Services Tailored for Each Client
Scientifically rigorous and systematic methodological frameworks to diagnose, evaluate, and solve real-world problems with applied research. We offer three proprietary engagement frameworks — each designed to match the depth, timeline, and budget your situation actually calls for.
Our frameworks are intentionally broad because every engagement is scoped specifically to your questions, constraints, and goals. If none of these feel like an exact fit, connect with us — we welcome the conversation.
Three frameworks. One firm. Infinite flexibility.
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Essential, actionable science-based insights and advice delivered swiftly — no original data collection required.
Explore GUIDE Synthesis framework PRISM™Deeper literature review and synthesis of secondary evidence sources to solve problems that need more time and cross-disciplinary attention.
Explore PRISM Full research framework COMPASS™Original empirical research designed for your specific needs — from study design through data collection, analysis, and implementation support.
Explore COMPASSEssential insights and strategic advice — delivered swiftly.
GUIDE is our advisory-level engagement. No original data collection, no lengthy timelines — this framework applies our expertise, existing evidence, and established frameworks to your specific challenge and delivers clear, actionable recommendations you can implement independently.
It is best suited for clients who have a focused, well-defined question and need expert guidance quickly — whether to validate a direction, diagnose a communication problem, or get science-backed answers without commissioning a full study.
Gather context
Understand client needs, goals, and challenges. Gather relevant background information to build a clear picture of the problem space before any recommendations are made.
Uncover barriers
Diagnose key decision-making pain points or communication challenges currently acting as barriers to growth, clarity, or impact.
Identify solutions
Apply theoretical and empirical data and evidence from existing research. Connect with best practices and established frameworks to address client needs effectively.
Develop recommendations
Synthesize evidence-based best practice recommendations and share them in a clear, accessible, and immediately actionable way — tailored to your specific context.
Enable action
Provide clear and strategic insight to facilitate the implementation of data insights and recommendations — so what we deliver translates directly into what you do next.
Cross-disciplinary evidence synthesis — delivered with strategic clarity.
PRISM is our evidence synthesis framework. Rather than collecting new data, we conduct a rigorous, structured review of existing research across multiple disciplines — extracting what is known, identifying what is contested, and translating it all into clear strategic recommendations specific to your context.
It is best suited for clients who need a defensible evidence base before designing a program, product, or intervention — and who want to avoid reinventing wheels that science has already built. PRISM sits between rapid advisory and full research: deeper than GUIDE, faster than COMPASS.
Pool existing knowledge
Identify and gather relevant research, reports, and case studies across multiple disciplines — building a rigorous, curated evidence base for your specific question.
Refine understanding
Synthesize findings from across disciplines to uncover key themes, gaps, contradictions, and areas of consensus — creating a coherent picture from complex, scattered evidence.
Interpret patterns
Extract actionable insights from a variety of credible sources. Identify major patterns, common problems, evidence-based solutions, and where the evidence is strong versus where uncertainty remains.
Strategize applications
Assess how insights from multiple knowledge sources apply to your specific requirements and challenges — translating what is known in the literature into what is relevant and feasible for you.
Map next steps
Provide clear, actionable, and evidence-based next steps to guide decision-making — including potential decision pathways and the tradeoffs between them.
End-to-end original research — from design through implementation.
COMPASS is our most comprehensive engagement framework. It involves designing and executing a full original research study — from defining the research questions through data collection, analysis, and strategic implementation support. This is evidence built specifically for your problem, not borrowed from elsewhere.
It is best suited for clients with complex, high-stakes, or unprecedented questions that existing research cannot adequately answer — and who need findings that are defensible, generalizable, and ready to drive real decisions. COMPASS engagements take more time, but they produce something no other framework can: original evidence tailored entirely to your context.
Clarify needs
Define and clarify research objectives, key questions, client requirements, operational constraints, and feasibility criteria — building a shared understanding of what success looks like before any work begins.
Observe & diagnose
Diagnostically evaluate the product, process, or problem from multiple angles. Observe in-action usability, decision-making, or communication challenges where possible to ground the research in real-world behavior.
Method selection
Determine the research methods most appropriate for answering the key questions while aligning with outcome expectations and operational constraints. Identify the tools, technologies, and software needed to implement them rigorously.
Perform research
Design and deploy a rigorous empirical study to gather primary, original data. Methods may include surveys, experiments, A/B tests, focus groups, interviews, think-alouds, eye-tracking studies, usability tests, and more — selected for your specific questions.
Analyze & synthesize
Clean, analyze, and synthesize the data to extract meaningful insights that directly answer your key questions. Findings are interpreted and contextualized — delivered at both the high level and in actionable specifics.
Shape solutions for implementation
Develop strategic solutions rooted in the results and evidence. Support research-to-operations endeavors and guide you in turning data into actionable, feasible solutions — bridging the gap between findings and what happens next.
We’ll help you find the right fit.
Most clients aren’t sure which framework fits before they talk to us — and that’s exactly what a first conversation is for. Tell us what you’re working on, what you need to know, and what constraints you’re working within. We’ll recommend the right depth of engagement and scope it to your situation.
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