Department 12: An I-O Psychology Podcast

By Ben Butina, PhD

What's Department 12: An I-O Psychology Podcast about?

A podcast for industrial-organizational psychologists, researchers, practitioners, and students. We cover anything and everything related to the research and practice of IO psych.

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Department 12: An I-O Psychology Podcast episodes:

10.25.2021
Courtney Keim on Being an I-O Psychologist All Along (Part 2)
Before she became an I-O psychologist, Courtney Keim worked as a server and bartender. In this second part of a two-part episode, Dr. Keim reflects on why bartenders make good I-O psychologists, how she chose I-O psych by a process...
10.11.2021
Courtney Keim on Being an I-O Psychologist All Along (Part 1)
Before she became an I-O psychologist, Courtney Keim worked at a residential treatment center for traumatized boys. In this first part of a two-part episode, Dr. Keim reflects on how those six brutal weeks influenced her later career as an...
08.30.2021
Jonathan Noftsier on Going From XO to IO
After 12 years as a Naval Aviator and Marine Corps Officer, Jonathan Noftsier transitioned to a career in I-O psych consulting. In this episode, we talk about Jonathan's transition from Executive Officer (XO) to I-O consultant, what civilians get wrong...
07.26.2021
Sy Islam and Gordon Schmidt on Debunking and Testing Business Practices
Should we should spend less time testing our own theories and more time testing business practices as they're actually implemented in organizations? Can I-O psychologists improve Lean Management? What's the difference between testing and debunking? All this, and more, in...
07.06.2021
Alison Horstmeyer on Curiosity and Thought Leadership
What's the difference between an expert and a thought leader? What's the big deal about curiosity? What's the shadow side of curiosity? What does too much curiosity look like? If you're curious, check out this episode with Dr. Alison Horstmeyer...
06.07.2021
Roni Reiter-Palmon on Creativity
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,...
05.24.2021
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...
04.27.2021
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...
03.08.2021
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...
02.15.2021
Clemente Diaz on Bridge Builders and the Advocacy Registry
Clemente Diaz is the Associate Director of College Now at Baruch College and an adjunct faculty member in I-O Psychology at the CUNY School of Professional Studies. Clemente is also a member of Bridge Builders, a SIOP sub-committee dedicated to...
01.25.2021
Sevelyn Crosby & Amelia Do on "My Mommy is an Organizational Psychologist"
Sevelyn Crosby is the author of a new children's book, My Mommy is an Organizational Psychologist and Amelia Do is part of the sales and marketing team for the book. In this episode we discuss why Sevelyn was inspired to...
12.29.2020
Laura Gallaher on Changing the Culture at NASA
On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. The investigation board looking into the matter found fault in NASA's organizational culture, especially how it handled decision-making and risk...
12.07.2020
Cynthia DeVita-Cochrane on Being a Business Resiliency Counselor
In our frustrating and never-ending quest to explain what I-O psychology is, we could always say, at least, "No, we don't do counseling." Today's guest is taking that away from us, too. Cynthia DeVita-Cochrane joins us from the frontier of...
11.16.2020
Britt Gottschalk & Ethan Sprang on How I-O Psych Can Save the Organizational World
Can I-O psych save the world? At least the world of work and organizations? My guests think so. Britt Gottschalk and Ethan Sprang of ReVise Consulting join us to talk about how COVID-19 will change the world of work and...
10.12.2020
David Copeland on Success as a Psychology Major
David Copeland, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychology at UNLV. In this episode, he joins us to talk about his book, Success as a Psychology Major, which he co-wrote with Jeremy Ashton Houska. In addition to the book, we...
09.30.2020
Macy Cheeks & Shavonne Holman on Blacks in I/O
What's it like to be Black in I-O psychology? When Shavonne Holman and Macy Cheeks graduated from Howard University—the country's most prestigious historically black university—and entered graduate programs in I-O psych, they weren't prepared for how alone and isolated they'd...
09.21.2020
Sherif al-Qallawi on the Journey to I-O Psych
In our final episode with Sherif al-Qallawi (Twitter, LinkedIn), Sherif reflects on his long and winding journey to I-O psych. We'll travel from pharmaceuticals to the United Nations, by way of a coin flip. Be sure to check out If...
09.14.2020
Sherif al-Qallawi on Egyptian Work Culture
