OK, I missed a couple of days.  Honestly, I thought this was Wednesday, but my friend and colleague asked me if I was OK this morning since I hadn’t done any blogging this week.
That’s what going through 900 focus group verbatim comments will do to you:
I’m a survivalist!
A recent article in LiveScience  explains that […]

Whew.
Four days. 13 Focus Groups. 84 People. 104 Questions. 900+ Answers.
And I’ve never felt better.
You know I love numbers. It’s an affliction, and I have no desire for the cure. Information, correlations, regression analysis, data tables, stat testing, etc… OMG. However when […]

I know… it’s Wednesday and I am on time… Considering it’s 6.49 a.m. as I’m writing this, I think I’m actually early.
Anyways….
Here In South Carolina
I’m here in S.C. conducting 10 focus groups with employees of one of my clients. As a follow-up to their second Workforce Engagement Assessment, we are getting more specific information […]

This is a bittersweet weekend for me.
This is the first time in a number of years that both of my boys are home for father’s day.  Well, the younger one has never missed one since we keep him hostage in his room when he isn’t going to high school or helping his mom in her […]

I’m not going to mention that it’s Thursday (again). Well, the (again) thing is kinda goofy, as Thursday comes around every week at this same time. Sort of like Wednesday. Actually, nothing like Wednesday. If it was, I wouldn’t always be a day late with my Wednesday blog. However if […]

I try not to let things surprise me, especially when it comes to research. I try to go into each project I lead with an open mind, no preconceptions that might foul up my analysis and conclusions.
I was awestruck with the results that Supervisors have a lower level of engagement than do Individual Contributors.
I […]

The Unemployment numbers came out recently and the numbers shook Wall street and Main street like an earthquake:
5.5% Unemployment Rate, up from 5.0 just a month before.  The highest monthly unemployment rate since October of ‘04.  The highest monthly increase in 22 years.  A loss of another 49,000 jobs on top of the 275,000 lost […]

Happy Wednesday…   Still raining here in Indianapolis…
Brain Drain or Lost Boss?
There was a big article in our local paper about the 80% of academically talented high school seniors who will be attending college here in Indiana.  Brain drain problem solved…
The issue isn’t where our smart kids are going to go to college, it’s where they’ll […]