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Robin NeidorfFor a general insight to be useful to an organisation, it has to be translated into something specific to them. For a specific insight to be useful to an industry, it has to be extrapolated to something more general.

These twin challenges sum up much of what I try to do as director of research for FreePint, and consulting services are often the way I do it:

  1. Making the General More Specific
    The most recent Subscription Update describes a consulting project in which I'm working with the information staff at a healthy multinational corporation. The staff are ready to take a more strategic position within the organisation around defining what "value" means, with regard to information products and services.

    We have published articles and produced webinars on this subject, as well as delivered a highly successful set of Communities of Practice (in person and via teleconference). In this project, however, I get to take into consideration the specific needs, culture and objectives of this organisation, to help this information team make a real difference in a short period of time.

  2. Making the Specific More General
    Last week I had a call with a customer who recently upgraded from the Community level to the Consulting level of service. She shared with me a number of her objectives in the upgrade decision. One was her desire to help FreePint - and thus help her peers in the wider industry - better understand the steps she and her staff take to ensure their services are central, strategic and appropriately funded.

    I know that as we work more closely with this customer on their specific projects in 2015, we are sure to learn strategies, perspectives and approaches that we can "generalise" to create fresh content, webinars and CoPs, to the greater benefit of all.

By design, consulting services are "baked into" our FreePint Subscription, which means that we are constantly moving from specifics to general insights and back again. It's efficient, it's effective, and it builds your capabilities, while keeping us focused on the broader needs of our industry.

Start the conversation about how FreePint Research can participate in creating change in your organisation, and adding to the sum of knowledge in our industry, by emailing me at robin.neidorf@freepint.com or through our contact form.

Season's greetings, Robin Neidorf
Director of Research, FreePint

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