Course Instructor: Dr. Nicola Thomas
Dr. Nicola Thomas
Dr. Nicola Thomas is the Director of Disco Analytics, a global learning insights agency. Nicola works with a range of enterprises, large and small, and uses both quantitative and qualitative research to generate valuable insights. Prior to founding Disco Analytics, Nicola was an Associate Professor in Marketing at De Montfort University. Nicola taught several research-oriented modules, including dissertations and research projects, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Given her PhD, awarded 20 years ago, was transdisciplinary, much of her work, past and present, involves systems thinking. Her research work has been applied to various contexts, including sustainability in the global fashion industry, using social media data to discover customer insights, investigating the potential of behavioural change to increase ecosystem health, and more recently, exploring the causal links between learning and development with organisational performance and employee engagement.