I-O psychology is WEIRD: Most of our research is conducted with samples of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic societies. How confident can we be that our evidence generalizes to non-WEIRD workplaces around the world? To gain some insight on...
09.08.2020
Sherif al-Qallawi on the Fulbright Scholarship
Sherif al-Qallawi (Twitter, LinkedIn) is a PhD candidate at Florida Tech. In this episode, Sherif explains what the Fulbright Scholarship is and how it can change the lives and work of IO psych grads and graduate students. Be sure to...
08.31.2020
Qualitative Research Special
Let's talk about qualitative research in IO psych. What is it? What kinds of research questions can you ask with it? What are the methods like? How can you get started? In this episode, I'm joined by Julia McMenamin (Twitter),...
08.28.2020
Why I Became an IO Psychologist: Scott Davies
I've got a great episode on qualitative research in IO psychology coming up. In the meantime, here's a brief clip from one of the guests on that show, Dr. Scott Davies of PointLeader Predictive Analytics. Be sure to check out...
08.11.2020
Kyana Beckles on Pre-Employment Testing for Law Enforcement
Kyana Beckles, Founder and CEO of Leverage Assessments, Inc. based in New York City, discusses pre-employment testing processes for law enforcement. Kyana works with the NYPD and has a wealth of practical experience and insights on how IO can help...
08.04.2020
Daniel Maday on Digitizing Your Classroom
Hello, friends. Are you teaching a class this fall? Are you teaching it online or in some hybrid format? Then today's guest has some advice for you. Take a deep breath. It's going to be okay. Better than okay, even....
07.28.2020
Alexander Schwall on Behaviors & Performance During COVID-19
Everyone is speculating about how COVID-19 has changed work, but in this episode, I speak to a man who has more than an opinion: he has data. Dr. Alexander Schwall, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Rhabit Analytics, joins me to...
07.21.2020
Gudela Grote on the Alliance for Organizational Psychology
Gudela Grote is a past president of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) and the current president of the Alliance for Organizational Psychology (AOP). In this episode, we talk about the mission of the AOP and the...
07.08.2020
Ali Salihoglu on Starting a Podcast
Ali Salihoglu is starting a podcast for the Hofstra IO Psych Student Association and he's got questions! If you're thinking about starting an IO psych podcast of your own, this is definitely the episode for you. We talk equipment, marketing,...
06.18.2020
Jo Jorgensen on Running for President
What's more grueling, writing a dissertation or running for President? What the are KSAs for a national political candidate? How is campaigning for a third party like teaching and consulting? How is managing a political campaign different from managing a...
05.27.2020
Lisa Kath on Moving from Organic Chemistry to IO Psychology
Lisa Kath used to be a chemist. Now she's an IO psychologist. What the hell happened? In this episode, I talk to Lisa about her career transition, how she found out about IO psych to begin with, and what she...
05.07.2020
Chris Mackey on Gaming Leadership Development
Well, folks, this COVID-19 business is messing up a lot of plans, including Chrissy Mackey's dissertation research plan! In this episode, Chrissy joins me to talk about how she's pivoted so she can move forward with her original research on...
04.16.2020
Katrina Burch on Commuting
Katrina Burch, an Assistant Professor of IO Psych at Western Kentucky University, joins us to talk about the open road. Or subway. Or whatever. Is commuting a transition or a life domain in its own right? How does work spill...
04.02.2020
Stefanie Mockler on Coaching Leaders During COVID-19
Stefanie Mockler joins the show to talk about her work coaching leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about information and decision overload, isolation, communication, and how our send of professionalism may be changing. Connect with Stefanie on LinkedIn Read Stefanie's...
03.26.2020
Juliet Aiken on How IO Can Help in the Wake of COVID-19
In this episode, I meet Dr. Juliet Aiken, winner of this year's Distinguished Early Career Contributions-Practice Award from SIOP. Juliet is also the founder and program director of the Master's program in IO at the University of Maryland. I talk to Juliet...
03.17.2020
Sara Perry on Remote Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tonight I'm joined by Sara Perry, Assistant Professor of Management at Baylor University, to talk about the great and terrible experiment in remote work that many American workers are now experiencing. What, if anything, does the research have to tell...
