November Manchester Speaker Event – Event Report
Marjorie Raymond / Paula Dixon MWR Consulting Projective Assessments: The Evolving Niche in Testing Manchester Metropolitan University 27th November 2019 Employers would benefit from a completely fresh approach to recruitment. Consequently, this would provide a deeper understanding of both…
November London Speaker Event – Event Report
Eimear Meredith-Jones Managing Director, Accenture Talent and Organisation 19th November 2019 Progressing the Diversity Agenda by using AI to Eliminate Bias The labour market continues to evolve as technology changes the work and home life, shifting consumer expectations, and these…
October London Event Report
Roy Childs, Team Focus Self-report questionnaires – how can they be made more effective? University of Westminster, 15th October 2019 Those of us in the business of psychometrics need to take a long hard look at what it is we…
ABP Conference 2019 – Pitch Competition Winner Announced
After last year’s successful “An innovation in 2018” challenge, the newly named “Pitch Competition”, was repeated at this year’s conference. The ‘Pitch Competition’ taps into the substantial innovation and creativity of the ABP’s members and encourages them to share their…
ABP Conference 2019 – Event Report
The ABP Annual Conference (10 & 11th October 2019, London). Summary by Richard Taylor. ‘The Big Nudge’ Behavioural Economics meets Business Psychology (BE meets BP) Ben Williams, Chair of The ABP opened the conference on Thursday to a…
October Manchester Speaker Event Report
Mark Crowder and Marilena Antoniadou Senior Lecturers, Manchester Metropolitan University Bringing fun into the workplace and its effects on job performance 1st October 2019 The ABP welcomed a presentation by Marilena Antoniadou and Mark Crowder of the Business Psychology…
Workforce Experience Awards – Winners 2019
Thank you to all those who entered the Workforce Experience Awards. This year was a very competitive field and we received many excellent entries. Please see the full list of our 2019 winners here. Congratulations to all of our…
September Feature Article: Artifical Intelligence
This month, our guest writer Vishal Marria of Quantexa writes about The Future of Artificial Intelligence In The Workplace Is AI going to displace workers or come as a benefit to them? Smart technologies aren’t just changing our homes;…
Reducing Evaluative Bias in Psychometrics – Implications for Recruitment and Development – Event Report
Dr. Stewart Desson, Lumina 18th June 2019 Reducing Evaluative Bias in Psychometrics - Implications for Recruitment and Development. The presentation covered the following themes: Type-ing, trait theories, and inclusive psychometrics Evaluative Bias The Lumina Spark model How does Lumina…
Culture Shift – Using Business Psychology to underpin Strategy Delivery – Event Report
Kirsty Bashforth, CEO, Quayfive Ltd. 17th September 2019 Culture Shift - Using Business Psychology to underpin Strategy Delivery Kirsty Bashforth wanted to share two main messages from her recently published book. The importance of a business psychology strategy. The best…
August Feature Article – Social Mobility – A Different Kind of Diversity
When we talk about diversity in the workplace, we often assume that this is limited to issues such as gender, race or disability - but issues of diversity and inclusion in the workplace are wider and include social mobility. In…
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE: I’ve got the data. Now what?
While there are plenty of conceptual frameworks for transferring knowledge from evidence to practice, the act of successfully exchanging and applying evidence in the form of information, ideas and experiences remains an enigma for most. Unfortunately, this has led to…