Travelwise
Back In Person Again! Destination: San Diego
Surrounded by pristine beaches, San Diego offers spectacular scenery geared for fantastic outdoor adventures […]
Articles by Jessie Austin
Toolbox
How to Up-Level Your Qual Using Three Key Coaching Concepts
As qualitative researchers and facilitators, we may or may not realize the overlap of skill between coaching and qualitative research. […]
Dear Emeritus
Dear Emeritus: Handling Unconscious Bias
Practical advice on how to frame questions, manage non-verbal communications, and apply unconditional positive regard to avoid introducing personal biases into research […]
Business Matters
How’s That Website Working for You?
Is your website just an expensive business card taking up digital space? Or does it serve as a powerful asset at the center of your inbound marketing efforts? […]
Book Reviews
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis, St. Martin’s Press, 2021
Why do we want what we want? Author Luke Burgis illuminates the forces that shape how we come to want certain things. […]
Book Reviews
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein, 2021, Little, Brown Spark
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment is a collaboration by behavioral scientists documenting the existence and problems with noise, or the unwanted variability and randomness in our judgment […]
Book Reviews
Listen Like You Mean It by Ximena Vengoechea, Portfolio/Penguin, 2021 -AND- The Truth about Lies by Aja Raden, St. Martin’s Press, 2021
Susan Fader pairs two books that will help readers become better listeners and also up their ability to ferret out the truth […]
Book Reviews
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez, Abrams Press, 2019
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men helps us understand the ways research and design built around the needs of men shapes all our everyday lives […]
Book Reviews
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master the Odds, and Win by Maria Konnikova, Penguin Press, 2020
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master the Odds, and Win by Maria Konnikova takes us on a journey of self-discovery as Konnikova grows in her poker skills […]
Schools of Thought
Let’s Find a Jugaad! Creating Innovative Solutions with Limited Resources
The Jugaad mindset, an Indian mindset of innovation, gives us the tools & means to overcome, creatively. It is an optimistic mindset of not giving up in times of crisis. […]