Interview with Marisa DeMato

Carl Fudge and Serena Shulman interview Marisa DeMato, former candidate on "The Apprentice: Los Angeles."

Download it here: http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/download/27899

Interview with Aaron Altscher

Midterms set our schedule back a little bit-- but now that it's Spring Break we can continue releasing our archived interviews. Today: Carl and Warren interview Aaron Altscher, of Team Arrow. Coming soon: Carl and Serena interview Marisa DeMato, of Team Kinetic.

Download it here: http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/download/28213

Let's Talk !!!

I don't know about you, but all this talk on the POHDCC PodCast - just seems to beg for more conversation! Carl, Warren and Serena have whet our whistles with tidbits on various hypotheses and theories, but we'd like to go further! Right? Right!!

So...we are opening up this blog for some greater conversation.

Our first topic will be about leadership. Gulp... that's a biggie isn't it? Any of us who have taken Warner Burke's class know that it takes a least 8 weeks just to cover where we've been and get caught up to the present on this topic. However we also know that leadership is a fascinating topic - for a reason. It's just so darn important!

A couple of questions to get us started...

It seems like the recent project leaders on The Apprentice have had a tough go of things (perhaps that's par for the course given the set up of the show). Even when they win - they don't win the hearts and minds of their teams (can you say Surya)?
So how come?

3 questions to ponder:

Is Surya failing to inspire because he has the wrong style for the situation (a la Fiedler)?

Or is the team unwilling to be led by Surya for other reasons, perhaps related to something like Bion's Basic Assumptions (related to group dynamics)?

What other theories or hypotheses are out there to consider?


Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, opinions and ideas. There is no "right" answer - but it sure is fun to hear what others think!

Episode 7 of POHDCC: The Apprentice

Episode 7 of POHDCC: The Apprentice is up. We talked about NBC giving us too much information, Surya and white boards, Derek and "white trash," Jenn and go-carts, division of labor in small groups, mutiny, motivation, and Sesame Street.

Download it here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/pohdcc

We got a little hung up due to midterms, but we have a ton of content to send your way soon. We've got a couple of Apprentice candidate interviews for you, and some OHDCC business as well. Stay tuned!

What would you like to talk about?

POHDCC was created to serve the community of Organizational Psychology students at Teachers College, and to connect with other interested schools, programs, and people. What topics interest you? What would you like us to cover? Do you strongly disagree with a point we've made on one of our episodes? Would you like to leave us some glowing feedback? We'd love to hear from you!

If you've got a burning topic, send us an email at pohdcc@gmail.com and we'll post it to the blog so that others can put their two cents in.

Thanks,

Warren, Serena and Carl
POHDCC