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Research & insights of the PS Group

Scientifically grounded foundations for sustainable business success

Sustainably successful organizations are not built through trends or gut feeling, but through scientific grounding and consistent application in practice.

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Research & insights of the PS Group

Scientifically grounded foundations for sustainable business success

Sustainably successful organizations are not built through trends or gut feeling, but through scientific grounding and consistent application in practice.

Get in touch now

Our research in 3 Fields

PS Research examines what makes organizations successful in the long term—and translates insights into actionable models for leadership, culture, growth, and impact.

Research Field 1

Human Resources
& Organization
The origin of PS Research lies in organizational and people development. Since 2005, our founder has worked—scientifically and in a practice-oriented way—on the question of how organizations can foster talent, design effective structures, and view leadership as a win-win system, without theoretical overload but with methodological depth.
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Research Field 2

Common Good Orientation & Happiness

For us, entrepreneurial responsibility is not marketing, but a mindset with measurable impact. As a family-owned midsize business serving society, we have been engaging intensively since 2013 with the common good, sustainable business practices, as well as meaning and satisfaction in the workplace context.

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Research Field 3

The 40-Hour CEO Project.

Our thesis is that, through intelligent organizational structures, it is possible for people in highly responsible positions to work sustainably and successfully in 40 hours per week—without losing their personal balance.

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Forschungsfeld 4

Socioeconomic
Balance

This field of research examines broad, society-wide approaches that can help mitigate the widening gap between rich and poor and bring ecology and the economy into alignment. The goal is to identify practical levers that can, over the long term, contribute to greater socioeconomic balance and social stability, and consequently also to ecological balance and broader participation.

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Presentation of our practical projects

In our practical projects, we combine scientifically grounded approaches with real business practice. For our partner companies, we develop, support, and evaluate innovative solutions in the areas of Human Resources & Organizational Development, Common Good Orientation & Happiness, and Marketing & Sales. The goal is to create sustainable concepts that do justice to both economic requirements and the needs of everyone involved.

Practical Project 2 – from 2026 – Research Field 2: Common Good & Happiness.

Employee Satisfaction & Employee Happiness – Companies as a Driver of Happiness.

The project examines how decision-makers—especially in small and medium-sized enterprises—can make a real contribution to greater workplace well-being through targeted, scientifically grounded measures, thereby creating a positive lever for individual happiness and social satisfaction.

Project Description

  • Examination of employee satisfaction, employee happiness, and workplace well-being
  • Scientifically supervised practical project by PS Research
  • Systematic analysis of the relationship between the work environment and personal happiness
  • Focus on the role of companies as active shapers of positive working and living conditions
  • Development and implementation of targeted, verifiable measures to improve well-being and satisfaction

Benefits for Employees

  • Greater workplace well-being through evidence-based measures
  • Improved job satisfaction and personal well-being in day-to-day work life
  • More stable long-term motivation, identification, and personal development

Benefits for Employees

  • Greater workplace well-being through evidence-based measures
  • Improved job satisfaction and personal well-being in day-to-day work life
  • More stable long-term motivation, identification, and personal development

Benefits for Companies

  • Examination of the extent to which decision-makers can positively influence societal well-being through the deliberate structuring of companies
  • Analysis of how entrepreneurial action can sustainably promote people’s individual sense of happiness
  • Consideration of companies as a potential lever for greater societal satisfaction and social stability

Practical Project 1 – from 2020 – HR & Organization

Beyond HR – Scientifically grounded people development in practice

The Beyond HR program has proven itself in practice as a flagship project for SMEs, creating genuine win-win situations through people development and delivering impact beyond the traditional HR horizon.

Project Description

  • Developed by PS Research for the BEST CARWASH location in Regensburg
  • Scientifically supervised people development program
  • Focus on attracting and integrating international talent
  • Systematic development of employees based on a clear development model
  • Long-term support along employees’ personal and professional career paths

Benefits for Employees

  • Structured personal and professional development with clear perspectives
  • Individual support through guided learning and integration processes
  • Long-term career and advancement opportunities within the company

Benefits for the Client

  • Increased employer attractiveness through the establishment of a structured development program
  • Targeted use of the program for employer branding, making it easier to attract new employees
  • Sustainable retention of skilled workers and leaders, and active counteraction to the skilled labor shortage

PS Research:
Why We Research

PS Research is the research and insights arm of the PS Group. Here, we bring together scientifically grounded methods, many years of practical experience, and empirically derived insights that form the foundation of our entrepreneurial action.

