MoreBrains Cooperative

“We commissioned two detailed investigative reports related to the persistent identifiers landscape from MoreBrains Cooperative and have been highly impressed with the quality of their work. They worked on time and to budget, providing updates and opportunities for our feedback along the way. We particularly appreciated the flexibility of MoreBrains in accommodating our requests for adjustments to the deliverables in response to their mid-point findings and our emerging needs.

The final reports contained a comprehensive and thorough business and technical analysis situated in a global contemporary landscape with identification of current trends. The reports achieved a good balance of summary vs. detail with clear options and logical recommendations for us to select from. MoreBrains have certainly earned their namesake and we would definitely hire them again.”

“Our project required a combination of market research and technical analysis, and the bringing together of a variety of diverse perspectives from users and customers. We chose MoreBrains because they demonstrated a deep knowledge of the industry and the area we were investigating, in particular research analytics and researcher behaviour. As a global organisation with diverse user needs, we needed a team that could take a broad and fresh view of our products and the market, rethinking how technology could support us and our community. MoreBrains carried out interviews with researchers, practitioners and policy makers, in several institutions around the world, to understand their technical capabilities and needs. Their approach was to work collaboratively with us, with regular discussions to test out responses and validate progress. This was important for us because we were developing an understanding of our requirements as the work progressed, and allowed us to get the most out of the partnership. MoreBrains presented a thorough assessment of the market and the opportunity, and delivered proposals clearly based on a critical review of the evidence, all with detailed support behind them and full transcripts where possible.”

“I worked with Fiona Murphy and her colleagues on a project that developed a business model for a  grant-funded project on which I served as a co-PI. The assignment started with a number of moving parts, and that list grew even larger as the team investigated the landscape for distributing and measuring the use of open-access monographs.

We were working on a short time frame – less than three months from start to draft deliverables – and Fiona and her team made the most of it, conducting interviews, developing a business model canvas, and delivering a working model based on their findings and assessments. Throughout, Fiona kept us wholly engaged through regular calls, emails, and sample deliverables that tested what they were developing. They made their mark quickly, effectively, and consultatively, the three things you most want in an engagement.”

“MoreBrains Cooperative’s approach was critical to the success of our work on the Openness Profile. Fiona and Phill took what we wanted to achieve and worked with our experts, along with numerous stakeholders, to understand and map its full implications and requirements. Their expertise and creativity guided us through the complex challenge to create a community-validated roadmap to success.”