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Know under which conditions modern concepts actually work, before you invest.

Whether Working Out Loud, Radical Candor, Psychological Safety, or OKRs: the most popular concepts in HR and leadership are rarely simply right or wrong. Evidence Check translates proprietary brand terms into testable psychological constructs, cross-examines them against over 250 million academic publications, and shows precisely what a concept delivers and how to implement it effectively.

  • ✓Automatically translates proprietary brand names and vendor pitches into researched psychological mechanisms
  • ✓Local verification against 250M+ academic publications with 100% numerical fidelity to the primary text instead of AI hallucinations
  • ✓Two-level verdict (psychometric validity vs. real workplace training impact) and four tailored dossiers for Management, L&D, Trainers, and Participants
▶ EXECUTIVE WALKTHROUGH VIDEOAudio (DE) & Subtitles (EN/DE)

Executive Overview (2:34 min): How to translate complex concepts like Working Out Loud, Radical Candor, Psychological Safety, or OKRs into testable mechanisms and verify them against 250 million publications.

Why an open ChatGPT prompt falls short on complex leadership and training concepts.

A general-purpose language model uncritically repeats the marketing narrative of bestselling management books or invents plausible-sounding citations. Evidence Check cleanly separates brand promises, questionnaire psychometrics, and real behavioral change in everyday work across three levels.

1. CONSTRUCT TRANSLATION INSTEAD OF KEYWORD SEARCH

From proprietary brand name to researched psychological mechanism

Independent peer-reviewed studies rarely exist under the commercial brand name of a new leadership concept. Evidence Check automatically decomposes the promise into its underlying psychological constructs, such as network building, psychological safety, or goal commitment, making it scientifically testable.

2. PRIMARY SOURCES & NUMERICAL FIDELITY

Over 250 million academic publications with full-text verification

Instead of guessing studies from language memory, the system retrieves real primary studies and meta-analyses from OpenAlex, PubMed, Crossref, and Semantic Scholar. Every sample size and effect size is deterministically verified against the source text.

3. TWO-LEVEL VERDICT & 4 STAKEHOLDER DOSSIERS

Cleanly separating questionnaire validity from workplace training impact

A questionnaire can measure reliably without a two-day workshop changing actual leadership behavior. Evidence Check evaluates both levels separately and immediately translates the findings for Executive Management, L&D, Trainers, and Participants.

Who relies on Evidence Check in everyday practice.

Heads of Learning & L&D Leaders

Audit incoming vendor pitches and existing framework agreements before approving budgets. See immediately which elements of a training program drive real transfer and which you can skip.

Executive Management & Procurement

Require a neutral, source-verified decision brief before committing major budgets to leadership programs or diagnostic instruments instead of relying on glossy slide decks.

Trainers, Consultants & Executive Coaches

Back your own concepts with current, robust primary studies and clearly differentiate your work from superficial quick-fix methods in client discussions.

Six advantages that save you time, budget, and friction immediately.

You do not need to read statistical papers yourself. Evidence Check handles the heavy scientific lifting in the background and delivers clear, actionable plain language.

ADVANTAGE 01

Looks behind clever seminar buzzwords

Many providers invent proprietary labels for well-known methods. Evidence Check identifies the actual psychological mechanism underneath and evaluates separately: how sound is the core mechanism, and what does the specific vendor promise hold?

ADVANTAGE 02

Separates a valid questionnaire from real training impact

A test can measure reliably while the associated seminar changes nothing in everyday work. Evidence Check exposes this most common pitfall in the corporate training market with precision.

ADVANTAGE 03

Nuanced verdicts per research question instead of simplistic traffic lights

Instead of a blanket 'green' or 'red', you receive an honest, differentiated answer for every sub-question: does it work positively, is there no evidence, or does it cause harm, and how certain is the body of research?

ADVANTAGE 04

Protects your employees from intrusive formats

The included Participant Edition highlights when a program shifts structural leadership problems onto employees as a personal 'mindset deficit' or puts people into rigid personality boxes.

ADVANTAGE 05

Ask follow-up questions directly inside the report

If a detail remains open while preparing for a vendor meeting, simply highlight the sentence in the report. The system answers directly from the retrieved primary studies.

ADVANTAGE 06

Instant print-ready Word dossier for your committees

With one click, download the complete report including executive summary, evaluation tables, and full bibliography as a cleanly typeset Word document (.docx).

How clear your evaluation report looks.

Construct Translation & Principles Overview: Complex concepts like Radical Candor, Working Out Loud, or Psychological Safety are decomposed into testable mechanisms.
Construct Translation & Principles Overview: Complex concepts like Radical Candor, Working Out Loud, or Psychological Safety are decomposed into testable mechanisms.
Four Target-Group Editions & Word Dossier: Tailored translations for Management, Learning & Development, Trainers, and Participants at the push of a button.
Four Target-Group Editions & Word Dossier: Tailored translations for Management, Learning & Development, Trainers, and Participants at the push of a button.

