We begin the First Friday of this month, November 2015, with another of my Favorite Gurus, Brenda Sugrue.

I first met Brenda via ISPI – the International Society for Performance Improvement – and got to know her when we served on the ISPI Board in 2000-2001.

She is all about The Research – or what’s known as Evidence-based Practice.

About Brenda Sugrue

From Learning Solutions Magazine:

Brenda Sugrue, PhD., is Vice President, Learning Innovation and Research, for Kaplan, Inc. She is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based instructional design and delivery across Kaplan’s portfolio of educational products. This includes training and performance support for product developers; design of adaptive delivery platforms; quality control processes; and research on the effectiveness of learning innovations. In previous roles, Brenda led global learning programs at IBM and ITT Corporation, and was Director of Research for the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). She was…