02.28.2020
Aaron Halliday on Data Science
Let's meet Aaron Halliday, IO psychologist and data scientist. How did he end up in both worlds? What can IO psych offer data science and vice versa? How can an IO psych nerd go about learning more about all this...
01.25.2020
Cody Cox & Greg Pool on Mixing Academia & Consulting
Listener Lindsey Lane asks, "...for a long time I have heard of people combining consulting and academia into one career (i.e., professors that consult on the side). Does this really happen?" Yes, L3, after a long day of teachin', researchin',...
12.24.2019
Coaching "Jeff" at a Career Crossroads
In this episode, I coach "Jeff" (not his real name) who is struggling with a career decision. He's finishing up a Master's in IO Psych and an MBA and he can't decide whether to pursue a PhD or jump right...
11.21.2019
Mindy Shoss Tells the Story of a Publication
Where do researchers get ideas for new studies? How do multiple co-authors work together on a single paper? How should we deal with rejection? In this episode, Mindy Shoss, Ph.D., an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, gives...
11.03.2019
Treat Yourself Holiday Gorging Triple Scoop
Do you like Department 12 but wish it was, you know, a little less boring? Then check out The I/O Soapbox, a YouTube video series that talks about I/O stuff in entertaining and clever ways. (You know, if you're into...
10.10.2019
Stefanie Mockler on Coaching
A warm welcome to Stefanie Mockler, a doctoral candidate at DePaul University. Stefanie is a leadership consultant, executive coach, and Head of Insights at Vantage Leadership Consulting. She's also the founder and owner at The Female Leader's Edge, where she...
09.12.2019
James Hughes on Starting a Doctoral Program
James Hughes is a busy man. In this past few weeks, he's moved, started a podcast, and began his doctoral program at the University of Connecticut. He's also teaching his first class tomorrow. And did I mention he's the co-founder...
09.06.2019
How to Get Access to Research Outside of Academia
Looking for something? Some journal articles, maybe? A pre-print or two? Don't be shy. Come closer. I'll hook you up. Let's start by checking in with your alma mater. They've gotten enough of your money and blood. The least they...
07.18.2019
Naz Tadjbakhsh on the Dissertation Journey
What's the danger of going down too many rabbit holes during a lit review? How do you keep going when you want to quit? In this second episode of a two-part series, newly-minted PhD Naz Tadjbakhsh talks about her dissertation...
07.12.2019
Jeff Dahlke on the Dissertation Journey
How hard are comps? What exactly happens in a dissertation defense? In this first episode of a two-part series, newly-minted PhD Jeff Dahlke joins us to talk about his dissertation journey. If you're a graduate student, or thinking of becoming...
06.06.2019
Andrew Naber on Team Agility
Every commonly-accepted word or phrase was once a new-fangled buzzword (or buzzphrase, I guess) that caused people to roll their eyes. In this episode, Andrew Naber defends the freshly-minted phrase "team agility" against my onslaught of curmudgeonism. If you're not...
05.31.2019
Mike Morrison on the Better Poster
Suppose you found yourself in a living nightmare, and suppose you found yourself at a poster session, but I repeat myself. Mike Morrison, an IO psych geek with design chops, can lead us out of this text-crammed hellscape. His mythical...
05.16.2019
Gordon Schmidt on the Virtual Future of Leadership
In this episode, Dr. Gordon Schmidt discusses how virtual work and the gig economy may change how we look at leadership, team cohesion, and organizational identification. Show LinksFollow Gordon on Twitter: @iopsychologyThe Future of Leadership is VirtualUsing Amazon Mechanical Turk...
05.09.2019
Minisode: Attention! Attention!
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03.15.2019
Patricia Grabarek & Katina Sawyer on Wellbeing for IO Psychologists
Katina Sawyer and Patricia Grabarek are the two IO psychologists behind Workr Beeing, a website, blog, and podcast which applies science to help you build a happy, healthy work life for yourself, your teams, and your organizations. In this episode,...
02.22.2019
Rob Briner on Evidence-Based IO
Wait a minute, isn't all IO Psychology evidence-based? Isn't that kind of our deal? In this episode, Rob Briner joins me to talk about EBP and how it applies to our world. Rob was also kind enough to write up...
01.26.2019
Alan Colquitt on Talent
Does performance management work? Should we spend more on high-potentials? Are we ever going to get better at predicting job performance? Listen to Alan Colquitt patiently explain why I am wrong about nearly everything related to performance management, job selection,...

