Sweeping federal policy changes continue to disrupt public service for citizens and employees, both within government agencies and...
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Estimating The Return on Ethnographic Investment: Finding More Human(e) Ways to Measure Our Impact
This paper argues that more appropriate measures are needed to illuminate the full value to organizations of...
What’s Going on with Strategic Research In Big Tech?
For years big tech was one of the major employers of, and training grounds for, industry ethnographers focused...
Sankofa; Look Back, Side-Eye the Future
This PechaKucha is an invitation into Sasha’s journey, probing questions such as: What is the true meaning of...
Grounded AI: Integrating Data & Social Science
The expansion of AI in virtually all business and organizational environments represents an opportunity to...
Understanding Your Business Stakeholders
We all strive to do work that has strategic value and to communicate our insights in ways that gain traction and make an...
Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset
It’s more important than ever to have a firm grasp of our full value as ethnographers. In addition to...
Toilet Talk: The Subtle Art of Awkward Research
Imagine you are dealing with bladder or bowel problems, and while sometimes your life is joyful, you also...
Navigating the Realities of Self-Employment
A roundtable of experienced business owners and independent practitioners share their wisdom and experiences...
The Long View: Collective Wisdom on Where We’ve Been and How Ethnographic Practice Evolves to the Future
The pandemic, layoffs, AI, inflation/deflation, climate change…these days there is plenty of upheaval. In times...