Insight people

The most valuable resource in any Insight team are the people who work in it. But what does it take to recruit, develop and lead successful Insight people? And how do we cope with the challenges of working in a post-pandemic, hybrid working environment?

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Many of these topics will also be discussed in future episodes of the Transforming Insight podcast.

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Insight people guides and videos

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An introduction to developing successful Insight people - guide
IMP601: As Insight leaders we are heavily reliant on the talent of our people, but relatively few companies take a really comprehensive approach to recruiting, managing and developing Insight specialists. This guide provides an introduction to 5 key areas of focus.
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How to lead an Insight team - guide
IMP602: To successfully lead an Insight team, Insight leaders need to think like small business owners. In this guide, we examine the broad range of responsibilities of Insight leadership and present a tool which can help all who lead Insight in their organisations
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How to identify key Insight skills and attributes - guide
IMP603: Are the right people on the bus? Successful Insight leaders make this their primary concern as for an Insight team to perform well, the calibre of its people is crucial. This guide outlines the four main categories of skills and attributes required in an Insight team.
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How to develop an Insight perspective - guide
IMP604: According to Hans Rosling, "People constantly and intuitively refer to their worldview when thinking, guessing or learning. If your worldview is wrong, you will systematically make the wrong guesses". So how can we develop an Insight perspective to improve our organisations' worldview?
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How to recruit and develop an Insight team - guide
IMP605: If Insight is to deliver competitive advantage, then our organisation must be at least as able as its competitors to recruit, develop and retain really good Insight people. This guides sets out the approaches which Insight leaders have found effective.
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How to develop successful Insight teamwork - guide
IMP606: What matters most - how well you perform as an individual within an Insight team or how well the Insight team performs overall? In this guide we focus on what excellence looks like in terms of how the individual members of an Insight team work together to maximise their collective impact.
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Working on our Insight teams - guide
IMP608: (November 2022 Insight forum). This guide discusses some of the key internal and external challenges that many Insight leaders are continuing to face and highlight the importance of leaders working on our teams, not in our teams, to deal with these challenges effectively.
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Leading Insight people post-pandemic - guide
IMP609: (November 2022 Insight forum). This guide discusses the challenges that many Insight teams are facing in this new 'hybrid age', and she talks about 4 key roles that Insight leaders can adopt when dealing with some of these challenges.
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Prioritising an Insight leader's time - summary
IMS607: (January 2022 Insight forum). In this 1-page summary we highlight the ways in which Insight leaders can prioritise our own time and energy. If we can't manage our own diaries, we're in no position to lead our Insight team
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Working on our Insight teams - summary
IMS608: (November 2022 Insight forum). This 1-page summary discusses some of the key internal and external challenges that many Insight leaders are continuing to face and highlight the importance of leaders working on our teams, not in our teams, to deal with these challenges effectively.
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Leading Insight people post-pandemic - summary
IMS609: (November 2022 Insight forum). This guide1-page summary highlights the challenges that many Insight teams are facing in this new 'hybrid age', and talks about 4 key roles that Insight leaders can adopt when dealing with some of these challenges.
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Lies, damned lies and statistics - video
IMV604 (November 2020 Insight forum) In this video James Wycherley discusses the importance of Insight teams developing an Insight perspective, and he using the US elections as a reference point.
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Prioritising an Insight leader's time - video
IMV607: (January 2022 Insight forum). In this video James Wycherley discusses the ways in which Insight leaders can prioritise our own time and energy. If we can't manage our own diaries, we're in no position to lead our Insight team
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Working on our Insight teams - video
IMV608: (November 2022 Insight forum). Tim Downing discusses some of the key internal and external challenges that many Insight leaders are continuing to face, and he talks about the importance of leaders working on our teams, not in our teams, to deal with these challenges effectively.
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Leading Insight people post-pandemic - video
IMV609: (November 2022 Insight forum). Lisa Dutton discusses the challenges that many Insight teams are facing in this new 'hybrid age', and she talks about 4 key roles that Insight leaders can adopt when dealing with some of these challenges.