Adrian Furnham

Professor Adrian Furnham was educated at the London School of Economics where he obtained an MSc Econ., and at Oxford University where he completed a doctorate (DPhil) in 1981. Previously a lecturer in Psychology at Pembroke College, Oxford, he is now Professor of Psychology at University College London.

He has written over 500 scientific papers and 38 books including Culture Shock (1994), The New Economic Mind (1995), Personality at Work (1994), The Myths of Management (1996), The Psychology of Behaviour at Work (1997), The Psychology of Money (1998), The Psychology of Managerial Incompetence (1998), Personality and Social Behaviour (1999), The Dark Side of Behaviour At Work (2004) & Management Myths (2004)

Adrian Furnham is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and is ranked the second most productive psychologist in the world since 1980. He is on the board of a number of international journals, as well as the board of directors of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. He is also a founder director of Applied Behaviour Research Associates (ABRA), a psychological consultancy.

He wrote a regular column in the Financial Times and HR magazine and is a regular contributor to Management Today, BBC radio and television. Adrian currently writes regularly for the Sunday Times & The Daily Telegraph.

An engaging and amusing speaker, he addresses corporate audiences on the psychology of management, corporate culture, leadership and teams, management incompetence, the role of HR within an organisation and the future of work.