Smarter Workplace Awareness

September is Smarter Workplace Awareness Month! We've dedicated the month to sharing information about how the science and practice of I-O psychology can improve worker well-being while creating more effective organizations.

We are again focusing on the annual Top 10 Trends. For an overview, watch this brief video or read the article announcing the Top Ten Workplace Trends for 2019.

The Smarter Workplace committee has been working with member experts to create special content on the Top 10 topics each week of September. The new publications will be featured in your weekly Newsbriefs email and posted here.

In addition, the SIOP Visibility Committee hosted an IGNITE session on the Top 10 Trends at the 2019 Annual Conference. Links to short videos covering the trends are also included here.

Week 1:

Denise Rousseau will discuss the Changing Nature of Work (Trend #7) in a posting on September 4. Read the article and add your comments in the discussion thread at the end. Share on your favorite social media platform to help spread the word about Smarter Workplace Awareness Month. Tag your posts with #SmarterWorkplace to make them easier to search. Doug Reynolds also spoke on the Changing Nature of Work in his SIOP Conference IGNITE Presentation. The SIOP Visibility Committee has also just published Neil Morelli's Hot Topics White Paper on Artificial Intelligence in Talent Assessment and Selection. Find white papers on additional Top 10 Trends topics linked further down on this page.

Week 2:

This week we're featuring videos from the Top 10 Trends IGNITE session at the 2019 Annual Conference. Spend 5 minutes with Tara Behrend as she debunks some misconceptions about the Automation of Jobs and Tasks, (Trend #6), or with Kizzy Dominguez, who talks about the #2 Trend, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity, or with Tina Burke, who shares some great Data Visualization tips (Trend #8). Post about the videos on your favorite social media platform to help spread the word about Smarter Workplace Awareness Month, tagging your posts with #SmarterWorkplace to make them easier to search.

Week 3:

This week features a mix of new content and videos recorded at the Top 10 IGNITE session. Ben Baran shares information on Trend #9, Creating Agile Organizations, and Wayne Robinson draws inspiration from nature for his discussion of Agile Organizations in a Top 10 video. Emily Campion discusses the “Gig Economy” and contract work (Trend #4). Carra Sims discusses sexual harassment in the evolving workplace, and Jennifer Weiss adds to the #MeToo discussion (Trend #5) in her Top 10 video. Your comments are welcome in the discussion thread at the end of the article posts. Please share these items with the #SmarterWorkplace tag on your favorite social media platform to help spread the word about Smarter Workplace Awareness Month.

Week 4:

Smarter Workplace Awareness Month finishes strong with several items! Scott Tonidandel shares insights on Working With Big Data (Trend #3) and Julie Wayne covers Trend #10, Work-Life Balance Interventions. Richard Landers discusses the #1 Trend, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Add your voice in the discussion threads at the end of the articles. 5-minute videos recorded during the Top 10 Trends IGNITE session at the 2019 SIOP Annual Conference also provide insight and entertainment on the subjects. Fred Oswald presents on Big Data, Dan Putka gives his perspective on AI & ML, and Tammy Allen discusses Work-Life Balance Interventions. Share these items on your favorite social media platform to help spread the word about Smarter Workplace Awareness Month and tag your posts with #SmarterWorkplace to make them easier to search.

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Resources

I-O Psychology and SIOP Brochures

History of SIOP and I-O

SIOP Mission Statement

SIOP YouTube Channel

SIOP Smarter Workplace Research

Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity: Collaboration, Communication Are Keys to Organizational Agility (8/1/19)

Enhancing Judgment: The Case for Human–Algorithm

Collaboration(7/17/19)

Skills are the New Coin of the Realm (7/3/19)

Ready for the Digital Era (6/26/19)

#MeToo at Work: How we can prevent #MeToo in the workplace (9/26/18)

Beyond "Moneyball:"I-O Psychology and the Maturation of AI/ML Technology in HR (9/19/18)

Tips for Making Leadership Development an Organizational Competitive Advantage (9/12/18)

Self-Compassion and Work-Life Balance (8/29/18)

Diversity as a Small Business Strategy (7/12/2018)

Communicating Change: Perceived Fairness May be Key to Successful Change Management (6/27/2018)

