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.

Evidence-Based Management is a education podcast hosted by Center for Evidence-Based Management, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #18

  You’re not alone: the story of the evidence movement

  Mar 10, 202632 minS1

  <p>People working in evidence-based management can sometimes feel like they are swimming against the tide. But they are part of something much larger.</p><p>In this episode we hear from science journalist Helen Pearson about her new book Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works.</p><p>The conversation steps back from evidence-based management to look at the much wider evidence movement that has been unfolding across disciplines over the past few decades. From medicine and social policy to policing, conservation and business, researchers and practitioners have been grappling with the same question: <b>how do we...

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  Episode #17

  Working with uncertainty: A conversation on evidence-based management

  Jan 28, 202646 minS1

  <p>Working with evidence-based management can be uncomfortable. It asks people to sit with uncertainty rather than reach for certainty — something many of us are rewarded for in organisational life.</p><p>This conversation explores what that discomfort looks like in practice, and how uncertainty shows up when people engage seriously with evidence — whether they are <b>managers making decisions, students learning to apply evidence, or educators supporting that learning</b>. The discussion ranges across research, teaching, and organisational decision-making, touching on credibility, confidence, risk, and the realities of working with evidence in complex, high-stakes environments.</p><p>Rather than offe...

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  Episode #12

  Module 12 Aggregate - Weigh and pull together the evidence

  Dec 15, 202528 minS1

  <p><b>This episode was updated in 2025 to reflect changes to the online course relating to how best to aggregate the evidence (via parallel or serial approaches) and the importance of cross-validation with the parties contributing to the evidence.</b></p><p><br/></p><p>This episode accompanies Module 12 of the course, which explores how to bring together the various sources of evidence gathered throughout the process. It’s the stage where the question becomes “What does this really tell us?” and where ideas about confidence, belief, and openness to new evidence come to the fore. The episode looks at why ex...

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  Episode #16

  Ask the experts

  Aug 19, 202547 minS1

  <p>This episode was recorded live with three evidence-based management experts, Denise Rousseau, Rob Briner and Eric Barends, answering and discussing questions sent in by teachers and students of the subject. </p><p>During the disucssion, we touched on many aspects of evidence-based management, including:</p>Starting with <b>basic principles</b> rather than complex frameworks makes evidence-based management accessible to busy professionals<b>Problem identification</b> is the most critical and often overlooked step in the evidence-based management process<b>AI tools can support </b>evidence-based decisions but require specific prompting and critical evaluation of outputsEvidence-based management works best a...

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  Episode #5

  Module 5 Acquire evidence from the scientific literature

  Jul 1, 202536 minS1

  <p><b>This episode was updated in 2025 to reflect the use of AI tools such as Consensus and Google Scholar for searching academic databases.</b></p><p><b><br/></b>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 Evidence-Based Management book.</p><p>Modules 5, 6 and 7 all focus on the scientific literature, so when you listen to their corresponding podcast episodes, the picture will hopefully become more complete. </p><p>In this e...

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