Welcome back to our 2025 ‘Showcase’ series, where we explain how occupational psychology can help you tackle a range of business or HR challenges. We started by thinking about the value of career planning tools. In this instalment, we’re moving onto recruitment. Good recruitment can boost productivity, create effective and…
The World Economic Forum’s latest Future of Jobs Report found that creative thinking was ranked as the second most important skill for workers, and was the skill predicted to be most in demand in future. Ahead of World Creativity and Innovation Day, celebrated on the 21st of April (with activity…
Innovative employees are the dream surely? Team members who think unconventionally and bring new ideas for improving existing processes, and ways of working. Which can lead to greater efficiency, reduced waste and potentially new products? But, as a leader, are you an innovation enabler? Or could you be stifling your…
The uncertainty and scope of the global pandemic forced us all to adopt virtual or safety conscious practices at a fast pace. Pubs are re-opening with QR-code bar service, doctors are offering virtual consultations, retailers are shifting their stores online. And whilst these sorts of behaviours are critical in times…
Participation and innovation are just two of our core values at Work Psychology Group (WPG). We have seven in total and they have been in place since the company was founded in 2003. These values are the cornerstone for how we do business. They guide us in everything we do – from…
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos are all well-known innovators whose revolutionary contributions within technology, commerce and communications touch our lives on a daily basis. While relatively few organisations can boast an individual trailblazing Steve, Bill or Jeff, it is perfectly possible for teams to foster innovative thinking. Early 2019…
Innovation and creativity are now more important than ever to an organisation’s ability to remain competitive, or even to survive during economic uncertainty. As we progress through an evolving creative and digital age, it is vital that organisations adopt new approaches that actively encourage and seek out more inventive ways…
WPG Director, Dr Maire Kerrin, invited to present a talk on Innovation at ICLCity2016 Conference, entitled ‘Individual-level predictors of workplace innovation: Implications for selection and development’. To promote innovative behaviours, organisations need to reliably identify and capitalise on the innovative potential of their employees. Therefore, the individual characteristics and behaviours…










