60 miles in September Challenge

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Congratulations to Jaime Johnson, Director at The Survey Initiative, for running 60 miles this September. Jaime was inspired to take up the challenge with an aim of running 2 miles each day in September to help raise funds and awareness of the vital work undertaken by Cancer Research UK....

15 years of helping organisations excel

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At this, our 15th anniversary, we look back on some amazing highlights working with some inspiring and interesting organisations helping them to understand and engage their people. Its been an exciting journey and as we reflect it feels right to thank the people who have helped to make The...

Pulse surveys and survey fatigue

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Can too many surveys be a bad thing? In the past few years, many organisations have been making significant changes to the way they survey their staff, especially by introducing pulse surveys.  These are very short surveys, usually of ten questions or fewer, that are designed to give a...

Managing anxiety during the return to work

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On Monday 19th July the UK government officially scrapped the ‘work from home if you can’ guidance as part of the wider lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England. As legal limits on social contact recede, old work colleagues have been re-united and news ones introduced after 16 months of...

Development Update July 2021

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Since our last March update we have seen a number of additions, updates and new features. July 2021 Sprint New report – we’ve called this a ‘Summary presentation’ and it’s designed for those businesses that have business entities or larger divisions, the report pulls out key trends and themes....

Future-proofing workspaces during the hybrid revolution

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The onset of lockdown in March 2020 undoubtedly marked a crucial turning point in the way thousands of businesses and their employees operate on a day-to-day basis. Home working and Teams meetings have become the new norm for many, and with that has come conversations and deliberation about the...

Development Update March 2021

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We continually invest in our technology and our online survey and reporting platform is the main focus of this investment. Our monthly blogs will look at upcoming developments of new features and additions to be keep you fully up to date on our development roadmap. March 2021 Sprint 360...

Development Update Jan 2021

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We continually invest in our technology and our online survey and reporting platform is the main focus of this investment. Our monthly blogs will look at upcoming developments of new features and additions to be keep you fully up to date on our development roadmap. January 2021 Sprint 360...

Nudging behaviour

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I’ve been thinking about nudge theory.  It’s probably the thing that explains why I did economics for GCSE and politics for A Level before going on to do a psychology degree – although I didn’t know it at the time, it combines all three. Nudge theory is a concept...

Virtual Focus Groups

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Over the past few months many of us will have ventured into the digital world of Zoom, Skype and Teams calls.  For some of us it’s been a new experience, with a steep learning curve. We don’t have the usual non-verbal cues to rely on to help us navigate...