Building happier, healthier, and
higher-functioning academic systems this summer.
The Academic I/O is bringing academic leaders and I/O psychologists together for strategy sessions, focused conversations, community-building, and practical development across academic environments.
Summer Pathway Snapshot
Find the pathway that fits your work.
This summer, The Academic I/O is hosting events and listening sessions for academic leaders, I/O practitioners, program directors, consultants, and professionals working across academic systems. Choose the pathway that best matches your role, work, or area of interest.
Academic Leader Events
Strategy sessions, clinics, and leadership conversations for academic leaders navigating team, culture, workload, change, and fall readiness.
- June 16 · Academic Leaders Summer Reset · Free
- July 10 · Academic Leaders Summer Strategy Session · $375
- August · Academic Leader Clinic · Coming Soon
I/O Practitioner Events
Public events and community conversations for I/O psychologists, students, consultants, researchers, and I/O-adjacent professionals exploring academic systems.
- June 9 · IOPIA: Advancing the Student Experience
- June 11 · The Academic I/O Gathering
- August 6 · Workmind Collective: SIOP Think Tank
- August 11 · IOPIA: Institutional Research and Decision Making
- September 1 · IOPIA: Leading Talent Strategy (Coming Soon)
I/O Listening Sessions
Guided conversations for I/O practitioners and I/O-adjacent professionals working in, supporting, studying, or building within academic systems.
- August 17 · I/O Program Directors
- August 18 · I/O Faculty Affairs
- August 19 · External Consultants and Independent Practitioners
- August 20 · Internal Higher Education and the Student Experience
- August 21 · K through 12 Practitioners
Academic Leader Listening Sessions
Guided conversations for academic leaders and professionals shaping teams, people systems, culture, decision-making, and institutional work.
- August 10 · Leading the Day-to-Day
- August 11 · Supporting the People System
- August 12 · Leading the College or Division
- August 13 · Leading at the Institutional Level
- August 14 · Hard Truths in Academic Leadership and Work
Summer Scan
Why Join the Summer Scan?
This is more than a listening session. It is a chance to reflect on your work, connect with others navigating similar challenges, and help shape the next wave of support for academic systems.
Make Sense of What You're Experiencing
Step back from the day-to-day and reflect on the leadership, people-system, or practice challenges showing up in your academic environment.
Hear From Others in Similar Roles
Join a guided conversation with peers who understand the complexity of academic systems, leadership, I/O practice, and institutional change.
Identify What Support Would Help
Name the tools, conversations, development, resources, or opportunities that would help you move from awareness to action.
Receive a Summary of Key Themes
Participants will receive a summary of emerging themes and insights from the Summer Scan to support reflection and future action.
Stay Connected to What Comes Next
Your participation can connect you to future clinics, events, resources, communities, leadership development opportunities, and Academic I/O pathways.
What You'll Receive
Guided Reflection
Before the session, confirmed participants will receive a short reflection connected to their selected pathway.
90-Minute Listening Session
Each session is a structured group conversation designed to surface real experiences, patterns, challenges, and opportunities.
Key Themes Summary
After the sessions, participants will receive a summary of key themes from the Summer Scan.
Future Pathway Options
Participants may receive information about future events, resources, clinics, practice labs, membership opportunities, and ways to stay connected.
What to Expect
Time Commitment
Listening sessions are 90 minutes. The pre-session reflection should take 5 to 7 minutes.
How It Works
Choose a pathway, share brief context, select a time block, complete a short reflection, and join a guided conversation.
Confidentiality
Responses may be summarized in de-identified form. Names, institutions, and identifying details will not be connected to sensitive comments without permission.
Flexible Options
If you cannot attend a listed session, you can still share your interest and be added to future conversations.
Summer 2026
Explore the Summer Pathways
Each pathway is designed for a specific audience and purpose. Select the event or listening session that best matches your role, work, or area of interest.
Academic Leaders Summer Reset
Chairs, directors, deans, HR/OD, student affairs, and faculty affairs leaders
A free 75-minute interactive reset for academic leaders to reflect on what is shifting, what teams are carrying, and what support may be needed before fall.
LEADERS Model Strategy Intensive
Academic leaders ready to move from reflection to strategy and build a practical fall reset plan
Paid 4-hour strategy intensive using the LEADERS Model to explore culture, people systems, leadership practice, and fall readiness.
Academic Leader Clinic
Academic leaders seeking guidance, tools, and strategy for real-time leadership challenges
A dedicated support space for leaders seeking practical guidance, peer insight, and I/O-informed support.
Your experience belongs in the conversation.
Academic systems are changing, and the people closest to the work have insight that matters. Whether you are leading a team, supporting people systems, preparing future I/Os, consulting with academic institutions, or building student pathways, there is a place for your voice in this summer's work.