Where behavioral science meets business performance
Organizations are awash in tools and training, but lack proof about what actually lifts performance at scale. BetterUp Labs is a first-of-its-kind behavioral research center built to close that gap. Our 40+ in-house PhDs study human behavior in real workplaces, then test interventions to see what translates into real business outcomes. Peer-reviewed studies give you living evidence of what works and what doesn’t that your CHRO, CFO, and CEO can stand behind.
BetterUp Lab’s research has been featured in:
Our flagship research
The Performance Crisis
Declining workforce performance costs companies $2.2 trillion in lost productivity. BetterUp Labs research reveals why and how leaders can respond.
Pilots vs. Passengers
AI is overturning decades of conventional wisdom about managing performance. What mindsets will your workforce need, and how must management evolve?
The future of development isn’t human or AI. It’s both.
A research-backed case for investing in human and AI coaching — CFO-ready strategies to accelerate AI adoption and drive measurable workforce ROI.
“You’ve been workslopped” – How low-quality AI output undermines teams and trust.
Get practical strategies to ensure AI drives value and performance, not inefficiency.
Partnering with the world’s
premier academic institutions
Partnering with the world’s
premier academic institutions
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Adam Grant, PhD
Organizational psychologist and Chair of the BetterUp Center for Purpose & Performance
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Amy C. Edmondson, PhD
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School
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Andrew McAfee
Principal research scientist at MIT, AI thought leader, and bestselling author
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Armen Berjikly
Venture Investing Partner at Emerson Collective | BetterUp Science Board Member
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Brené Brown, PhD
Research professor, bestselling author, and Executive Chair of the BetterUp Center for Daring Leadership
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Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, PhD
Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science and Director, Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford
How the research helps your business
Diagnose the problem
Understand where performance is stalling, see which mindsets and patterns are helping or hurting, and benchmark against external data.
Design targeted interventions
Deploy Human + AI coaching, assessments, and nudges tuned to the specific behavioral levers that are limiting performance at your organization.
Prove the impact
Build CFO-friendly views that connect behavior change to real business data like attrition, internal mobility, quota attainment, and customer metrics.
