How Evidence-Based Management Practices Will Save Us All - Rob Briner

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In today’s episode, I chat with Rob Briner, Professor of Organizational Psychology at Queen Mary University of London and Bjørknes University College in Oslo, Norway.

I’ve had Rob on my radar as a podcast guest for a few years now. He comes highly-recommended from people I respect for his willingness to speak plainly on complicated issues. And as we look at the organizational leadership landscape in 2022, complicated is one word I’d certainly use to describe conditions which are ever-changing with ever higher stakes.

What are evidence-based practices? What should we think about them? We chatted about sources of information. In an era of widespread misinformation; a seemingly infinite number of parallel echo chambers feeding us their version of the truth, how do you identify appropriate sources of information? Why does it matter? What is the appropriate balance of quantitative and qualitative data? What does it look like in practice?

This was a fun, far-ranging discussion with application for all of us - whether a solopreneur, or a business executive in a large enterprise. How we approach decision-making has a material effect on what ideas thrive and which one stalls. It affects employee satisfaction and in today’s knowledge-based economy, ultimately, organizational performance.

It was such a pleasure connecting with Rob. And I hope you enjoy it.
Rob Briner
Rob is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London and was co-founder and Scientific Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Management. His research has focused on several topics including well-being, emotions, stress, ethnicity, the psychological contract, absence from work, motivation, work-nonwork and everyday work behaviour.

Beyond academic research Rob helps practitioners and organizations make better use of evidence, including research evidence, in decision-making as well as encouraging academics to make research more accessible. He has received several awards for his work in this area including the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology Academic Contribution to Practice Award in 2014 and topped HR Magazine’s Most Influential Thinker list in 2016 and in 2019 received a Lifetime Achievement Award and was admitted to HR Magazine’s Hall of Fame.

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