When I read Eric Ries’ book, The Lean Start-up, the phrase that stood out for me was ‘strategy is based on assumptions’. It’s human nature to be overly optimistic of the future, and underplay the difficulties of getting there, particularly when you are starting a business. That’s where market intelligence comes in. It’s a reality check for your assumptions. Read more...

Here are three time friendly research tips from 2014 to keep building on in 2015 and beyond. Here are three time friendly tips from 2014 to help you hone what you are looking for, and deliver it with zing. Read more...

Getting the research brief right has always been an important skill for corporate librarians. Interpreting their colleagues’ technical information research requests, tracking down the right information, and meeting demanding time frames is all in a day’s work for corporate librarians. Read more...

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has identified ‘more from less’ as being one of the six mega trends that change the way that we live and work. Research Tips readers are in the midst of the upheaval in the information world and working in an environment of delivering more with less. Read more...