We help your company in taking your performance to the next level. We help you in making smart choices. We do this through literature research or action research.
When do you conduct an investigation?
You make countless decisions every day. Some decisions you make immediately, others after a discussion with your team and others after a period of deliberation. How fact-based does your team work?
An example: engineers make no decisions about the design of a product without data. The same engineers decide without much facts and evidence about centralizing or decentralizing their organization. This example shows that the use of fact-based works is related to the degree of expertise that a person has about the decision to make (Dunning-Kruger, 1999).
Partly due to the groundbreaking work of Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, awareness is growing that people often act automatically, unconsciously and not logically. Managers and consultants also make most choices intuitively or based on personal experience.
A striking example
An example of how Evidence Based Practice can work in practice is medicine. Jacco Burgers writes in the NTVG that Evidence Based Medicine is developing into a realistic approach that combines the best forms of evidence:
- Evidence based: the standard indicates which treatment has been proven effective
- Practice based: what works in the experience of professionals
- Demand based: what does the patient want, what is important to him or her
PROF JACCO BURGERS, SPECIAL PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE
Dutch Journal of Medicine 2019
Evidence based research
Literature research
In a literature study, we map out which people in a field are considered experts and what the most important scientific articles are for a research question. We make a summary of classical and innovative insights. A literature search helps to understand an issue better, so you can discover how your organization can act more effectively.
Action research
In an action research we measure the effectiveness of a decision. Together with your organization we build knowledge about what works in your organization.
What you can expect
Listening carefully to you and your organization
You want to move your company forward. That is why we listen to the question behind your question. What do you want to achieve? And why is that important to you personally?
A new perspective
Different results require a fresh look. Customers are asking us to do research because they realize they need a completely new perspective.
Behavioral science
There is always time for research. Before implementing solutions, you want to get a grip on the problem. Behavioral science solves problems in companies by applying economics and psychology.
Experimentation and data analysis
There is no alternative to practice. We perform experiments to determine the causal effects of different interventions.
Get started yourself
Are there opportunities for your company to do more with Evidence Based Practice?
Your company has a lot of data and information, you and your colleagues know what works in your organization. And with Google Scholar you have easy access to scientific articles. With curiosity and a critical attitude you can take Evidence Based Practice in your organization to a higher level. An easy start can be to follow these five steps:
1. Formulate a clear research question
2. Find the best evidence
3. Assess the quality of the evidence
4. Take action
5. Evaluate
Take the next step to change.
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