Author Archives: Bruce Lewin
New Thinking in Psychology and Psychometrics – Disattenuating Correlations and Validity
Continuing some of the themes picked up by Paul Barrett in his piece on Validity and Utility in I/O Psychology, he questions the use of disattenuating correlations and the impact this has on validity and practice. In essence, a disattenuated … Continue reading
An introduction to 4G – Predicting Relationships
This post is designed to introduce some of the ideas surrounding 4G and its applications. In essence, 4G articulates and predicts relationships (Social Relationships) and culture (Social Groups) in a systematic and logical manner. Also present within 4G is the … Continue reading
IQ's Corner
Many thanks to Kevin McGrew who picked up on our post New Thinking in Psychology and Psychometrics – Part 1. Kevin very kindly reviewed our blog in his entry here. Kevin describes his blog as; An attempt to share contemporary … Continue reading
Ask Team Doc
I’ve been reading blogs for a while now and felt it was about time that our own list of links were updated. The first new addition is Denise O’Berry’s ‘Ask Team Doc’. Denise’s style takes on that of a Q&A … Continue reading
New Thinking in Psychology and Psychometrics – Part 1
I recently made mention of Paul Barrett’s critique of the current state of psychology and psychometrics, especially with regards to business, industry and organisation. Paul has written an extensive piece which in essence seeks to offer a sample of several … Continue reading
Change or Die/Live to Change?
Eva Kaplan-Leiserson drew my attention to a Fast Company article called “Change or Die”. The article itself is good for drawing attention to the nature of change. Kotter has hit on a crucial insight. “Behavior change happens mostly by speaking … Continue reading
Managing the Informal Organisation
I think the realisation that the informal organisation, i.e, the one that is in people’s heads, rather than that which is posted on the org. chart, is of equal or greater value is a good thing. What is even more … Continue reading
Relationships and Personality Testing
Over at George’s Employment Blawg, George Lenard draws our attention to various personality tests and different takes on them. For newer readers of this Blawg who may have missed it, we’ve previously posted some fairly detailed (and in my case … Continue reading
Management Jargon
Some more wordology! I found these charmers via Thad at the Monster blog. I’ll just repeat the phrases themselves, feel free to visit the post for the definitions. “At the end of the day” “The 50,000-foot perspective” “Pushing the envelope” … Continue reading
HR Value and Influence Delivered
I read a great story in Personnel Today looking at the HR function at Home Depot – Home Improvement. The two juicy bits are the rapid rate of growth and the pay of the HR director. On the subject of … Continue reading
