Megan Blocker

" Position research as strategic partners early in the process, not as work to be done at the end of the production line. "

" The current decline in response and participant engagement rates is a genuine crisis that threatens research data quality. "

" I want you to push yourselves to try one new approach, to challenge one of your assumptions, and to walk away ready to take an action. "

" You have to pick your battles with stakeholders—fight the ones that really matter and let smaller issues slide. "

" If you don’t have researchers to shadow, lean on communities, data scientists, or industry organizations. "

" Establish yourself as a trusted expert advisor whose work drives meaningful positive change. "

" Building those relationships, building trust, it will always pay off. "

" Research operations should move from execution facilitators to key players in research strategy and metrics. "

" If you want access to those names, you got to come through us and show your research plan, which helped us ensure quality. "