Action research
Investigators need clues before they can start to solve a mystery.
Likewise, to create lasting change in your business, you need to find out what’s really going on.
The Mind Gym uses a solutions-focused approach called Action research to do this. As well as uncovering clues about the way the business works, it gives individuals useful insights to walk away with and put into practice straightaway.
By going native and exploring current needs before trying to solve them, we can use our insights to provide robust recommendations to help the business improve.
The Mind Gym has six Action research tools which can be assembled to tackle the specific blind spot in your business. Using an array of methods, including interviews, focus groups (virtual or face-to-face), observations or online questionnaires, we’ll combine the right research tools to give you maximum insight with minimal disruption.
See where the Action research tools have worked for our clients in case studies from British Gas, O2 and a global financial services provider.
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Chain of impact
Clear line of sight between a programme to alter employee attitudes/behaviours and business outcomes.
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Future generator
In dreamer mode, participants imagine a (near) perfect world and generate specific actions to move a step closer.
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Opinion seeker
Whether the solution will work pivots on how people feel and how motivated they are to change.
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Problem buster
What happens when things go wrong and what needs to change so they go right.
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Success spotter
What separates those who excel from those who are merely very good?
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Usual suspects
Harness the power of ‘change-jujitsu’ by uncovering employee’s self-interest.