Meaningful Partnership at Work

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Show Me the Evidence

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Research That Supports Practice

We mentioned Kurt Lewin (1890–1947) earlier, a founder in the fields of social psychology, applied psychology, and organization development (how organizations learn and adapt to change). He often described how “action”, or what organizations actually do in real life, and “research”, or what social scientists examine in academic study, should work in tandem, in order to advance knowledge and practice. He believed organizations should look more to research, and researchers should look more to practice. The bottom line is that both should get out of their bubble and engage the ...