Who we are
About Lighthouse Research & Advisory
See the future of work more clearly.
Founded in 2016, Lighthouse helps organizations develop stronger people strategies, smarter technology, and better workplaces. The future of work is too important to leave to guesswork.
Who is Lighthouse?
We're researchers, and we're in the room with you.
Lighthouse Research & Advisory is an independent HR research firm. We collect our own data, with more than 4,000 employers and 6,000 workers surveyed and briefings with 200+ HR, talent, and learning technology providers, and we bring that evidence into the room with leaders who have to act on it.
That combination is why enterprise employers like Kimberly-Clark, McDonald's, and Sodexo bring us in for research presentations, technology landscape sessions, and shortlists, and why providers like UKG, IBM, isolved, and HiBob partner with us on research and analyst work.
Our Core Values
What we stand for
Human
Research is about people first. We talk to the workers, the managers, and the leaders behind the numbers, and their voices shape the findings.
Insightful
We collect our own data and we tell you what it means. Clear, novel, and usable, whether it lands in a report or in a conversation with your team.
Trusted
Independent of the providers we review and the clients we serve. Employers and vendors rely on us because we tell it straight, and kindly.
Our Leadership
The analysts you meet are the analysts who did the work.
Ben Eubanks
CEO & Head of Research
Ben leads Lighthouse's research agenda and is the author of Artificial Intelligence for HR, the first book on AI applications in hiring, training, and engaging the modern workforce, now taught at universities including Cornell and NYU. He hosts the We're Only Human podcast.
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George Rogers
Chief Strategy Officer
George leads strategy, culture, and leadership development work, including Lighthouse Academy. He is the author of Champion Your Purpose and a keynote speaker on self-leadership, culture, and belonging.
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The people behind the programs and partnerships.
Jill Plantz
Awards Program Manager, Partnerships
Jill runs the HR Tech Awards program and supports Lighthouse's partner relationships.
Joe Warring
Director of Partnerships
Joe works with HR technology providers and employers on research partnerships, licensing, and Luminary memberships.
Lighthouse's Story
A decade of showing up for HR.
2016
Lighthouse is founded
Ben Eubanks launches the firm and the We're Only Human podcast, publishing original research from day one.
2018
Artificial Intelligence for HR
The first book on AI applications in HR is published. A second edition follows in 2022, and the book is now taught at Cornell, NYU, the University of Montreal, and more.
2019
HR Tech Awards
Lighthouse launches an independent awards program that helps buyers understand which technology providers create practical value.
2020
HR Summer School
A free, livestreamed event for HR professionals is born in the middle of the pandemic, and it keeps growing every year.
Today
Research, academy, community
Lighthouse Academy, a frontline research program spanning 50,000+ workers, and a weekly blog read by HR leaders around the world.