It's weird to see engineering leaders leading thousands of people acting like their hands are tied by the conclusions of like, one survey at Microsoft with a hundred people in it. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SAMPLE POOL
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You literally do not have to do this study sample --> population estimate --> squashing my org's situation against it thing. You literally have access to your own population you can get a sample from
I had two PhD social scientists and a dream and was running projects with chewing gum and duct tape and we got more than 5000 people to talk to us about the threat and fear they felt with AI and what helped them value learning despite it
You all *sneeze* and spend what that study cost
Granted I think my ability to lead research is quite unique. But with love: you can have evidence too
@grimalkina I suspect there are structural/organizational reasons why data from other orgs is more persuasive. I see it all the time in universities.
@natematias that's fair but then there's tons of pushback in my consulting about how evidence doesn't come from the org
@grimalkina it is quite maddening. I ran up against this in my early MA work on gender disparities in journalism. Orgs with vast data teams were very reluctant to study themselves and voraciously eager to hear about peers.
@grimalkina I eventually gave up on research about equity and representation in journalism (though not other work on it), after concluding they could speak truth to any power but themselves.
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@grimalkina I eventually gave up on research about equity and representation in journalism (though not other work on it), after concluding they could speak truth to any power but themselves.
@grimalkina it is quite maddening. I ran up against this in my early MA work on gender disparities in journalism. Orgs with vast data teams were very reluctant to study themselves and voraciously eager to hear about peers.