Our Research
the human experiences behind the numbers
Data-driven insights, meaningful impact
strategy through an individual lens.
Since 2011, our team’s ongoing studies on Human Value and Purpose have helped guide the way leaders approach their workplace strategies. Symbio partners with leaders to investigate what people need to do their best work, achieve well-being and take an active role in organizational growth.
“Symbio’s vision is for the defining elements of organizational value to expand beyond revenue, market share, and gross margin. We help leaders to define and develop new inputs of value that create output metrics that inform the financial value of business in new ways. Ultimately this value shifts leadership decision-making.”
~ Steph Sharma, Principal
Symbio Strategies
What
we know
Our many years of study enables us to challenge widespread assumptions about human value. This has created critical shifts in thinking – to allow leaders to cultivate increased individual agency .
Human value begins with inputs, not outputs.
End results, such as increased engagement and retention, are outcomes of an intentional human strategy. Leaders maximize value when they focus less on managing to performance metrics and more on the individual experiences that drive them.
Purpose drives performance.
Our 2012 study confirms organizations are not effectively linking employee purpose to organizational purpose. When individual contribution is intentionally linked to organizational imperative, performance becomes an outcome.
INTENTIONAL THINKING creates mindful leaders
In an execution-obsessed world, leaders lack opportunities for reflection and ideation. Critical thinking is the opposite of “slowing down.” It creates a multiplier of value, enabling essentialism and problem-solving to best navigate the wicked problems of our time.
Focus on individuals to realize organizational outcomes
Successful organizations seek to elevate individual creativity while also creating a culture of feedback. When leaders prioritize engagement through the lens of personal experience, ownership and autonomy emerge as input drivers to exponential individual and organizational growth.
learn more about our focus on the symbiotic connection between humans and organizations.
research expertise
Symbio’s research centers on two primary topics, Purpose and Human Value. These work closely together in the creation of successful human capital strategies.
Human Value
- How can organizations realize—and mutually benefit from—the innate value healthy humans bring to the workplace?
- Can we create community value as we strive to build conscious companies?
Symbio tackles these and other questions through a rigorous study of Human Capital Value. Our findings and assessments are meaningfully reshaping the way organizations measure and maximize the value of their people.
PURPOSE
Symbio conducted a multi-phased study focused on the role of individual meaning in the workplace. Through partnerships with business leaders and their teams, we implement our findings to influence real practices.
Symbio’s foundational 2012 research demonstrates the five main aspects of purpose that build upon one another to enhance engagement. We have developed an assessment to measure individual purpose and invite you to take part.
