Evidence Talks

In this episode Richard shares his reflections on a recent conference, organised by the Division of Occupational Psychology in Scotland, where they brought psychologists together from a range of disciplines to discuss the core question 'What counts as evidence?'. As we all know... The episode kicks off with a teaser for a future podcast titled 'As we all know...'. Have you ever attended an event or conference where someone says 'As we all know...' followed by a big claim, often with no evidence to back it up? We've come across this a lot and think it's time to ask some more challenging questions! Here are just a few: As we all know... everybody likes to work remotely increasing employee engagement leads to increased productivity learning styles dictate the success of training Whilst there may be some useful ideas, these claims do not invite critical appraisal or a deeper exploration of where the assertion came from. So, we'd love to hear from our listeners about similar claims they've come across, and we'll