DORIS in the News
Don't just take our word for it. Here you can find articles, case studies, and news sources about DORIS. Additionally, DORIS founder, Sam Julka, writes a regular column piece that’s published in the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ). We like to think of her as the Carrie Bradshaw of workplace columnists. Each of these columns deliver golden wisdom from the good, the bad, and the ugly that we at DORIS have gleaned from our many years engaging with employees through our research. Pour yourself a cosmo, read on, and enjoy!
Returning to Work? Your Office Needs a Refresh.
Can we go back? They say you can never go home again, or is it that you can never go to the office again? Think back to your late teens or early 20s, when you moved out of your parents’ house to go...
Stick to the basics to bring employees back
Can you remember the last time you were really excited to go somewhere? We have a lot of that pent-up energy right now as we all begin to reschedule vacations we canceled over the last several...
Celine Dion, the Pandemic & Understanding ‘Hybrid Workforce’
At DORIS, we have experts in the field all across the country. Hear from our Design Research Lead in Denver, CO, Megan Little, as she talks about Celine Dion, the pandemic & understanding the...
Make 2022 the year of ‘we’ and collaboration
Let me start by telling you a story about me. Historically, the week that falls between the Christmas holiday and New Year’s Eve is dead airspace for office buildings. It’s the time of year when...
DORIS + DEI Blog Series: 3
We left off hearing Dr. Tiffany Polite’s wise words pertaining to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Were you as riveted as we, at DORIS, always are when she talks to us? We hang on her every word...
Draw conclusions, predictions from the unsaid
Abductive reasoning is using an incomplete observation to make the best prediction we can. My statistician colleague might give us a side eye when we write an insight based on abductive reasoning...
DORIS + DEI Blog Series: 2
Last month, we posted a blog from the point of view of Sam Julka, our President and Founder. Who better to kick this off than her?! And...how do we follow that? Well, we thought we should introduce...
Data is a commodity, but insight is gold
A professor once told me, “Data is a commodity; it’s the insight that’s gold.” The pandemic has changed the way we see everything, and right now, many people are reviewing the spaces we occupy for...
DORIS + DEI Blog Series: 1
In 2020, amidst the feelings of crisis and uncertainty of the pandemic and social unrest, the team at DORIS had many open conversations regarding these topics, and quickly realized they were in over...