Using evidence to understand organizations

Since my earliest days of doctoral study at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I’ve been fascinated by power, status, and hierarchy. Later, I added negotiations and change to the mix. Some themes of my work include the active strategies that people use to manage their own and others’ hierarchical position in groups; how we assign status to others; how to drive change more effectively from non-powerful positions; and how to improve negotiation outcomes.

Throughout my work, I strive to help participants make processes more rational, interactions more cordial, and organisations more humane.

I am professionally affiliated with:

Melbourne Business School (primary employer)

Empirica Research (partnering academic and market research)

Pelham Associates (management & legal consulting)

Dilin Duwa Centre (Centre for indigenous business leadership)