Psych at Work

The following is a more complete collection of my favorite blogs and sites, organized by main focus/content area (so some might technically fit into two categories, but I've tried to just pick the best one for each). I've also listed taglines or other brief summaries for some blogs, most of which were provided by the blog's authors. If you have any to suggest, please email me at psychatwork.mel@gmail.com and I'll gladly add it!

Another note: Some of these blogs are not included in the widgets on the front page of the blog because they are not regularly updating, but they are mentioned here because of the quality of their archives and might start posting more regularly at some point (or at least I can hope)...


Business Blogs

• Entrepreneur.com - Daily Dose
• Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge (first look at faculty research)
• Harvard Business Review Blogs
• Joy of Human Capital (mobilizing people for what comes next; updated infrequently)
• Made to Stick (from Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the book of the same name, via Fast Company)
• Management IQ (from BusinessWeek)
• Management Skills Blog
• Personal MBA (helping you master business without the baggage of b-school)
• Professor Michael Roberto's Blog (musings about leadership, decision making, and competitive strategy from a professor of management and author of Know What You Don't Know)

• The Collared Sheep (cubicle community)
• Humor That Works (build office humor, have fun at work, and live happier)
• Non-Working Monkey
• Not Always Right: Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes
• Really Bad Boss
• Stuck in a Cubicle
• Workforced: The Office Doesn't Work

• BPS Research Digest Blog (from the British Psychological Society)
• Brainethics (consequences of brain science)
• Brainspin (on True/Slant by David DiSalvo)
• Dr. Deb (psychologist specializing in trauma and depression)
• In-Mind: The Inquisitive Mind (social psychology for you)
• In the News: Forensic Psychology, Criminology, and Psychology-Law (by Dr. Karen Franklin)
• Mind Hacks (by Tom Stafford and Matt Web, based on the book of the same name)
• New York Times: Mind (a regular Science Times column anchored by staff writer Benedict Carey)
• Popular Culture Meets Psychology (understanding ourselves through pop culture, by Lawrence Rubin and Michael Brody via Psychology Today)
• PsyBlog (understand your mind)
• The Psych Files (changing how we think about teaching and learning; podcasts on a huge variety of psychology topics, including perception, motivation, I/O, gender, emotion, disorders, development, etc.)
• Psychology Headlines Around the World (from the Social Psychology Network)
• PsychSplash (surfing the web, one psychology site at a time - highlighting various psychology-related resources around the web)
• Scientific American - Psychology (psychology-related stories from Scientific American)
• The Situationist (a project on law and mind sciences at Harvard Law School)
• World of Psychology (by PsychCentral)

• Carnival of HR (highlighting HR blogs around the web)
• Evil HR Lady (by Suzanne Lucas)
• HR Bartender (by Sharlyn Lauby, an HR pro turned consultant)
• HR Capitalist (get to the table, stay at the table; by Kris Dunn)
• HR Happy Hour (home of the HR Happy Hour show on blogtalkradio)
• HR Morning (a network of news, opinion and more for HR pros)
• HR whY? (HR from the inquisitive mind of Generation Y by Steve Geraghty-Harrison)
• Maximizing Possibility (by Chris Young, the Rainmaker Group)
• Productivity Blog (by i4cp)
• Shauna Moerke is... the HR Minion
• Thoughts from Training Time (ideas and issues for corporate and government trainers and HR managers; infrequently updated)
• Welcome to the Occupation (it's about the work)

• Around the Watercooler (the psychology of rumors and gossip, written by Nicholas DiFonzo via Psychology Today)
• Criteria's Employee Testing Blog
• Eva Rykr
• Foster Excellence (A forum for all interested in making organizations better through more intelligent behavior and management of human capital.)
• HR Tests - Recruitment, Assessment, & Personnel Selection (the science and practice of matching employer needs and with individual talents)
• IO Psych Girl
• IO at Work
• Leadership Intelligence Blog (by DecisionWise)
• The Performance Improvement Blog (increasing learning and effectiveness of leaders and managers in organizations by Stephen J. Gill)
• Performance Through Understanding (sharing the science behind successful organizations, by George Guajardo)
• Pick the Brain: Motivation and Self-Improvement
• The People Group
• The SIOP Exchange
• Today's Workplace
• Workforce Universe!

