The Importance of Innovation at HRW Innovation has always been an important and integral part of HRW – both externally and internally. That’s why, every year, we host our internal Innovation Challenge! This is an opportunity for the wider team to give lift-off to an idea, new approach, or solution that they think has the potential to add value to our business and our clients. Encouraging Innovative Ideas Ideas can be centered around a methodology or technique, a new internal process, a way of communication, or a deliverable – the sky is the limit. If it can add value to the work that we do – it’s an idea that we want to hear more about! Highlights from Last Year’s Innovation Challenge Casting our minds back to last year, we had two inspiring winners: HRW Eavesdrop: A specialized social media listening offering incorporating layers of expert behavioural science analysis. Behavioural Initiatives: Focused on using behavioural science to boost internal initiatives, demonstrating ways to reduce resource waste and improve employee satisfaction. With such interesting predecessors, we were excited to see what this year brought. Categories and Awards for the Innovation Challenge 23-24 This year, we had two awards up for grabs, recognizing: Innovation with potential to impact client-facing research. Innovation with potential to improve internal processes and employee satisfaction. (Cool prizes were in store for the winners at the end!) Announcing the Winners of the 23-24 Innovation Challenge HRW Soundboard: Winner of the Auriga Award Julia Tarter, Research Manager, and Rob Brocklehurst, Senior Research Executive, won the Auriga Award (named after the constellation “Auriga” or ‘reign holder’), recognizing innovation with potential to impact client-facing research. Their winning idea, ‘HRW Soundboard’, allows respondents to understand the value of their contributions in market research. It also adds an additional layer of validation to solidify insights, propelling us further in accessing the reality of respondents. HRW Nudge Deck: Winner of the Hercules Award Saket Rao, Behavioural Scientist, and Oliver Day, Senior Behavioural Science Analyst, won the Hercules Award (named after the constellation “Hercules” or ‘kneeler’), which recognizes innovation with potential to improve internal processes and employee satisfaction. Their idea, the HRW Nudge Deck, is an internal digital card deck detailing various behavioural nudges for different goals and work settings. The tailored cards will help address everyday challenges and situations across the organization. A huge congratulations to our winners and everyone else who took part and made the Innovation Challenge a success. We are excited to take these winning ideas forward and see what future years bring! Apply Now!