Prof. 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 and has lectured widely abroad including at the University of New South Wales, and University of the West Indies.
From 1999-2001 he was Visiting Professor of Management at Henley Management College, and was Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University Business School.
He has written over 400 scientific papers and 30 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), republished as The Incompetent Manager (2003), Personality and Social Behaviour (1999), The Dark Side of Behaviour at Work (2004), The People Business (2005) Personality and Intellectual Competence (2005) Management Mumbo Jumbo (2006) and Just for the Money (2006).
Adrian Furnham is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and was ranked the second most productive psychologist in the world between 1980 – 1995 and nominated as one the 25 Most Influential People in HR in 2007 by HR magazine.
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 still a regular contributor to the Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Management Today, BBC radio and television internationally.
An engaging and amusing motivational speaker, he addresses corporate audiences on the psychology of management, corporate and self motivation, corporate culture, leadership and teams, management incompetence, the role of HR within an organisation and the future of work.
His consultancy had led him to work with leading international organizations such as Cathay Pacific Airways, Barclays Bank, Marks & Spencer, Air New Zealand, Channel Four, Boots and the Ritz Hotel.
