I Can Read Your Mind …. and Other I-O Psych Misconceptions

I have had this post in draft for a while but a recent article claiming it is disingenuous and irresponsible to use psychology at work made the completion of it urgent. Because I am convinced of exactly the opposite. I am convinced it is irresponsible to disregard a large and growing body of knowledge that can help your organization be better at business, operations, sales, marketing, and especially management. Not only that but employees are beneficiaries of the application of such research as well.

I can’t really blame the logic behind the post though. You see it in nearly every profession; the jerks that can’t do their job well give the rest a bad name. With respect to the intersection of business and psychology, I can tell the difference between the latter and the former within a few seconds. But I shouldn’t expect everyone else to do the same. Just like I don’t know the difference between an authentic car mechanic and a crook (true story).

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