Bryan Rodgers

Bryan Rodgers is an Assistant Professor of Public Management and Leadership within Edinburgh Business School and is the Head of the Strategy and Enterprise subject group. He is currently a member of the board of the Chartered Management Institute in Scotland. Prior to this he worked for 30 years within the Public Sector, serving as a Superintendent within Police Scotland until his retirement in November 2017. 

He served in uniformed operational posts in every rank from constable to superintendent and laterly was Deputy Programme Manager for Police Reform,  which merged the 8 territorial forces and two agencies which became Police Scotland in April 2013. Thereafter, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Organisational Development Department. Prior to his retirement he served as the Partnerships and Support Superintendent in the Lothians and Scottish Borders Division.  

He was also a qualified and accredited Tactical Firearms and Public Order Commander

Bryan's research is focussed on the Public Sector and in particular improving public services through employee involvement and empowerment as well as public design of services through the integration of the voice of the customer in developing services.

He is currently researching the embedding of a culture of continuous improvement in the public sector with a particular focus on the emergency services. He is additionally involved in projects exploring the role of government in leadership for continuous improvement initiatives and the impact of HRM on the success of continuous improvement initiatives. He remains dedicated to supporting wider collaborative academic research to support practical benefits and improvements in policing and the wider public sector.