What's Department 12: An I-O Psychology Podcast about?

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Department 12: An I-O Psychology Podcast episodes:

Courtney Keim on Being an I-O Psychologist All Along (Part 2)

Courtney Keim on Being an I-O Psychologist All Along (Part 1)

Jonathan Noftsier on Going From XO to IO

Sy Islam and Gordon Schmidt on Debunking and Testing Business Practices

Alison Horstmeyer on Curiosity and Thought Leadership

Roni Reiter-Palmon on Creativity

Jared Lock on Organizational Culture

Mike Urick on A Manager's Guide to Using the Force

Daniel Krantz on Perseverance in the Doctoral Journey

Clemente Diaz on Bridge Builders and the Advocacy Registry

Sevelyn Crosby & Amelia Do on "My Mommy is an Organizational Psychologist"

Laura Gallaher on Changing the Culture at NASA

Cynthia DeVita-Cochrane on Being a Business Resiliency Counselor

Britt Gottschalk & Ethan Sprang on How I-O Psych Can Save the Organizational World

David Copeland on Success as a Psychology Major

Macy Cheeks & Shavonne Holman on Blacks in I/O

Sherif al-Qallawi on the Journey to I-O Psych

Sherif al-Qallawi on Egyptian Work Culture

Sherif al-Qallawi on the Fulbright Scholarship

Qualitative Research Special

Why I Became an IO Psychologist: Scott Davies

Kyana Beckles on Pre-Employment Testing for Law Enforcement

Daniel Maday on Digitizing Your Classroom

Alexander Schwall on Behaviors & Performance During COVID-19

Gudela Grote on the Alliance for Organizational Psychology

Ali Salihoglu on Starting a Podcast

Jo Jorgensen on Running for President

Lisa Kath on Moving from Organic Chemistry to IO Psychology

Chris Mackey on Gaming Leadership Development

Katrina Burch on Commuting

Stefanie Mockler on Coaching Leaders During COVID-19

Juliet Aiken on How IO Can Help in the Wake of COVID-19

Sara Perry on Remote Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Aaron Halliday on Data Science

Cody Cox & Greg Pool on Mixing Academia & Consulting

Coaching "Jeff" at a Career Crossroads

Mindy Shoss Tells the Story of a Publication

Treat Yourself Holiday Gorging Triple Scoop

Stefanie Mockler on Coaching

James Hughes on Starting a Doctoral Program

How to Get Access to Research Outside of Academia

Naz Tadjbakhsh on the Dissertation Journey

Jeff Dahlke on the Dissertation Journey

Andrew Naber on Team Agility

Mike Morrison on the Better Poster

Gordon Schmidt on the Virtual Future of Leadership

Minisode: Attention! Attention!

Patricia Grabarek & Katina Sawyer on Wellbeing for IO Psychologists

Rob Briner on Evidence-Based IO

Alan Colquitt on Talent