The ScienceForWork Podcast

ScienceForWork

High quality information published in peer reviewed journals is hard to find and to read, and too often doesn’t provide quick tips for your practice. However, if the best scientists in the world studied the problem you are trying to fix before you, wouldn’t you like to know what they discovered? There is a lot of valuable information out there, and you are missing out! Here ScienceForWork enters the game. Our mission is to provide decision-makers with trustworthy and useful insights from the science of organizations and people management. https://scienceforwork.com/

  1. 21. Juli

    Communicating Data People Understand, with AJ Thurston, PhD

    Have you ever sat through a presentation that felt completely correct, and somehow also completely forgettable? In this episode of the ScienceForWork podcast, host Matt Lampe, PsyD, talks with AJ Thurston, PhD, Chief of Market Research for military recruiting within the DoD Office of People Analytics and a professor of I/O psychology at George Mason University, about what it actually takes to communicate data so people understand it. AJ makes the case that being understood is almost entirely the communicator's responsibility, not the audience's, and that simple, honest communication is a skill worth deliberately building, no matter who you're talking to. In this conversation, AJ and Matt explore: Why the responsibility to be understood belongs to the communicator, not the audienceHow to structure a message so it sticksWhy bar charts, not fancy dashboards, are often the most effective visual you can useHow to talk about correlations and effect sizes in language a non-technical audience actually finds compellingWhere AI fits as a genuine assistant in writing, coding, and data visualization, and why the underlying skill still mattersMore from AJ: Website: ajthurston.comAdvanced resources (expectancy charts, predictive probabilities, dominance analysis): ajthurston.com/sfwLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ajthurstonTwitter/X: @ajthurston Enjoying the ScienceForWork podcast? Follow the show, leave a review, and share this episode with a friend. ScienceForWork is an independent, non-profit foundation of evidence-based practitioners who want to #MakeWorkBetter.ScienceForWork.com

  2. 7. Apr.

    Rethinking Employee Listening Programs with Craig Starbuck, PhD

    What does it actually take to turn employee listening into meaningful organizational change? In this episode of the ScienceForWork podcast, host Matt Lampe talks with Craig Starbuck, PhD — CEO and co-founder of OrgAcuity and President of the Society for People Analytics — about what it means to build listening programs that drive action. Craig makes the case that people analytics is fundamentally a change management function, and that listening programs built without that lens will rarely move the needle. Drawing on his background spanning engineering, people analytics, and organizational leadership, he shares what a smarter approach looks like — one that reflects how people actually work, not just how the org chart says they should. Together, they explore: Why change appetite has to be assessed before any listening effort beginsHow stakeholder buy-in shapes whether insights ever become actionWhat organizational network analysis reveals that traditional survey platforms missHow employee listening needs to evolve alongside the way work is changingThis episode is for HR leaders, people analytics practitioners, and anyone who has wondered why employee feedback so rarely leads to meaningful change. Links: https://orgacuity.com/ https://societyforpeopleanalytics.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-starbuck-phd/ ScienceForWork is an independent, non-profit foundation of evidence-based practitioners who #MakeWorkBetter. ScienceForWork.com

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High quality information published in peer reviewed journals is hard to find and to read, and too often doesn’t provide quick tips for your practice. However, if the best scientists in the world studied the problem you are trying to fix before you, wouldn’t you like to know what they discovered? There is a lot of valuable information out there, and you are missing out! Here ScienceForWork enters the game. Our mission is to provide decision-makers with trustworthy and useful insights from the science of organizations and people management. https://scienceforwork.com/