Evidence Base
Research-backed guidance for people and organisation development
We translate peer-reviewed research from organisational psychology and management science into clear, actionable guidance. Every article is grounded in meta-analyses and rated for evidence quality so you know exactly how much confidence to place in each finding.
Featured Articles
Our latest evidence-based insights
Does Team Building Actually Work?
Three meta-analyses confirm that team building interventions genuinely improve performance — but only when they target specific competencies like goal setting and role clarification. Generic social activities show far weaker effects.
Does Organisational Culture Actually Drive Performance?
Three major meta-analyses confirm that organisational culture predicts performance — but the relationship is more nuanced than consultants suggest, and culture type matters more than culture strength.
How Leaders Shape Culture: What the Evidence Says
Meta-analytic evidence confirms that transformational leadership consistently shapes organisational culture — but culture is not simply a downstream effect of leadership. The relationship is bidirectional, and investing in both produces the strongest results.
How It Works
We find the best meta-analyses
We systematically search for meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and large-scale studies on people and organisation development topics.
We rate the evidence quality
Each piece of evidence is appraised using a structured framework that assesses study design, methodology, consistency, and effect sizes.
We translate it into practice
Research findings are distilled into clear, actionable guidance that practitioners can apply in their organisations immediately.
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