Robert Wood

Robert Wood is a Professor and Honorary Professor at Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University. He holds leadership roles including Director of the CommBank Diaries 2026 project and previously founded the Centre for Ethical Leadership at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on behavioral decision theory, leadership development, and ethical decision-making within organizational contexts.

Education: PhD from the University of Washington and post-doctoral studies at Stanford University. His academic background combines psychology with applied organizational research.

Key research interests include understanding how personality traits like neuroticism influence workplace performance, adaptive problem-solving strategies, and leadership emergence in diverse settings. He has pioneered commercial applications such as the Active Memory brain training app and Cognicity Academy, bridging academic research with practical tools.

Awards include the prestigious Jay Wright Forrester Award and fellowships from leading professional bodies. Recent projects include investigating banks' carbon tracking solutions' feedback effects (2022-2023).

Consultancy and advisory roles span industry and government, including contributions to the Victorian government's Recruit Smarter initiative and the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council.