A think tank and consultancy
We build the psychological infrastructure of companies.
Quality of Life Laboratory conducts original research on how people learn, create, collaborate, and flourish, and applies it to the systems that determine how companies hire, manage, develop, evaluate, and reward their people.
Pre-seed to Series A
Startups
Turn a founding team with a product into a company whose mission, strategy, and talent are aligned.
Established organizations
Established Companies
Connect and strengthen the people systems you already have as teams, managers, and locations multiply.
Executive and career
Coaching
Executive and career coaching to develop your leadership style and skills, clarify your goals, and plan your next move.
Research and evaluation
Research partners
Collaborate with the lab on studies of creativity, teamwork, flow, mentoring, and how people do their best work.
Research that becomes practice
We don’t only apply the research on what makes workplaces work; we produce it. Our team-flow research with Jef van den Hout produced the Team Flow Monitor, developed and tested in Cogent Psychology (2019), and the book Team Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Collaboration (Springer, 2019). Current projects study creativity at work, performance management, and how to measure and promote inclusion.
How we work
1. Diagnose: We draw out your expertise, speak with the people involved, examine existing documents and processes, and identify the actual gaps that underlie existing challenges.
2. Design: We make assumptions and trade-offs explicit, then develop bespoke solutions from first principles instead of imposing a generic HR template.
3. Implement: We create the necessary documents and processes, work alongside your team to put them into practice, and manage specialist partners (e.g., recruiters) as needed.
4. Equip and hand over: We train internal owners, explain how the pieces connect, and leave your team with scalable systems it can operate and adapt.
Recent at QLL
- November 2026: Is experience a good predictor of job success? Do Dark Triad traits predict who will be a good/bad founder? Stay tuned!
- October 2026: How can people do and be their best at work? Dr. Davis discussed this on Dr. Deepak Bhootra’s show, RISEUP@work
- September 2026: We are going to be making some career fair and startup showcase appearances. Check out our career fair advice here