? These landmarks and famed individuals essentially serve as benchmarks for being better than average, even extraordinary.

Re-Experience SIOP 2012

2012 Conference DVDs Now Available

Re-experience some of the most popular sessions from the 2012 SIOP conference—order a conference DVD!

DVD recordings are now available for purchase here. The 2012 SIOP Conference Recordings DVD-ROM includes:

• 20 select presentations available (see list below)
• Audio synchronized with the speaker’s slide presentations
• MP3 audio files for your MP3 player to listen on the go!
• Files that are Mac and PC compatible

The presentations available on the DVD are:

“Typical” Future Workers: Aged? Virtual? Global? Monitored? Transient? Robots?

By Carrie Zapka, SIOP Blogger

Think back to a typical workplace in 1992, twenty years ago. What were the hot I-O topics then? Now imagine 10, 20, or even 50 years from now. What will the new hot topics be? The Jan-Feb 2012 issue of The Futurist, a magazine from the World Future Society (WFS), and a YouTube video from odesk.com called The Future of Work pose some interesting possibilities.

Compared to workers today, workers of the future might be…

Environmental Sustainability at Work

Registration Now Open for SIOP's 2012 Leading Edge Consortium!

Organizations are increasingly concluding that environmental sustainability is central to their missions. As organizations transform to minimize, mitigate, and neutralize their environmental impact, I-O psychology is uniquely positioned to aid in these efforts.

“Environmental Sustainability at Work: Advancing Research, Enhancing Practice,” SIOP’s 8th annual Leading Edge Consortium, will bring together thought leaders from academia and practice in a day-and-a-half event focusing on the exciting topic of environmental sustainability. Registration is now open for this event, which will take place October 19-20, 2012 at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans.

Register for “Environmental Sustainability at Work” today!