Your research governance is probably broken (here's a fix) 🛠️

Hey Reader,

If you are having trouble influencing decisions in your organization, the research itself is probably not the problem. I see this question from clients in some form at least 3x a month; you’re running solid interviews, you’re asking the right questions, and you’re uncovering meaningful insights.

But then…

👀 The insights live in a deck that doesn’t get revisited

👀 Stakeholders ask the same questions a few weeks later

👀 Different teams start running their own research with no alignment

👀 There’s no clear system for how research should be done, shared, or reused

And over time, it starts to feel like you’re doing a lot of work… without the level of impact you know is possible.

That’s not a research skills issue, that’s a research strategy issue and it’s what happens when there’s no real foundation behind how research operates across your team.

With all the changes we’re seeing in our space, research operations and governance are at the top of our priority list again.

Rally has just dropped The ReOps Governance Toolkit, and it’s one of the more practical plug and play resources I’ve seen on this topic.

Because we already know why governance matters, it actually shows you how to start putting it into practice.

Inside, you’ll get:

• A maturity matrix
• An interactive report card
• A real case study (MongoDB + Rally)
• A full ReOps playbook
• Guidance on data handling and participant protection

If you’re in a place where:

- You’re the only researcher trying to create order

- Or you’re on a growing team that’s starting to feel the cracks

- Or you’re trying to prove the value of research beyond one-off projects

This will meet you where you are.

Get the toolkit here

As you go through it, I want you to pay attention to one thing:

Where are things breaking down for you right now in your end-to-end research flow?

That’s usually the best entry point into building better systems, see what’s working and what’s not.

I hope you find this resource helpful.

All the best,

Eniola Abioye