M·E·L Research Enhances Employee Wellbeing with Investment in Reporting Technology
At M·E·L Research, we are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and to delivering high-quality insights to our clients. As a social research agency serving public sector organisations and charities, we like to live our values and adopted a nine-day fortnight working model in January 2024. This schedule gives our employees every tenth day off, fostering a healthier work-life balance.
“By embracing a work schedule that prioritises our employees’ wellbeing, we are reinforcing our dedication to our team while enhancing our capability to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations. When our team is healthier and more balanced, they are more motivated and bring their best selves to work, which results in higher quality research solutions.”
To make this model work and ensure that our client services and offer continue to improve, we have been examining each step of our research project delivery to find smarter, more efficient solutions which still deliver the same quality and consideration in our outputs. As one part of this effort, we have adopted the SlideGen platform from Indico Labs. SlideGen enables us to visualise research findings more quickly for some projects, allowing our team to focus on interpretation and storytelling, which adds greater value to our work.
“The analysis and reporting we provide are what truly make a difference for our clients and the social issues we care about. Finding a more intuitive and efficient way to visualise research findings has been a key priority for us this year. During our trial of SlideGen, we quickly saw how it could speed up some of the more repetitive elements of our quantitative reporting tasks. It’s helping us use our time smarter and allow our team to spend a greater proportion of their time to do more of the insight development and storytelling, which is essential under our new working model.”
We are pleased that our collaboration with Indico Labs aligns with our values. Majeed Saheb-Zadha, Founder of Indico Labs, notes:
“Seeing M·E·L Research use SlideGen to support staff wellbeing and growth is inspiring. Our goal with SlideGen is to allow researchers to manage their timelines effectively and reduce time-consuming, repetitive tasks. M·E·L Research’s approach is a perfect example of how technology can enhance both employee satisfaction and company growth.”
For more information about our ongoing commitment to employee wellbeing and how SlideGen supports our mission, read more here or watch the video below. Alternatively, if you have a project that you would like to discuss, please get in touch using the form below.
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