As I also wrote over at evidence-based management.com, if you are interested in learning about one fascinating study after another, and also would like to take evidence-based actions (rather than, say, fear, faith, or superstition based actions) in the workplace and in other spheres of your life, I suggest regular visits to the research digest blog. The blog is maintained by the British Psychological Society, and thy write about findings in peer-reviewed journals from around the world. The summaries are well-crafted and fun, and they also provide full references to the articles they summarize and discuss. Consider just a few topics:
The Psychology of Choking Under Pressure
How Ignorance Can Lead to the Right Answer
More Satisfied Employees Don’t Perform Better After All
Mixing-up Teams is the Key to Creativity
Status Anxiety at Work
And there are hundreds of others. This blog is so useful because it can help people in so many walks of life make better decisions, and it presents the research in a fun and accessible way.
I am going to check out the research on ignorance; I’ve argued that there are times when ignorance is bliss in my work on creativity, and am curious to learn more about why and when expertise is a dangerous thing. And there are another dozen or studies that I am going follow-up on as well.
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