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The rise of the active citizen
25 April 2019
This blog follows on from our previous one in February, where we explored the increasing frustration of the public, their need to be listened to and the importance...
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How we are being influenced this Spring
09 April 2019
Why does ‘British’ get a price premium? On a recent supermarket shop I needed to get some plain flour. I was of course amazed by the choice; from organic...
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Discussing death in the workplace
20 March 2019
When we go into organisations to run employee focus groups the discussions can be diverse, but usually within a discernible framework. We discuss communication,...
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10 March 2019
New Blogs – more insight We love blogging about research, sharing our thoughts and exploring and making sense of our qualitative world. As qualitative researchers...
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Brexit, Party divisions and climate change – the importance of the public voice
19 February 2019
What a time we’re having – the confusion of Brexit, the clear divides within and between the main political parties, the resignations and talk of new political...
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Research, environment and individual change
09 January 2019
Moving into 2019 and the media is full of Brexit news and environmental news – we are drowning in plastic and politics. The enormity of both can make...
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The maligned focus group participant
21 September 2018
How do you avoid the dominant person taking over a focus group? That is probably the most asked question in the history of running focus groups. The concern...
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The digital impact on the art of conversation
25 April 2018
There’s been a lot written lately about our digital health and the overuse and addictive nature of social media. However, whilst it’s very easy to demonize...
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The two sides to every Focus Group
28 March 2018
A focus group is a story of two halves, the client and the participant, who come with very different needs and expectations. Part of our job as facilitators/researchers...
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13 March 2018
Oh, the perils of the British weather on our research plans! Projects that go to plan can still be difficult but when you add in some freak British weather,...
