Inspiration at Work’s Research

Alexandra has conducted proprietary research on American jobs and careers, the future of the global workforce, the impact of AI, leadership, employee engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and generational differences. Typically sponsored by organizations looking to broaden their thought-leadership footprint, Alexandra’s research process incorporates statistically significant sampling, questionnaire development, electronic survey distribution, phone interviewing, data analysis, report writing, and media outreach. In the last two decades, she has worked on more than 50 research studies surveying nearly 10 million individuals. Some highlights include:

National Institutes of Health

Inspiration at Work recently finished a federal grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to create a resource for unemployed individuals struggling with emotional distress. The product, serving as the cornerstone of a clinical trial conducted with Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, was shown to be statistically significant in improving job seekers positive affect and motivation, and in getting people back to work sooner.

ManpowerGroup Global Insights

Alexandra came in on the ground floor of the development of global staffing giant ManpowerGroup’s global insights function, including creating more than a dozen white papers based on billions of internal and external ManpowerGroup data points and a blog series on the future of work that reached an estimated 10 million readers. Alexandra is a frequent guest on MPG sponsored podcasts and at client events, and her 2026 global workforce trends are currently being leveraged as talking points for MPG’s c-suite executive presentations across the globe.

Dayforce

Alexandra partners with HR technology solution provider Dayforce to develop “Pulse of Talent” research angles around evolving workforce structures, the future of human resources, communication deficits, and human/machine team integration through 2030.  As Dayforce’s “Resident Futurist,” she is also a frequent guest on the Coffee Collab webinar series and the host of the Ask a Futurist video series.

SAP Success Factors

Alexandra provides expert guidance to Success Factors’ research team on their annual research programming and most recently contributed to a study on the career crisis facing new college graduates. She also hosts SAP-sponsored roundtable discussions highlighting the research and the education-to-work transition at HR conferences UNLEASH and HR Tech.

Upwork Research Institute

Alexandra helped launch global freelance platform Upwork’s research-based think tank, the Upwork Research Institute. She was an essential partner in determining a unique research agenda to elevate URI’s internal and external brand reputation, including an ongoing study on the qualities of genuinely innovative companies.

Deloitte

Alexandra worked with Deloitte to develop and execute a multi-national, multi-generation research study on the current state of millennial leadership. She joined Deloitte and partner Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative to create a thought leadership campaign around the changing views of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

DeVry University

Alexandra conducted 14 research initiatives on behalf of DeVry University Career Advisory Board and DeVryWORKS. The flagship Job Preparedness Indicator study investigated the skills workers must attain to ensure gainful employment in the future.

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