SIOPSA 2021 conference: “re-humanising work”
The Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA) held its yearly conference during July 2021. With the current Covid-19 situation, SIOPSA once again decided to hold the conference online through the Whova conference app. Evalex and Odyssey are proud members of the SIOPSA Executive team, and we attend and sponsor the conference in a variety of ways every year.
The 2021 conference theme was “Re-humanising work” and the conference divided its content into a number of relevant and topical sub-themes which included: Humane Leadership in Times of Crisis; Psychological Well-Being in a Turbulent Era; Humane Workplaces; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Returning Human Dignity to the Workforce.
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The Evalex and Odyssey team engaging in several activities during the SIOPSA conference which included:
- The sponsorship of an Exhibition site and demo corner on the Whova conference app, which included exciting prizes and updates on a number of cutting-edge solutions we are busy launching into the market.
- Our Founder and Head of the OMT Group (consisting of OMT, Evalex and Odyssey), Dr Pieter Bronkhorst, presented on a topic entitled: “Does an AI engine outperform human assessors: A criterion-based research study”.
- Furthermore, David Bischof, our Director for Business Development, conducted a joint client presentation entitled “Identifying internal talent and driving succession planning in a non-profit mutual assurance organisation”.
- David also represented People Assessments in Industry (PAI) which is an interest group for SIOPSA with the facilitation of a session entitled “People Assessments in Industry (PAI) presents a South African practitioner overview of the current Assessment landscape”.
We thoroughly enjoyed the conference and look forward to continuing to share our insights with our clients around best practice areas and topical themes that emerged from the event.