The 2021 RADM Fred Lewis Postgraduate Scholarship program and the Leonard P. Gollobin Graduate Scholarship program are sponsored by the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA). This is our 31st year providing these scholarships as part of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC). I/ITSEC is one of the largest and most respected conferences on modeling, simulation, and educational technologies.

Two new resource documents for addressing racism through research, increased understanding, and support of the targets of racism are now available through the SIOP website.

The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is pleased to announce its seventh annual Top 10 Workplace Trends list. Based on member surveys, these are the issues that will have the most impact on the workplace in 2020. 

For the first time, there is a tie between two of the topics; at #9 on the list – “Virtual working spaces” and ”Meaning and purposeful work.” Newly trending topics include workforce health and well-being, and meaning and purposeful work. The entries in SIOP’s Top 10 list are broad, complex issues posing difficult challenges to the business world and modern society, so it’s no surprise that many other trends have appeared on previous lists. 

Industrial-organizational psychologists study workplace issues of critical relevance to business, including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, training, organizational development, performance, and work–life balance. I-O psychologists can help all kinds of organizations, including for-profit, nonprofit and government, grappling with these issues find solutions that are right for their organizations and their staff.

To create this list, SIOP asked its members for their predictions based on their expertise as well as interactions with clients and colleagues. After the responses were compiled, members selected the top 10 issues organizations are likely to face in 2020. Nearly 1,000 members responded, and here’s what they had to say: