Prior to the digital revolution, the pursuit of knowledge, whether for personal, academic, or professional use often involved late-night trips to libraries and extensive research efforts. Because technology was under-equipped to provide the unprecedented access it does today, retrieving and validating information required time and initiative.  

Pushing the knowledge boundaries a step further, the value of exchanging insight is tremendous. In school, for example, discussions with peers and teachers expand understanding. Similarly, businesses thrive when information flows freely among team members and colleagues. There are times when a new business perspective from an outside entity can reveal things that you or your team have unintentionally disregarded. Resources help to regularly evaluate and improve systems, services, products, and overall business practices. In the spirit of competitive edge, however, there is a level at which professionals become uncomfortable sharing ‘too much’. 

Strategic Insights Research is an extremely purposeful solution that facilitates access to knowledge, providing businesses with live, interactive, and experienced resources. The true value of this on-demand service has increased exponentially over the years, greatly and positively affecting the ways that companies move ahead of others in their industry.  

Enlisting a partner provider within the research realm can help you assess the current state of your business and chart a path to achieving its goals. With the ability to track down the right industry professionals and conduct in-depth one-on-one interviews, seasoned knowledge gatherers are ready to assist you and your business in gaining perspectives, information, and solutions. 

Someone Who Can Think for You

Partnering with a knowledge-gathering resource positions wisdom at your fingertips, preparing you to make business decisions and proceed with tactical confidence. Through such collaboration, companies find: 

• Innovation: Sharing insights from diverse backgrounds sparks innovation. Cross-functional alliance generates fresh perspectives that drive solutions. 
• Growth: Industry knowledge is ever evolving. By sharing real-time insights, professionals keep their businesses relevant and adaptable. 
• Quick solutions: A moment of expert insight can solve challenges that have stumped a business for months. Shared knowledge acts as a shortcut to effective solutions. 

Within the Cayuse model of research, the first step is to understand your business needs, goals, and objectives. From there, a two-pronged approach is utilized to deliver the information your business requires to help achieve them. 

• Primary Research – Cayuse has ready access to a database of over 850,000 experts across a wide variety of industries and specialties. The experts are vetted and approved, and engage in 60-minute real-time, direct interviews. Transcripts and recordings provide the opportunity for you to listen and review. 

• Secondary Research – Cayuse conducts traditional methods of research from trusted sources (such as periodicals, whitepapers, studies, and financial reports) and supplies authenticity of the findings.  

From here, we create executive summaries along with practical recommendations that address both the main and supporting key insights. Our comprehensive findings are presented to you in a format that is thorough, easy to navigate, and suitable for presenting to your team. 

Get Answers and Ideas

Whether you’re looking for ways to introduce services or products or requiring industry-specific information such as how to realign your budget or forecasting for the new year, there are several areas where research will provide the answers. Some of these include: 

• Market Assessments - Review geographies, needs, and requirements related to introducing or refining products and services.  
• Go-to-Market Strategies - Gain insight on ways to achieve your product, service, or company goals. Get a perspective on how your competitors are positioned and how you can leverage your tactics. 
• Competitive Identification - How do you stack up to your competitors? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Find out by getting insight that you can use to improve your market position. 
• Growth/Profitability Opportunity Analysis - What is your current success rate? What is your potential? How do you get there? Gain access to information that will help in maturing or expanding your business.
• Due Diligence – Audit and review what has been done and what needs to be done to get you where you want to be, while respecting risks and limitations within your company. 
• Benchmarking – Evaluate your standing relative to your own past performance and that of industry peers. Gain insights into your position by comparing your business with similar enterprises. 
• Operational Efficiencies – Is your output aligned with your input efforts? What is the impact on your bottom line? Access the approaches that others have used to create efficiencies in their businesses. 

Plan for upgrades, expansion, and new initiatives. Resolve an issue that your company has been dealing with for months. Reach your goals by digging into the core of your company and utilizing research projects that provide insight and resolve your queries. 

Sharing is Enlightening

Margaret Fuller, a philosopher and journalist of the 1800’s encapsulated the essence of collaboration when she said: ‘If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it’. Exchanging insights enriches businesses and people. Bringing this into modern times, technology connects us in unprecedented ways, enabling us to learn more than ever before.  

Gaining first-hand knowledge at the business level provides understanding, preparedness, and confidence. Cayuse obtains solutions to your strategic inquiries, imparts industry perspectives, and helps to validate your future plans. You receive knowledge firsthand from the perspective and experience of seasoned professionals along with the confidence that stems from engaging in a broader community. Our experts will enlighten you and empower your business. 

Allow the experiences of others to fill your mind with ideas that engage, encourage, and support your goals and endeavors. Embrace what you know, seek what you don’t, and illuminate your business with the power of shared knowledge.  

The Scenario: Your business has been curious about its administrative costs and whether you are spending more than needed. You have enlisted the help of Strategic Insights Research to give your company a point of reference and comparison...