How should an I-O psychologist think about creativity? How do we define, operationalize, and measure it? What’s the relationship between creativity and expertise? What is problem construction and why is it so crucial to creativity? What’s the role of time, attention, and perspective-taking? In this episode, I talk to Dr. […]
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Jared Lock on Organizational Culture
Jared Lock began his I-O journey at the University of Tulsa, studying under Bob and Joyce Hogan. These days, he heads up The JDL Group, a consulting firm he founded that employs a network of 40 licensed I-O psychologists. We start our conversation by learning about Jared’s personal I-O journey […]
Mike Urick on A Manager’s Guide to Using the Force
Mike Urick, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Management and Operational Excellence and the Graduate Director of the Master of Science in Management program at the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics and Government at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA. In this episode I talk to Mike about […]
Ken Cavanagh on I-O in Space
Ken Cavanagh was thinking about space travel long before he started working in the space industry. In this episode, I talk to Ken about his new, thought-provoking essay, The Challenge to Astronauts. Links The Habitat Psychology of Space Exploration (NASA) Transcript This transcript is AI-generated and may not be completely […]
Daniel Krantz on Perseverance in the Doctoral Journey
Everyone who earns a PhD has a story to tell, but some stories are more interesting than others. Unfortunately, what makes a story interesting is hardship. Today’s guest, Dr. Daniel Krantz, a freshly-minted PhD in I-O psych from the University of Akron, had to overcome more than his share of […]