Sustainably successful organizations are not built through trends or gut feeling, but through systematic thinking, scientific grounding as a foundation, and consistent application in practice.

Alexander da Silva Sebö

Alexander da Silva Sebö, MBA

Founder | Interface of Science, Entrepreneurship & Execution

For more than two decades, our founder, Alexander da Silva Sebuh, has continuously worked in this spirit at the interface of science, entrepreneurship, and practical execution. Since 2020, PS Research has been further developing this foundation of our work.

How can we help you?

If you would like to learn more about our research fields or use PS Research as the foundation for your project, write to us—we will get back to you personally.
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Research Field 1

Human Resources & Organisation

Scientifically grounded organizational and people development
The origin of PS Research lies in the field of Human Resources and Organizational Development.

Since 2005 our founder has systematically engaged with these topics on a scientific basis—initially in an academic context, from 2007 also through a published academic paper and practical application in companies.

Research and work focus areas:

  • Talent development in an intercultural context
  • Holistic organizational structures and cultures
  • “Recruiting without recruiting” through win-win leadership

Research Field 2

Entrepreneurial responsibility as a strategic success factor

For three generations now, we have seen ourselves as a midsize entrepreneurial family in service of society. We have lived this philosophy in our businesses for over 30 years. Since 2013 we have been engaging more intensively with the topic the common good, entrepreneurial responsibility, and individual happiness, which describes the second research field. 
During this period, the following were carried out by Alexander da Silva Sebur:
  • Founded or co-founded 4 non-profit organizations
  • Supported or guided 100+ common-good-oriented initiatives

Research and work focus areas:

  • Economy for the common good & sustainable business practices
  • Connecting economic success with social responsibility.
  • Happiness, meaning, and satisfaction in the workplace context
  • Social entrepreneurship – societal impact in focus
PS Research does not view common-good orientation as a marketing instrument, but as a an entrepreneurial mindset with measurable impact.

Research Field 3

Der 40 Stunden CEO

Unser Ziel ist es, CEOs dabei zu unterstützen, Organisationen so zu gestalten, dass hohe Verantwortung und persönliche Balance kein Widerspruch mehr sind.

Research and work focus areas:

  • Intelligente Organisationsstrukturen & Übertragung von Verantwortung
  • Führung als System, nicht als Einzelperson
  • Balance als strategisches Ziel
Forschungsfragen
  • Wie müssen Organisationen für Effizienz und Lebensqualitätstrukturiert sein, damit Verantwortung skalierbar wird?
  • Wie definieren wir in diesem Kontext Profit?
  • Welche Rolle spielt Vertrauen bei der Delegation von Verantwortung?
  • Wie kann Führung so gestaltet werden, dass sie nicht zur Überlastung führt?
Hintergrund & Praxisbezug:

Dieses Forschungsfeld basiert auf konkreter unternehmerischer Praxis:

  • Alexander Da Silva Sebö ist aktuell Geschäftsführer von vier Organisationen
  • Mit insgesamt über 300 involvierte Personen
  • Mitgründer von aktuell vier Startup-Initiativen
  • Arbeitszeit in der Regel: 40–45 Stunden pro Woche

Diese Konstellation zeigt dass hohe Verantwortung muss nicht zwangsläufig mit Überlastung einhergehen.

Research Field 3

Socioeconomic balance

This research field is in the early planning phase. Further information will be published later.
Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf:
  • effizientem Marketing mit minimalem Mitteleinsatz
  • systematischer Neukundengewinnung
  • messbarem Sales-Erfolg
  • glaubwürdiger, authentischer Kommunikation

Research and work focus areas:

  • Performance-Marketing & Conversion-Logiken
  • Tool, welche Business Logiken im Bereich Vertrieb digital abbilden
  • Markenaufbau ohne künstliche Inszenierung
  • Verbindung von Marketing, Sales und Organisation
  • Skalierbare Systeme für mittelständische Unternehmen
Ziel ist es, Marketing und Vertrieb vom reinen Kostenfaktor zu einem strategisch steuerbaren Wachstumstreiber zu entwickeln.