Research

Knowledge is power.

Thorough research offers key insights into how organizations like yours approach certain objectives. It highlights best practices within the industry and can point out gaps within existing approaches and processes. It can also create a solid foundation from which to launch new initiatives, and arm you with the knowledge to make the best decisions for your business.

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How do we help you meet your objectives? It’s a lot like writing a mystery novel: we write the ending first and work our way backward. Intrepid Learning’s research always begins with defining a project’s key long-term goals and its related questions—we begin with the end in mind. We structure our research based on those questions and develop a report that will guide our clients in meeting their long-term goals.

Our Process

We begin by establishing a framework that aligns with the research objectives and formulate a hypothesis about the expected results. We then gather information through direct interviews, focus groups, surveys, and detailed media research, and synergize the findings to create a complete view into the results. Finally, we provide a set of recommendations for how an organization can use the results most effectively—both in the short-term and over time.

Our research services include:

• Benchmarking – understanding how your organization stacks up against competitors or leaders in specific areas. Examples include learning how your competitors position and offer partner learning, how your organization compares, and what you can do to create differentiators.
• Industry or Emerging Learning Research – defining how leading-edge learning solutions are used within the marketplace and how these solutions fit as a part of the learning strategy within your organizational / business objectives. Examples include conducting research to identify best in class curriculum paths, defining what makes the paths optimal, and recommending how to implement them within your organization.
• Best Practices – using data we gather from benchmarking and industry learning research, we compile, identify and implement best practices for business and learning challenges.