Work Balance + Life Balance = Happiness (5/3/2018)

They Want What? Study Shows Millennials in the Workplace May Not Be So Different After All (4/11/2018)

Ensuring All Feel Welcome: SIOP Committees and Leaders Work to Promote Diversity, Justice, and Equality (8/21/2017)

Social Media and Selection: A Brief History and Practical Recommendations (8/9/2017)

If Your Friends Jumped Off a Cliff: Study Shows the Power of Social Media Over Ethical Perceptions (7/26/2017)

Male Leaders’ Role in Promoting Gender Inclusivity: SIOP Participates in Coalition for National Science Funding Capitol Hill Exhibition (6/28/2017)

Applying Psychological Science to World Issues (6/28/2017)

The Bigger Picture of Employee Well-Being (4/12/2017)

Members in the Media

SIOP members regularly comment in the media on trending and important work topics, and SIOP shares links to member media notices on its social media channels and in a regular column in the quarterly online magazine, The Industrial and Organizational Psychologist (TIP). See the most recent column here.

Webinars

Evaluating Training Effectiveness and ROI (8/25/2019)

The ROLE Model (8/25/2018)

Best Practices in Employee Engagement (8/25/2016)

Effective Feedback (8/25/2016)

Learning Agility (8/25/2016)

White Papers

Work-Life Balance Interventions

A Marathon, Not a Sprint: The Benefits of Taking Time to Recover from Work Demands Are you binge-working? This SIOP White Paper analyzes the benefits of taking time to recover from work demands.

Work-Life Balance This SIOP White Paper examines how balancing work and personal life can make individuals feel more job and life satisfaction.

Sick, Unsafe, and Unproductive: Poor Employee Sleep is Bad for Business When workers are tired, unhealthy, and not performing well, they are less productive. Should organizations prioritize sleep? What strategies are most effective for promoting sleep? This SIOP White Paper answers these questions.

Creating Agile Organizations

Agility and Agile: An Introduction for People, Teams, and Organizations

Want More Effective Managers? Learning Agility May Be the Key This SIOP White Paper provides an overview of learning agility, provides next steps for using learning agility to identify people who are more likely to be successful in manager roles.

The Changing Nature of Work, the Gig Economy and Contract Work.

The Gig Economy: An Overview and Set of Recommendations for Practice This SIOP White Paper addresses five of the most pressing questions about the gig economy and provides recommendations for gig workers and clients to support gig workers’ productivity.

Getting Engaged: Top Tips for an Engaged Workplace SIOP White Paper discusses employee work engagement and develop steps managers can take to improve engagement in their workplace.

Improving Communications in Virtual Teams Communication is an important part of success for any team. SIOP White Paper examines avenues to improve communication in virtual teams.

What We Know About Youth Employment: Research Summary and Best Practices SIOP White Paper brings attention to youth employment and how current practices can be enhanced.

Telecommuting This SIOP White Paper white paper describes how telecommuting relates to personal and workplace outcomes and makes recommendations for appropriate implementation of telecommuting programs.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Benefits of Socioeconomic Diversity to Organizations: How Organizations Can Promote and Benefit From Socioeconomic Diversity Drawing on research from various fields, this SIOP White Paper provides information on how to enact, promote, and benefit from practices promoting socioeconomic diversity among their employees.

Sexual Harassment, #MeToo at Work

Addressing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace SIOP White Paper examines definition, scope and workplace effects of sexual harassment then provides research based recommendations for prevention.

Preventing and Deterring Organizational Deviance “When norms in a work group or organization support unethical behavior, employees are more likely to act in deviant ways.” SIOP White Paper explores ways to discourage workplace deviance.

Workplace Bullying: Causes, Consequences, and Intervention Strategies SIOP White Paper discusses workplace bullying causes, consequences, and intervention strategies.

Working With Big Data

Best Practices in Linking Data to Organizational Outcomes This SIOP White Paper outlines some of the basic steps required to make valid, informative inferences based on organizational data.

Big Data at Work: Lessons from the Field In this SIOP White Paper, accomplished SIOP members discuss how to translate mountains of data into smart decisions. #SIOP White Paper examines how balancing work and personal life can make individuals feel more job and life satisfaction.

I-O Programs

Additional Resources