Research & Innovation.

Spearheading Organisational Performance and Employee Wellness for 30 years.

What enables people to function well at work? And what is preventing them from achieving this? Through study, work and collaboration, Maria Paviour has sought to define and answer these fundamental questions and deliver a scientific path for human flourishing at work.

Combining psychology, neuroscience, and operational experience with over 30 years of multidisciplinary work and study across sectors, one thing has crystallised when it comes to organisational health and effectiveness:

"What’s right is also what works".

Research philosophy in practice.

Research has underpinned every great advance of Maria's practice. From The Vampire Default's (2024) early research in understanding reactive, unconscious behaviours and how they shape workplace dynamics, to Neuchem®, a structured neuroscience-informed approach to individual change and development, refined over the many years of direct application with leaders and teams.

More recently, this thinking has been extended into a broader articulation of organisational culture through The Cultural Imperative (forthcoming), which sets out how leadership priorities, measurement systems, and decision-making processes combine to shape not only culture, but performance outcomes.

Alongside these frameworks lies the central flagship of organisational and people analytics: Cari®, giving greater dimension and understanding to how people are experiencing their work in the moment, and it relates to both wellbeing and performance.

R&D: Developing technology that meets real people needs.

We work closely with clients to design tools and products that address specific challenges in wellbeing, engagement and performance. Every development is shaped by real data and practical insight - so organisations like yours get solutions that make a measurable difference to people and business results.

Paul – Senior Engineer.

Paul leads on developing evidence-based tools that help organisations understand and improve what really drives people performance. His focus is on solutions that are practical, data-driven and built around what teams actually need.

Polly – Head of Operations.

Polly gathers insight and feedback directly from clients and thought leaders, turning it into clear direction for tech development. Her work keeps our technology grounded in real-world challenges, ensuring every new feature or tool truly serves people and organisations, not just processes.

Client research projects: Getting to the heart of the issue.

Our work with clients goes beyond surveys and surface measures. Through collaborative research and in-depth data analysis, we explore what really drives wellbeing, engagement and performance.

Collaborative diagnosis.

From long-term studies like our two-year project with Shoosmiths LLP, to focused client research led by Stuart, these projects uncover practical insights that help organisations create measurable, lasting change. The result: you can see what truly works, before investing time, money and resources.

Current projects.

Efficacy of NeuChem and the Engage, Measure, Empower Framework.

Collaborating with Leceister RSS and other partners to conduct Randomised Control Trials into the NeuChem® Model of Coaching.

The Policy Liaison Group on Workplace Wellbeing.

A Westminster-based forum convening experts, parliamentarians, government officials and public bodies to help steer the policy agenda on supporting and advancing employee health and wellbeing in the UK.

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