Clear monthly report quotas. Every report delivers all 4 stakeholder dossiers.

No need to count tokens or individual papers: one report run covers the complete two-stage construct translation, verification against 250M+ academic publications, the two-level verdict (questionnaire psychometrics vs. real workplace training impact), and all four tailored stakeholder dossiers (Executive Management, L&D, Trainers, Participants) as web views and Word (.docx) documents.

STARTER · CONSULTANTS & INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS

Starter

€39 / month net
or €390 / year (2 months free)

For consultants, coaches, and executives who regularly validate new leadership methods or training proposals.

  • ✓ 4 complete Evidence Check reports / month included (≈ 1 complete method audit per week)
  • ✓ Every report includes all 4 stakeholder dossiers (Management, L&D, Trainers, Participants)
  • ✓ Two-stage construct translation + 100% numerical fidelity check against 250M+ publications
  • ✓ Instant Word export (.docx) ready for executive board and procurement briefings
MOST POPULAR · CORPORATE L&D & TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Pro

€79 / month net
or €790 / year (2 months free)

For L&D leaders and academy directors continuously auditing vendor pitches, leadership frameworks, and curricula.

  • ✓ 10 complete Evidence Check reports / month included (all 4 stakeholder dossiers per report)
  • ✓ Strict separation of questionnaire reliability (Level 1) and real workplace transfer impact (Level 2)
  • ✓ Actionable negotiation questions for vendor briefings and procurement due diligence
  • ✓ Unlimited archive access to all generated dossiers and bibliography ledgers
HR TEAMS, PROCUREMENT & CONSULTING FIRMS

Team & Procurement

€149 / month net
or €1,490 / year (2 months free)

For multi-seat HR, L&D, procurement, and consulting teams sharing a unified monthly report pool.

  • ✓ 22 complete Evidence Check reports / month in a shared team pool
  • ✓ Up to 5 seats for HR, L&D, procurement, and consulting specialists
  • ✓ All 4 stakeholder dossiers as editable Word templates (.docx) for board, works council & training
  • ✓ Extendable anytime with non-expiring On-Demand extra reports
FLEXIBLE ON-DEMAND TOP-UP · FOR RFPS & FULL CATALOG AUDITS
+10 Extra Evidence Check Reports (incl. all 4 stakeholder dossiers per report) · €149 (one-time · never expires) net
Auditing an entire training catalog or multiple vendor proposals at once? Add 10 extra complete reports anytime. Top-Up reports never expire at the end of the month.
🔗 AUTOMATIC CART BUNDLE ADVANTAGE (-20% DUO / -25% ACADEMY)
Methods & Didactics Duo: Add Learning Design Studio with an automatic 20% discount
Move seamlessly from verified concept to seminar blueprint: add Learning Design Studio to the same cart as Evidence Check and automatically receive 20% off Learning Design Studio (or 25% off both when combined with an LMS tenant).

All prices excl. applicable VAT (B2B & academic licensing). Annual plans automatically include 2 months free compared to monthly billing.

B2B & Academic Licensing (§ 14 BGB) · Before purchasing, please note our binding S1–S3 Support & Ticket Regime.Software & Support Terms (AGB) →Support & Ticket Portal →

Methodological rigor you can rely on in every boardroom and works council meeting.

Every report follows strict verification principles so you can argue with unassailable evidence in negotiations with vendors, works councils, and executive boards.

  • Five flexible input paths: Audit method names, diagnostic tests, specific vendor claims, concept excerpts, or a provider's website URL directly.
  • Upfront cost control: You review and confirm the exact evaluation questions first; only then is a single credit deducted.
  • 100% verified literature citations: Every cited study verifiably exists; the system transparently indicates whether full text or abstract was evaluated.
  • Neutral & vendor-independent: Evaluates exclusively the published scientific evidence on the underlying mechanism.
For Methodology Leads & IT: Expand technical specifications and verification standards
Two-stage construct abstractionTranslates proprietary seminar labels into validated psychological constructs before querying academic databases (e.g., Aptitude-Treatment Interaction vs. Dual Coding).
'Retrieve first, write second' architectureParallel live retrieval across OpenAlex (>250M works), Crossref, PubMed, and Semantic Scholar with deterministic quote and number verification (100% match in cold-run audits).
Two-dimensional evidence verdictsSeparate reporting of effect direction and 4-level evidence certainty per question; prevents double-counting identical cohorts across primary studies and reviews.
Independent frontier-model final auditAutomated cross-check prior to delivery strips impermissible causal claims derived from purely correlational studies.
  • Evidence Check provides a rigorous synthesis of published research. Whether a specific training program succeeds in your organization also depends on local delivery and context.
  • Not legal, medical, or HR compliance advice. Please do not enter confidential or personal data into the query field.

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