Data & Methodology

We combine qualitative research, participatory methods, and data-backed analysis to map your culture as it truly is and guide you toward where it could be.

We Use Both Numbers and Narratives

Culture lives in both data and story.

Some insights are best seen in numbers. Others, in what’s felt but not said. At Conscious Culture, we combine qualitative and quantitative methods to reveal the full picture of your workplace culture because either one alone is incomplete.

Quantitative gives you

  • Scale: Know how many people are experiencing a pattern

  • Patterns: Spot gaps across departments, identities, or roles

  • Measurability: Track change over time with real indicators

Example: A 2022 study by Culture Amp found that companies that tracked engagement by demographic groups were 4x more likely to identify equity gaps and 2x more likely to close them.

Qualitative gives you

  • Depth: Understand why people feel what they feel

  • Context: See the cultural dynamics behind survey numbers

  • Emotion + Trust: Center voices that might be flattened in metrics

Example: Research by sociologist Arlie Hochschild showed that workers often adapt to toxic environments by normalizing overwork; something that wouldn’t show up in a standard employee satisfaction survey.

Workplace Culture & Organizational Health

Gallup (2023). State of the Global Workplace Report— Links engagement, trust, and wellbeing to organizational outcomes.

McKinsey Quarterly (2025). Returning to the office? Focus more on practices and less on the policy — cultural practices, not office policies, are what truly drive satisfaction, retention, and performance across work models.

Culture Amp (2025). DEI Benchmark Report — Embedding equity into everyday systems, not one-off initiatives, is the most effective way to build inclusive, resilient workplaces.