Rick co-leads Mercer’s Workforce Sciences Institute, a research and innovation center. In addition to R&D responsibilities, Rick delivers data-based advisory work primarily to large, global clients on a wide range of workforce issues such as performance and productivity, talent retention, leadership development, well-being, and diversity. Rick has published four books and dozens of professional articles and book chapters. Recent publications include “How big data matters“ (2016, in Big Data at Work: The Data Science Revolution and Organizational Psychology), and “Workforce readiness in times of change: Employer perspectives” (2019, in Workforce Readiness). Prior to joining Mercer Rick was a Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland and before that at New York University. He earned a BS degree at The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. at Yale University. He is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is based in Washington, D.C.