The Behavioral Intelligence Research Project
An open research study into the recurring patterns of behaviour that shape how
teams collaborate, decide and deliver. Participation takes about five minutes,
asks for no personal identifiers, and contributes to a growing dataset on how
work actually happens inside organisations.
What is a behavioural anti-pattern?
A behavioural anti-pattern is a recurring, observable way of working that feels
reasonable in the moment and reliably makes things worse over time. Not a
personality trait and not a one-off mistake: a habit a group falls into, which
persists because the incentives around it stay unchanged. This study catalogues
41 of them, each with the cost it imposes and the practice that counters it.
What does taking part involve?
You are shown 20 short descriptions of workplace behaviours, drawn from the
catalogue of 41, and asked for each one whether you have observed it and how much
it disrupts the work. There are no right answers and nothing is scored about you
personally. Individual responses are never shown to an employer under any
circumstance.
What is collected?
Your answers, broad demographic bands too wide to identify anyone, and an
anonymous session identifier. No name and no precise location. Optionally, and
only if you choose to leave them, one or two email addresses: one to hear when
the findings are published, one to receive a summary of your own organisation's
results. Each is stored apart from your responses and apart from the other.
Who is running it?
The study is run by the research team behind The BI Method. Anonymised responses
form a baseline dataset used both in published research and in the team's
products. Full details of what is collected, how long it is kept and how to
withdraw are set out in the
participant information notice.
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