1:15-5pm

Mini-workshop on Emotions at Work  (co-sponsored by PSU's Emotions Research Network)

6:30-8:00pm

Workshop Organizational Reception

9:00-9:30am

Breakfast ; Welcome & Introduction (Grandey)

9:30-10:45am

Keynote Speaker: Sigal Barsade
Work Climate and Culture:  The Role of Affect in Organizations

10:45-11am

Coffee break

11-12:15pm

“What are the problems, and how can we better assess emotional & interpersonal abilities/skills in organizations?”

Panel Discussion: Assessing Emotional Abilities

• Stéphane Côté (behavioral measure)
• Hillary Anger Elfenbein (implicit measure)
• Conrad Tucker (computerized measure)
• Sigal Barsade (Summary and new developments)

12:15-1:15pm

Lunch Break; Creamery for ice cream (optional)

1:15-2:30pm

“What are key factors that optimize the way teams will work together in organizations?”

Presentations: Optimizing Team Dynamics in Orgs

• Andrew Knight (team affect)
• Tom Sy (team leaders and followers)
• Susan Mohammed (team cognition)
• Aparna Joshi (team diversity)

2:30-3pm

Coffee Break with Four Breakout Group Discussions around

• Emotion/interpersonal competence
• Team cognition and affect
• Leadership
• Diversity

3:00-4:00pm

“How can multidisciplinary research teams work well together?” 

PANEL:  Benefits and Challenges of Cross-disciplinary work

• Sam Hunter  & Scarlett Miller
• Seda Yilmaz & Shanna Daly
• Gul Kremer (Engineering Design Professor & NSF Program Director – Division of Undergraduate Education – sent slides)

4:00-5:00pm

Wrap-Up comments (Grandey)

5:00-6:00pm

Break/free time

6:00pm-8pm

Gather at NLI Lobby at 6 to Walk to dinner:  Allen Street Grill (6:30)

8:30am (leaving at 8:45!)

Meet in NLI Lobby to walk over to the ENGR building

9:00-9:30am

Breakfast & Introduction to Day 2 (Simpson)

9:30-10:45am

“What are ways to foster creativity and innovation in organizational teams?”

Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives: Fostering Innovation & Creativity

• Scarlett Miller (fostering engineering innovation)
• Kathryn Jablokow (selecting for engineering design)
• Sam Hunter (climate for innovation & leadership)
• Rikki Nouri (cultural diversity and creativity)

10:45-11:15am

Coffee break & Group Discussion

11:15am-12:15pm

“What are tools to improve creativity developed by  cross-disciplinary scholars?”

Experiential Workshop:  Innovation & Creativity in Teams (led by Seda Yilmaz  & Shanna Daly)

12:15-1:30 pm

Closing comments (Grandey) & Boxed Lunch to go