• Baffled by Numbers (navigating information towards better health decisions by Talya Miron-Shatz via Psychology Today)
• Bayesian Investor Blog (ramblings of a somewhat libertarian stock market speculator)
• Decision Science News (by Dan Goldstein, combining research from marketing, psychology, economics, behavioral economics, finance, medicine, law, management, public policy, statistics, computer science and interaction design)
• Decisions, Decisions (not what to decide, but how by Dan Goldstein via Psychology Today)
• Freakonomics (via The New York Times, by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt and based on their book of the same name)
• My Mother, My Father, My Money (money and its loaded issues by Simon Feuerman, via Psychology Today)
• Nudge Blog: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, based on their book of the same name)
• Overcoming Bias (economist Robin Hanson's blog on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future)
• Persuade Me (how to argue your point by Steve Booth-Butterfield, via Psychology Today)
• Predictably Irrational (by Dan Ariely, based on his book of the same name)
• Priceless (the myth of fair value and how to take advantage of it by William Poundstone, via Psychology Today)

• Crimes, Courts, and Cops (a lawyer's perspective on the pursuit of justice by Jim Silver, via Psychology Today)
• Defending the Digital Workplace (responding to technology and employment law challenges by Jason Shinn)
• Mediation Channel (news and ideas about mediation, negotiation, and dispute resolution through the lens of law, pop culture, and social science)
• Overlawyered (chronicling the high cost of our legal system by Walter Olson and Ted Frank)
• Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Blog (published by McNees Wallace & Nurrick LLC)
• That's What She Said (a Ford & Harrison - HR and employment law firm - blog about the popular television series "The Office")
• The Jury Room (by Keene Trial Consulting)
• The Strategic HR Lawyer's Blog (strategic human resource management and employment law by Diane Pfadenauser)
• Workplace Prof Blog (member of the law professor blogs network; by Richard Bales, Jeffrey Hirsch, Marcia McCormick, Paul Secunda, & Charles Sullivan)

• Bullies Be Gone Blog (stop bullies at work and home; sharing how to create a bully-free environment)
• Civility in the Workplace (a forum for civility resources and communication from Iowa State University extension)
• eBossWatch Blog (nobody should have to work with a jerk)
• Minding the Workplace (the new workplace institute blog hosted by David Yamada)
• NIOSH Blog (the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• No Workplace Bullies (providing solutions for the problem of workplace bullying)
• Occupational Hazards (keeping your mind and body in balance at the office by Dana Glonta at Psychology Today)
• The Myth of Stress (where stress really comes from and how to live a happier and healthier life by Andrew Bernstein via Psychology Today)
• Well Blog (by Tara Parker-Pope at the New York Times)
• What's New: Medline Plus (trusted health information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
• Workplace Bullying Institute (work shouldn't hurt)
• Workplace Violence News (resources for preventing workplace violence and bullying)

• Bouncing Back (the art and science of resilience by Karen Salmansohn via Psychology Today)
• Compassion Matters (how to save a life by Lisa Firestone via Psychology Today)
• Cultural Animal (how we find meaning in life by Roy Baumeister via Psychology Today)
• Curious? (discovering and creating a life that matters by Todd Kashdan via Psychology Today)
• Flourish! (a guide to growth, goals and greatness by Angie LeVan via Psychology Today)
• The Good Life (positive psychology and what makes life worth living by Christopher Peterson, via Psychology Today)
• The Happiness Project (by Gretchen Rubin, based on her book of the same name)
• How of Happiness (the scientific pursuit of happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky based on her book of the same name; via Psychology Today)
• The Meaning in Life (seeking a life that matters by Michael Steger via Psychology Today)
• The Mystery of Happiness (how to live a soulful and spiritual life by T. Byram Karasu via Psychology Today)
• The New Resilience (better health in an interconnected world by Douglas LaBier via Psychology Today)
• Not Born Yesterday (doing the write thing by E.E. Smith via Psychology Today)
• Now is Everything (helping readers overcome obstacles and achieve great things by turning knowledge into action and change by Carolyn Rubenstein via Psychology Today)
• The Positivity Blog (positivity and opening up new possibilities for happiness and awesomeness)
• The Resilient Life (living a meaningful and compassionate life by Robert Wicks via Psychology Today)
• The Simple Life (how to live an authentic life by Gigi Vorgan via Psychology Today)
• Small Steps (through struggle comes strength, by Carla Cantor via Psychology Today)
• Stumbling on Happiness Blog (by Dan Gilbert, based on his book of the same name)
• What Do I Do Now? (learning how to live a fulfilling life after the loss of a partner by Sheila Weinstein via Psychology Today)
• Women and Happiness (the history, science, and experiences of women and personal fulfillment by Ariel Gore via Psychology Today)