Its that time of year again: Christmas shopping, holiday plans and New Year’s resolutions. We tend to get the first two right, but according to University of Scranton research, just 8 percent of people achieve their New Year’s resolution, which well refer to simply as goals, because that’s what these resolutions are. Set goals, understand […]
Navigating differences is a key problem to be solved as it is a strength when you can do it and a liability when you cannot. That’s at the core of our behavioral insights work over the years, whether looking at the individual, team, organization, family or other scenario, like business-customer, hiring manager-employee or financial advisor-client. […]
My home country of Australia does not have a Thanksgiving celebration like America and Canada do. Since living in America over the last 15 years and now becoming a citizen I have enjoyed including this reflective holiday in my life. As we head toward Thanksgiving, one of the many things I am grateful for is […]
In looking to leverage human behavioral insights to solve business problems and tailor employee and client offerings, do you want a very few questions that grab some data points so you can just keep moving? Or do you want a discovery profile questionnaire that achieves results like these? Easy and quick to complete (Don’t have […]
This article first appeared on Nasdaq. We’ve been having an interesting conversation in our office about how often we have been required to complete a questionnaire, how long they have taken and the reason for them. Some of the recent experiences of our team members: Renewing a passport online – 45 minutes; Completing a tax […]
My colleagues and I have been having an active discussion about the relevance of risk-tolerance questionnaires. So, I was excited to see a Sept. 6 article in the Wall Street Journal by Jason Zweig, “Knowing if you can stomach the next big market swing.” Not the right data, not enough data Zweig’s bottom line, “Any […]
