Speakers: 
Dawn Nicholson, Vice Chair, ABP
Alan Redman, Chief Science Officer, Clevry
Tammy Allen (SIOP, USF)
Clara To, Vice Chair, Division of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, HKPS
Liza Walter-Nelson, MindGym

Summary:

Join Stewart Desson, ABP Treasurer, as he leads a lively discussion with industry experts on the changing landscape of psychology in the workplace.

Panelists:

Alan Redman – UK
Dawn Nicholson – UK
Liza Walter-Nelson – UK
Tammy Allen – SIOP, USA
Clara To – Hong Kong

Discussion Topics:

Embracing AI and Automation: How can psychology professionals adapt to the rise of AI in the workplace?

Comparing Disciplines: Occupational Psychology, I/O Psychology, and Business Psychology—how do they differ, and where can we find synergies?

Supporting Evidence-Based Practice: How can we encourage evidence-based approaches to tackle modern organisational challenges?

Current and Emerging Trends: What other trends are influencing the future of our profession?

Don’t miss this chance to explore the future of workplace psychology with global experts!

Biogs:

Dr Alan Redman

A Work & Organisational Psychologist and a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society, Alan has over 30 years of experience designing psychometrics and assessment technologies.

Alan is Chief Science Officer at Clevry and an early pioneer of assessment technologies as an architect of online psychometrics in the late 1990s. He has nurtured the forward thinking, pragmatic, and strategic philosophy that underpins Clevry’s successful navigation of technology advances in assessments over the last 20 years. His spidey-sense for pseudo-science, fads, bandwagons, and evidence-free marketing claims has ensured that Clevry’s direction of travel avoids the bear-traps and harnesses the strengths of new technology developments.

Alan is an Associate Fellow of the Digital futures at work research centre, with whom he and his science team at Clevry are investigating differences in online behaviours among neurodiverse and neurotypical people completing online psychometrics. He is also a Fellow of Birkbeck College, University of London, where his research interests focus on the psychology of cycle-commuting; understanding how behaviour change happens in relation to decisions to ride to work.

You may spot Alan in all weathers cycling from the South Downs to the sea on his way to the Clevry Brighton office. He has been seduced by the complicated joys of cycling up steep hills; his time in the saddle has given him a thousand-yard-stare, a determined set to his jaw, and oily fingernails.

Dr Clara To

Clara To is an industrial-organizational psychologist with a strong background in assessing and coaching business leaders from Fortune 500 companies in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe. Her clientele comes from diverse industries.

Clara is the founding director of Talent Link Global Limited, a management consultancy specializing in customizing psychological assessments, leadership development, and coaching solutions. She collaborates with several international consultancies to adapt and facilitate dedicated leadership assessment and development programs for organizations. Before this, Clara worked for Mobley Group Pacific, the Assessment & Training Centre at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and PA Consulting Group (Cubiks after that). Currently, she is an adjunct associate professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Clara is a Registered Industrial-Organizational Psychologist at the Hong Kong Psychological Society and a Chartered Psychologist at the British Psychological Society. She was the former Chair of the Division of I-O Psychology (DIOP) at The Hong Kong Psychological Society (HKPS), and currently, she serves as the Vice-Chair at DIOP and the HKPS representative to the International Test Commission.

Clara holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Throughout the years, Clara has contributed to academia through her lecturing activities at different universities in Hong Kong and Macau. Clara’s research interests include leadership, personality, and well-being, and she has presented her research projects at international conferences.

Dr Dawn Nicholson

Dr Dawn H. Nicholson is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the MSc Business Psychology at Arden University. Dawn worked for almost 28 years in internal Human Resources (HR) roles and as an advisor to HR, in professional and financial services in the City of London. She spent 3 years as a Partner in PwC’s HR Consulting business, working with clients on their people-related issues and on PwC’s client diversity offering.

Prior to PwC, Dawn was Managing Director, Deputy Head of Human Resources for Europe, The Middle East and Africa, for the global investment bank, Morgan Stanley, where she worked for 16 years. Dawn was responsible for areas including reward, benefits and well-being, diversity, employee engagement, learning and development and recruiting. During that time, she also worked closely with internal employee diversity networks.

Before joining Morgan Stanley, Dawn spent 9 years at Arthur Andersen advising clients on employee-related tax and HR issues. Dawn retired from PwC in June 2013 and returned to academia to pursue her primary passion – understanding and improving group decision-making processes. She was awarded her PhD in group decision-making in the School of Psychology at Kent in 2019, where she remains an Honorary Academic. Dawn is also the Vice Chair and Head of University Accreditation for the Association for Business Psychology. She is the architect of The ABP Biz Psych Cup and is committed to growing the next generation of business psychologists.

Tammy D. Allen

Tammy D. Allen is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida, USA. Her work focuses on topics related to work and family, organizational practices such as remote work, occupational health, and employee career development. She served as President of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (2013-2014) and as President of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology (2018-2019). She is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Academy of Management, Association for Psychological Science, American Psychological Association, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Dr Liza Walter-Nelson – Solutions Director

Liza is a Solutions Director at MindGym in the UK, where she drives innovative strategies to foster company-wide behavior change. She specializes in areas like Leadership Development and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, ensuring high-quality solutions across MindGym’s offerings.

With a blend of academic and hands-on experience, Liza is a Chartered Psychologist and a CIPD Fellow. She excels in evidence-based organizational design and has led impactful change initiatives. Liza has developed large-scale coaching interventions using Solution-Focused methodologies and has spearheaded strategic policy development and talent programs.

Liza holds a Doctorate in Occupational and Business Psychology, focusing on mobility and bias in sector switching. Her career spans both public and private sectors, with roles in HR and product development. Before joining MindGym, she was the Chief Product Officer at 10x Psychology, overseeing product development and marketing. Earlier, Liza served as Executive Director of HR & OD in the NHS and further education sectors.

Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Business and Occupational Psychology: Kingston University
• Post Graduate Certificate in Occupational Psychology (PCOP) – Stage 1 of Charter process: British Psychological Society
• BSc Psychology (Hons): University of Portsmouth
• FCIPD (Fellow of the CIPD), Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
• Chartered Occupational Psychologist, British Psychology Society (BPS)
• AFBPsS, Associate Fellow of the British Psychology Society
• Certified Principal Business Psychologist: The Association for Business Psychology
• Registered EuroPsy Psychologist: EFPA (European Federation of Psychologists’​ Associations)