How do I develop the mindset, skills and expertise in my department to generate high business impact?

We understand the most important drivers of high business impact. We provide training and coaching for these drivers.

From researcher to consultant

To drive impact, researchers must become consultants who are trusted advisors or true business partners. Being an “internal vendor” or “capable resource” is reactive, and doesn’t go far enough.

The consulting journey requires embracing the right mindset, principles, tools and practices. And it involves not only individual actions but also department actions.

Our 2-day workshop provides training and tools for immediate effect and lasting impact.

To learn more, contact Ian Lewis.

Leveraging emergent research approaches

The research toolkit is expanding rapidly – with offline and online ethnography, consumer listening, online communities, neuroscience and biometrics, web analytics and more.

How should Research Departments decide which to invest in, how best to leverage these approaches, and how to integrate them with their current approaches or (in some cases) replace current approaches?

We help you focus your investment, your choice of methodologies and research companies, and work with you to activate and integrate new approaches.

Developing insights that matter

We define Insight as new knowledge that has the potential to create significant business impact. Researchers typically learn their trade working independently on individual projects, and they often don’t understand the business – all of which inhibits the potential for identifying insights that have high business impact.

A productive insight environment is fueled by understanding the real meaning of insight; by synthesizing knowledge from internal and external sources; by working collaboratively to leverage multiple perspectives and a range of expertise; by understanding the business; and by a culture that embraces and rewards creativity.

Our one-day workshop will enhance insight productivity.

Communicating for impact

Research must take responsibility for making change happen as a result of insights. Communicating for impact is critical, and researchers need to tell compelling stories with their presentations. “Death by PowerPoint” is still far too common.

Our one-day seminar will help your team learn the art of storytelling, the principles of communication, how to structure the material into a compelling story, and how to leverage images and video.

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