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Clipped Wings

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 20, 2020

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Travel, Careers, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Life Outside of Work, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Mental Health, RoadWarrior, Travel, Trial Consultants

Due to recent world events, most people’s lives have changed in ways that would, previously, have been unimaginable. Although some of my retired friends and family members tell me that they stayed home, often alone, before the pandemic and thus, haven’t noticed many changes in their daily lives, the rest of us have noticed lots […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 20, 2020

Melissa and I have posted much about travel for work or pleasure, including a list of places we’ve been (https://magnusinsights.com/2016/06/ive-been-everywhere/). And, we have generally enjoyed our travels. Sure, it is tiring and stressful, but the rewards are many. Our work requires travel to the trial venue so that our case assessments are conducted based on people […]

I’ve Got a Lot to Learn

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 13, 2020

Category: Business personalities, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Mental Health, Psychology, Work-Life

I’ve got a lot to learn. In fact, I’ve got more things to learn than time remaining in my life to learn about them. I learn new things every day. The learning process, for me, never stops. In my occupation as a social psychologist, I routinely read about the new research in my area. I […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 13, 2020

Thinking one knows everything about everything, or even everything about one thing, is usually a sign that the know it all person is badly mistaken. There are always more things to learn and those at the top of their professions, or specialities, know that. There are people who believe they know just enough to get […]

Online Mock Jury Research

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 6, 2020

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Business Travel, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Jury Research, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting, Workplace Technology

Magnus Research Consultants has entered the online age and now offers Verdict Perception Research™ among our other services. Verdict Perception Research™ involves recruiting jury eligible citizens from a trial venue who watch pre-recorded presentations (arguments) made by attorneys regarding a lawsuit, then deliberate until they reach a unanimous verdict. While there are many differences between […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 6, 2020

For many years, we at Magnus resisted adding online mock jury research to our repertoire, mainly for the limitations Melissa noted in her part of this post. But, necessity drove us to explore the technology options and there were many options! That variation was another of our hesitations in that some of what passes for […]

Don’t panic. Fix it!

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 1, 2020

Category: Business Frustrations, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Workplace Technology

This post builds on the last post about not letting them (the client) see you panic. Don’t panic – just fix it – is a worthwhile mantra in the workplace, and in life. Panic and fear get in the way of fixing things. I was a Boy Scout long enough to learn about the need […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 1, 2020

David and I share the same philosophy: Don’t panic – just fix it! I will never, ever, forget the time when one of our long ago employees broke the toilet seat, and instead of admitting what she had done, panicked and remained silent. Guess who was the next person to use the restroom and attempt […]

Don’t let them see you panic

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 24, 2020

We keep a list of topics for these posts; this one was added to the list several years ago and I’m just getting around to writing about it. I preface the post with that because the incident(s) which inspired it were even longer ago and happened with former, not current, team members. The incidents usually […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 24, 2020

Over the years I have been working as a trial consultant, I have had many reasons to panic. I have also had many opportunities to observe my staff members panic. There are numerous things that can, and do, go wrong, including things over which we have no control and things that occur from mistakes, carelessness, […]

Ghost Notes

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 17, 2020

Category: Careers, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Tips, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Psychology, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting

I’ve been thinking recently about how one ever demonstrates that nothing happened because something did happen. Specifically, with regard to the protests over police shootings, police abuse, etc., how does one demonstrate that new policies make a difference? The difference is noticed only when nothing happens. Undoubtedly, most police officer shootings happen because the officer […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 17, 2020

Category: Careers, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Tips, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Psychology, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting

David’s reference to ghost notes is quite impressive! Ghost notes are important to me, as a bass player. They are place holders, serving to keep the rhythm while not making a discernable musical sound. On the thick strings of a bass guitar, ghost notes sound like a mini cymbal, leading the way to the playing […]

Bob Arnold

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 15, 2020

Category: Business Relationships, Careers, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Mental Health, Travel, Work-Life

I met Bob Arnold in 1986, relatively soon after David and I started dating. At the time I met Bob, he was a client of David’s when David was employed as a professional photographer. David was eager to introduce Bob and me, due to the fact that we are both self described “Beatles freaks.” For […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 15, 2020

Category: Business Relationships, Careers, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Mental Health, Travel, Work-Life

Back when I worked as photographer, I focused (get that) on a few types of clients. One was the corporate market; public relations departments were usually my point of contact. I was doing quite a bit of work for a large hospital, and someone new was hired in its PR department. She suggested I meet […]

Keep a wide angle on marketing

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 10, 2020

Category: Business personalities, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Small Business Success, Trial Consulting

By now, readers of this blog know photography is a big part of my life. I got my first camera with a “normal” lens in 1978. My 2nd photography purchase, a few months later, was a wide angle lens. I love wide angle lenses and the all encompassing viewpoints they provide. I use them heavily […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 10, 2020

Within our company, Magnus Research Consultants, marketing is, clearly, David’s job. After all, he does have a college degree in marketing, as well as a master’s degree in business. I know almost nothing about business, but I do know that marketing involves some psychology, for example, finding out about what factors are important in people’s […]

We Do Our Jobs Even When Others Don’t

A Point of View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 8, 2020

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Business Relationships, Careers, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Jury Research, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Partnerships, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting

Recently, we at Magnus had what appeared, at first, to be a promising new business opportunity. This new opportunity was planned as a joint venture among 3 companies, including Magnus. Another company is a company that has been a long time vendor of ours, with the other company being known only to our vendor and […]

Another View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 8, 2020

As we write this, the fallout from this experience has continued. There are some hurt feelings amongst all, especially those with whom we planned to partner. But, the underlying objective we have at Magnus is to get the job done, and get it done well. (I’d add that anything Melissa and I undertake is done […]

Strange Days

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 3, 2020

Category: Business Frustrations, Business personalities, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Giving Back, Growing Old is Not for Sissies, Life Outside of Work, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Psychology, Small Business Success, Work-Life

Melissa is the Beatle fan(atic) in the family but I’m borrowing from the lyrics of her Fab 4 Fav, John Lennon, with this post. “Nobody told me there’d be days like these…” Nobody told us, because nobody (or well, only a few) imagined how 2020 would progress. So, here we are carrying on while the […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 3, 2020

I’m thrilled to read David’s quote from a John Lennon song, “Nobody Told Me,” released posthumously in 1984 on the “Milk and Honey” album. At the time the song was written (1980), John Lennon is said to have believed the world had lost its course. John Lennon was murdered in 1980 but, had he lived […]

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