Talking Research with Jessica Broome, PhD (Ep. 38)
On the Speakerbox podcast, Dr. Russ invites leaders to share their thoughts and experiences on current culture, engagement, voice and organizational development topics.
Southpaw’s 2021 in Review
What a year it’s been! Here are a few highlights from the Southpaw Insights team…
Superpowers of the Generalist
I got my PhD in a super-specific line of study, but now I actually prefer being a super-generalist. Don’t get me wrong; going deep academically is a beautiful thing, but it can be limiting. Matt Might, a professor of Internal Medicine and Computer Science at the University of Alabama described the specialist’s dilemma beautifully in “The […]
What I Learned Outside the Classroom — Lessons from the Court, Field and River
Fun fact: I was a student athlete for most of my younger years, with a lot more emphasis on “athlete” than “student.” Sports profoundly shaped who I am. As a kid, successfully juggling practice, classes, games, matches, homework and meets is a surefire way to develop personal responsibility and time management skills, but I also learned […]
We’re Back On Our Feet. What Do You Need?
The feds just rolled out their second round of PPP funding for small businesses, and filing our application sent me back to a dark place: last spring, when 90% of Southpaw’s work dried up overnight, and nobody knew what the future would look like. Frankly, I was freaking out a little. But to keep my […]
Southpaw’s 2020 in Review
What a year it’s been! Here are a few highlights from the Southpaw Insights team… (Click on image for larger view).
Summer Round-up
How is it the middle of September already?!? Summer is my favorite season and, as usual, it flew by in a whirlwind of sunshine and blueberries. Team Southpaw had a busy summer: Sidney got married (that’s her with her new husband Adam on their wedding day), Jordan and Julia did some socially-distanced traveling, and Kathy’s […]
Words of Pandemic Wisdom from the Southpaw Moms
It’s been a rough year for parents. We’ve done the research, and we’ve seen the data. The pandemic has taken more of a toll on parents than those without kids. Mother’s Day is Sunday, and I’m heading south to shower my mom with love. (That’s her and my dad in 1966, before I was even a […]
Collaborating to Grow
Working with someone else can take you to the next level-whether it’s using a different reporting style, learning new techniques and method-ologies, or just taking on bigger projects than you could on your own. (We’ve all had those clients who want eighty IDIs in a month.)
An Ode to Amazing Women
My great-grandmother Mollye was left-handed like me. Her sister Maude ran away to join the circus, but Mollye worked as a domestic, cleaning houses for wealthy families, and later in a munitions factory in St. Louis. Mollye’s daughter, Alice, was born in 1912, eight years before women could vote. Alice moved across the country with […]