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  1. Face the hard facts, and build a culture in which people are encouraged to tell the truth, even if it is unpleasant.
  2. Be committed to "fact based" decision making -- which means being committed to getting the best evidence and using it to guide actions.
  3. Treat your organization as an unfinished prototype -- encourage experimentation and learning by doing.
  4. Look for the risks and drawbacks in what people recommend -- even the best medicine has side effects.
  5. Avoid basing decisions on untested but strongly held beliefs, what you have done in the past, or on uncritical "benchmarking" of what winners do.
 
What is Evidence-Based Management (EBM)

Domurad, Frank. Getting Corrections Professionals to Take Their EBP Medicine PowerPoint document. APPA Summer Institute, August 2010

Young, Robert A. Implementing Evidence-Based Management for Improved Mission Assurance. Journal of Homeland Security, August 2010


BBC Radio Program "More or Less", Fri, June 4, 2010
Listen to the part (segment: 4:38-14:45) on evidence-based policy issues within the UK government. Includes an interview with David Willets, a minister in the UK's new coalition government with responsibility for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS).

Carey, Mark & Domurad, Frank. Step‐By‐Step Planning Guide: Six Phases Toward Implementing Evidence‐Based Practices for Risk Reduction PDF document. The Carey Goup. May 28, 2010.

Domurad, Frank. Say It Three Times and It Must be Evidence-Based Collaboration:
Part One (The Problem) PDF document. Offender Programs Report, 13:5, January/February 2010, p. 65, 68-73
Part Two (The Solution) PDF document. Offender Programs Report, 14:1, May/June 2010, p. 1-2, 11-16

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