Report on SIOP and Wharton People Analytics Conference Koru

"Grit filled a gap with an amateur survey by a social psychologist with limited psychometric expertise, but a great eye for marketing." This is how Angela Duckworth, the Godmother of Grit, was described to great laughter and applause at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) annual conference. Instead, I interpreted the comment not as a badge of honor for the I/O psychology community, but rather, as a missed opportunity for the people in the room to increase their influence and impact. While Duckworth is giving TED talks, publishing a New York Times best seller, and consulting to Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks, the I/O community is missing the point by chuckling about her credentials. I/O psychologists are at risk of being sidelined by the buzz about new solutions, AI, and big data.