Reflective conversation A reflective conversation with Roni Reiter-Palmon Michael F Shaughnessy Eastern New Mexico University, USA Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon is the Varner professor of industrial/organizational (I/O) psy- chology and the director of the I/O Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). She also serves as the director of innovation for the Center for Collaboration Science, an interdisciplinary program at UNO. She received her PhD in I/O psychology from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Her research focuses on creativity and innovation in the workplace, cognitive processes, and individual dif- ference variables that influence creative performance of individuals and teams, leading creative individuals, and development of creativity and leadership skills. Her research has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Creativity Research Journal, The Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, Human Resources Management Review, and Leadership Quarterly. She is the editor of The Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (PACA) and an associate editor for the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. She serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Organizational Behavior, The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Leadership and Orga- nizational Studies, Journal of Business and Psychology, Journal of Creative Behavior, and International Journal of Problem Solving and Creativity. In this reflective conversation, she responds to questions about creativity and the creative process and personality.  First of all, what got you interested in creativity, aesthetics, and the arts? I was a first year graduate student and walked into my advisor’s office. I was not originally assigned to him but really wanted to work with him. He looked at me and said, ‘‘you are going to study problem identification/problem definition.’’ I had no idea what he was talking about ... . I knew nothing about creativity or creative processes, but I really wanted to work with him. I then read the few articles that existed and fell in love. I have been working on problem identification and construction as part of my creativity research ever since. Corresponding author: Michael F Shaughnessy, Eastern New Mexico University, 1500 S Avenue K, Portales, New Mexico 88130, USA. Email: michael.shaughnessy@enmu.edu Gifted Education International 2019, Vol. 35(2) 161–167 ª The Author(s) 2016 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0261429416641531 journals.sagepub.com/home/gei