Most Research Does Not Fail Because It Is Wrong.
It Fails Because Nobody Uses It.
Research creates value when it improves decisions, changes behaviour, strengthens systems, and helps people solve real problems.
The challenge is not only producing knowledge.
The challenge is helping knowledge travel into practice.
Research-to-Practice in Action
Featured Institution: Obafemi Awolowo University
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Research Without Results: Why Good Research Gets Ignored in the Real World
In May 2026, Akin Monehin delivered an intensive research training session for Research Professors, and Senior Research Fellows at the Obafemi Awolowo University. The session explored how to better execute research ie why rigorous research often fails to influence decisions. Practical tools for improving visibility, adoption, implementation, and impact were also introduced to the attendees.
Institution: Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife
Host: Prof. Akanni Akinyemi, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation & Development)
Session Type:Â Keynote & Intensive Research Training
Participants: Research Professors, Senior Research Fellows and the OAU Research Community
Topic: Executing Your Research: Why Good Research Gets Ignored in The Real World and What You Can Do About It
Date: May 2026
Speaker: Akin Monehin, Founder & Execution Advisor, Praxis Execution AdvisoryÂ
Media Coverage
Published reflections from the OAU research-to-practice engagement.
The Guardian Newspaper
Research creates knowledge. Execution creates value. The future belongs to institutions that can do both. OAU shapes the future, leading others ...
BusinessDay Newspaper
African universities do not suffer from a shortage of brilliant ideas but from a shortage of translation, adoption and execution ...
ThisDay Newspaper
OAUÂ and industry leaders explore how stronger collaboration can accelerate research execution: innovation, relevance, and real-world impact ...
Research-to-Practice Insights
Short reflections from the keynote on research impact, adoption, and implementation.
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Research Must Improve Decisions
Rigorous Does Not Mean Usable
What Decision Does This Improve?
From Insight to Action
Why Executives Ignore Research
What Makes Ideas Travel
Research-to-Practice Playbook™
A practical guide bringing together the key ideas, frameworks, tools, and methods from the Research-to-Practice Lab™.
Designed for researchers, doctoral students, faculty members, executive educators, policymakers, and practitioners seeking greater real-world impact.
Frameworks & Practical Tools
A practical toolkit for moving research from insight to impact.
Research Without Results™
A visual summary explaining why good research gets ignored and how research moves toward impact.
Research-to-Practice Pathway™
A simple model showing the journey from research to insight, attention, decision, action, and results.
Decision Lens™
A practical lens for clarifying the decision a research project improves.
ABCDE Framework™
A framework for making research harder to ignore by anchoring it in real problems, decisions, communication, reality, and engagement.
Research Adoption Checklist™
A checklist for assessing whether research is seen, understood, trusted, implemented, and used.
Research Impact Scorecard™
A self-assessment tool for evaluating the impact potential of research.
Translate Research Into Decisions and Action
Tools for turning findings into language, decisions, ownership, implementation, and measurable outcomes.
Executive Research Brief Template™
A template for converting research into a concise brief decision-makers can understand and use.
Research Translation Canvas™
A canvas for translating research findings into decisions, actions, owners, measures, and outcomes.
Assess Your Research Impact Readiness
Use these tools to diagnose where research may struggle to gain adoption or create measurable impact.
Research Impact Diagnostic Guide™
A two-page guide for interpreting and improving Research Impact Scorecard™ results.
Research Impact Scorecard™
Use this scorecard before using the diagnostic guide.
Teaching & Workshop Resources
Resources for faculty, supervisors, executive educators, doctoral programmes, and research workshops.
Classroom Discussion Guide™
A two-page teaching guide for discussing why research often fails to create impact and how participants can apply the Research-to-Practice mindset.
Workshop Reflection Guide™
A one-page reflection workbook for participants to apply Research-to-Practice questions to their own work.
Full Resource Library
Themed downloadable tools for researchers, faculty, postgraduate programmes, executive education, policymakers, and practitioners.
Understanding the Problem
Research Without Results™
Research-to-Practice Pathway™
Designing Research For Impact
Decision Lens™
ABCDE Framework™
Assessing Research Readiness For Impact
Research Adoption Checklist™
Research Impact Scorecard™
Research Impact Diagnostic Guide™
Translating Research Into What Practice Can Read
Executive Research Brief Template™
Research Translation Canvas™
Teaching & Facilitating Research Impact
Classroom Discussion Guide™
Workshop Reflection Guide™
Research-to-Practice Playbook™
Research-to-Practice Documentary™
COMING SOONÂ
A forthcoming 10-minute documentary exploring why research impact matters and how universities, researchers, policymakers, and organisations can help knowledge move into practice.
The documentary will feature faculty reflections, practitioner insights, field observations, and lessons from the Obafemi Awolowo University engagement.
COMING SOONWho This Lab Is For
Researchers
Move beyond publication into decisions, action, and real-world influence.
Universities & Deans
Strengthen research impact, faculty development, doctoral education, and societal relevance.
Executive Education Leaders
Translate research insight into practical learning experiences for executives and professionals.
Policymakers & Organisations
Use research, data, and insight to improve decisions, implementation, and outcomes.
For Researchers
Make your research easier to understand, easier to apply, and harder to ignore.
The Lab provides practical tools for researchers who want their work to travel beyond journals, conferences, and thesis shelves into decisions, systems, policies, organisations, and communities
Turn research into decisions
Write recommendations that survive reality
Communicate findings beyond academia
For Universities and Business Schools
Supporting research impact, executive education, and practitioner-facing academic engagement.
Akin works with universities, business schools, research centres, and academic leaders to help researchers strengthen the practical relevance, communication, and adoption potential of their work.
Research Without Results Keynote
Guest Lectures
Practice-to-Research Workshop
Executive Education Sessions
DBA & PhD Masterclass
Research Translation Session
Research Impact Reviews
Practitioner Case Development
For Organisations Seeking Better Decisions
Turning insight, research, and strategy into action.
Many organisations already have reports, data, strategy documents, and research findings. What they often lack is adoption. Akin helps leadership teams translate insight into decisions, operating rhythms, accountability, and measurable execution.
Strategy Execution
Transformation Adoption
Policy Implementation
Performance Improvement
Behaviour Change
Research Commercialisation
Ways We Can Work Together
Speaking & Thought Leadership
Inspire researchers, faculty and academic leaders to rethink how research creates impact beyond publication
Capability Building
Move beyond awareness and equip researchers, faculty, and doctoral candidates to apply Research-to-Practice principles to their own work. Receive expert challenge & feedback
Strategic Partnership
Help universities, business schools, and research centres strengthen their research impact ecosystem, industry relevance, and adoption capability at institutional scale
Institutions & Communities Engaged
Engagements, lectures, workshops, collaborations, and conversations have included researchers, faculty members, doctoral students, executive education participants, and practitioners across universities, business schools, and organisations.
Obafemi Awolowo University
Chicago Booth School of Business
Kellogg School of Management
University of Texas at Dallas
Lagos Business School
Nigerian University of Technology and Management
Bring Research Closer to Practice
For universities, business schools, research centres, policymakers, and organisations seeking to turn insight into action, the Research-to-Practice Lab™ provides a practical platform for lectures, workshops, executive education, advisory support, and applied research translation.
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