by david allan van nostrand | Oct 26, 2020 | How to tell good research from bad, Surveys
Many readers of this blog are marketers who use research and a good number are people who conduct the research marketers use. People in both groups often ask how to tell the difference between good information and bad. Because most research is privately funded for...
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 10, 2020 | How to tell good research from bad, Items in the News, Surveys
When people do the same sort of thing while away from work as they do while at work, they are said to have taken a busman’s holiday. In London in the 1800s, horse-drawn “carriages for everyone” were called omni-buses. The driver and the conductor were called busmen....
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 3, 2020 | Items in the News, Organizational Behavior, Surveys, Using Information
Peter Cappelli, professor of Management and director of the Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, wrote an article in today’s Wall Street Journal that is essential reading for everyone whose organization administers annual...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 20, 2020 | Organizational Behavior, Research, Surveys, The Myopia of Experts
A guild was an association of craftsmen or merchants formed for the furtherance of their professional interests. Guilds began in ancient Rome and came to prominence in the Middle Ages. Operating at the city level, they were organized by profession, such as carpenter...
by david allan van nostrand | Apr 20, 2020 | Gatekeepers, Leadership, Surveys
I was once asked to oversee data collection for a survey sponsored by one of the world’s largest and most well-respected Non-Governmental Organizations. The data collected would be used by the C-suite to develop goals and objectives and allocate time, people, and...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 16, 2019 | Items in the News, Surveys
NOTE: “dick pics” is the colloquial term used in scientific papers, online publications, and Europe, where news outlets take casual coarseness in stride. The first academic study on dick pics has been published. Its objective was “to explore men’s...
