Chris Geison

" Democratization requires intentional investment; you can’t just add it as a bullet point on someone’s to-do list and expect it to work. "

" Iteration means don’t prepare your talk the night before. Start early, practice, and evolve your message over time. "

" We don't just need to do a better job of articulating our value; we need to become more valuable. "

" Participatory research, decolonization, and research justice are vital takes on human-centered discipline. "

" Collaboration is great but we must support teams moving toward a goal, not just theorizing endlessly. "

" The existing insights repositories aren’t engaging other parts of the organization effectively. "

" Saying no to a research request is actually saying yes to better focused, higher impact work elsewhere. "

" If you don’t measure if research is successful, what do we ultimately have to show for it? "