Evidence-Based Management
This podcast is a study companion to the course on Evidence-Based Management from the Center for Evidence Based Management and Carnegie Mellon University. Hosted by CEBMa Fellow and 20 year change management veteran Karen Plum, each episode is dedicated to exploring some of the challenges, opportunities, issues, frustrations and lightbulb moments associated with learning to be more evidenced-based in organisational decision making.
Episodes
17 episodes
Module 15 Building the capacity for evidence-based management
This episode accompanies the last module of the course – module 15, which is all about building an evidence-based management capacity in organisations. There are 3 levels – you as an evidence-based manager; your colleagues who you c...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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29:57
Module 14 Assess - evaluate the outcome of the decision taken
This episode accompanies Module 14 of the course, which is about evaluating the outcome of the decision we’ve taken or the solution we implemented. This is the last stage of our evidence-based management process and is vital to ensuring that we...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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28:56
Module 13 Apply - incorporating evidence into decision-making
This episode accompanies Module 13 of the course, which is about incorporating evidence into the decision making process. Is the evidence appropriate for our situation (is it generalizable). Can we (and should we) action the evide...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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30:02
Module 12 Aggregate - Weigh and pull together the evidence
This episode accompanies Module 12 of the course, which is about how we bring together the various sources of evidence that we've gathered.The purpose of taking an evidence-based approach is to reduce uncertainty in our decision making,...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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33:19
Module 11 Appraise evidence from stakeholders
This episode accompanies Module 11 of the course, which is about appraising evidence from stakeholders – the people affected by our decision or the people who are able to influence it. The acquisition of this evidence is covered in Module 10 an...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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32:05
Module 10 Acquire evidence from stakeholders
This episode accompanies Module 10 of the course, which is about acquiring evidence from stakeholders – the people affected by our decision or the people who are able to influence it. The appraisal of this evidence is covered in Module 11 and i...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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33:06
Module 9 Appraise evidence from the organisation
This episode accompanies Module 9 of the course, which is about the appraisal of the data, information and evidence gathered within the organisation. The acquisition of this evidence is covered in Module 8 and its corresponding podcast episode....
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:40
Module 8 Acquire evidence from the organisation
This episode accompanies Module 8 of the course, which is about the data, information and evidence gathered within the organisation to aid our multi-source evidenced-based decision making. The appraisal of this evidence is covered in Module 9 a...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:00
Module 7 Appraise evidence from the scientific literature
This episode accompanies Module 7 of the course, which is about judging the quality of the evidence from the scientific literature that we’ve identified during our earlier searching. This module aligns to chapter 7 of the Evidence-Based Managem...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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28:55
Module 6 A short introduction to science
This episode accompanies Module 6 of the course, which is an introduction to the scientific literature that can be used as part of our evidence-based management decision making. This module aligns to chapter 5 of the Evidence-Based Management b...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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28:03
Module 5 Acquire evidence from the scientific literature
This episode accompanies Module 5 of the course, which focuses on gathering evidence from the scientific literature (academic studies) that will help us address the question we are trying to answer. This module aligns to chapter 6 of the Eviden...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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30:39
Module 4 Appraise evidence from practitioners
This episode accompanies Module 4 of the course, which is all about assessing the quality and reliability of the evidence from practitioners – people who have experience with the problem we are tackling, or the solutions we are considering.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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26:51
Module 3 Acquire evidence from practitioners
This episode accompanies Module 3 of the course, which is all about acquiring evidence from practitioners – people who have experience with the problem we are tackling, or the solutions we are considering. Modules 3 and 4 are somewh...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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26:13
Module 2 ASK critical questions
This episode accompanies Module 2 of the course, which is all about asking questions – critical questions to understand what the problem is that we are trying to solve. This is because so often in organisations we leap to solutions without bein...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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28:32
Module 1 Principles of evidence-based management
This episode accompanies Module 1 of the course which covers the basic principles of evidence-based management and gives an overview of the steps involved in taking this approach. Everyone uses evidence when making decisions, righ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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30:42