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August 2, 2022

Innovators vs. the Organization

Research from FourSight explains why so many innovators struggle to sell their ideas into the organization, and what they can do about it.
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March 11, 2020

Can FourSight Profiles Be Used for Hiring? | FourSight

Recently a FourSight facilitator wrote in the following question: Can I use FourSight profiles for hiring? —Harry
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February 18, 2020

Need a Better Strategy for Strategic Planning? | FourSight

Ad agency president, Stacie Boney, knew she wanted to make a big improvement in her team’s approach to annual and quarterly strategic planning sessions. Boney heads up Hanson Dodge, a full-service ad agency based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that serves clients like the Utah Office of Tourism, KEEN Utility and Stanley
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March 17, 2019

FourSight Thinking Preferences and Vocational Fit | FourSight

Research from the FourSight team discovers that thinking preferences influence career choice.
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December 29, 2017

The Cognitive Commute | FourSight

A recent study on health and wellbeing reported a surprising discovery: People with the longest commutes have the lowest life satisfaction.
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August 2, 2016

The ROI on Creativity Training | FourSight

How can you measure the impact of teaching creative problem solving? It’s a challenge. Plenty of research shows the positive impact it has on individuals, but little research exists on the impact creativity training has on organizations, particularly on their top line growth. That changed in 2015, when a
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July 2, 2016

Developing a Taste for Innovation at Rich Products | FourSight

According to the Innovation Network, 88 percent of all organizations have the word “innovation” or “creativity” in their mission statements. But less than 5 percent of those same organizations have programs in place to teach innovation or creativity and make it part of the culture.
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June 2, 2016

Training Managers to Support Innovation at HP | FourSight

In training sessions, half a world apart, two innovation experts told the same story. Art Beckman and Silvi Steigerwald are two of the key architects of the innovation program in HP Software. Part of their job is training HP Software managers, more than a thousand worldwide, to support a culture of innovation.
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May 4, 2016

FourSight Goes to University | FourSight

Q&A with John Champlin, Human Resources Team at Wake Forest University How did you hear about FourSight? When I joined the HR staff at Wake Forest University, MBTI, Gallup Clifton StrengthsFinder, and the Intercultural Development Inventory were the assessment tools we used for team and leadership development. After a
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