Workforce Intelligence  ·  Labor Risk Advisory

Your employees have
already made up
their minds.

Most organizations don't discover a labor problem until a petition lands on their desk. By then, the outcome is nearly decided. Blue Sky Analytics helps leadership understand what their workforce is thinking before that moment arrives — and more importantly, why.

74%
of organizing campaigns show no visible warning signs 12 months prior
$1.2M
avg cost of a contested NLRB election
6
workforce dimensions measured by SentimentIQ™
What we do
NLRB Petition Monitoring Root Cause Analysis Workforce Sentiment Assessment SentimentIQ™ Platform Management Training NLRA Compliance Operations-Lens Vulnerability Analysis Direct Persuasion Consulting NLRB Petition Monitoring Root Cause Analysis Workforce Sentiment Assessment SentimentIQ™ Platform Management Training NLRA Compliance Operations-Lens Vulnerability Analysis Direct Persuasion Consulting

Traditional labor consulting
treats the symptom.
We find the source.

Most firms arrive when a union has already knocked. They coach your managers on what to say, run a campaign, and leave. The workforce dynamic that created the opening in the first place goes completely unaddressed.

Blue Sky Analytics was built around a different premise: union vulnerability is almost always an operations problem before it becomes a labor problem. Something broke in the relationship between management and the workforce. That break has a cause. And that cause can be found, measured, and fixed.

Field Observation 01
"By the time a petition is filed, the average workplace has been actively organizing for 9 to 14 months. The signals were always there."
Field Observation 02
"Employees who say they would vote for a union are not anti-company. They are pro-voice. That is a solvable problem — if you know which voices feel unheard."
Field Observation 03
"The facilities we see with the highest union vulnerability share one trait: the gap between what leadership believes the culture is, and what employees experience every day."

Built for leadership teams
who want answers,
not talking points.

Step 01
Measure the Current State

We deploy SentimentIQ™ to capture how your workforce feels across six dimensions of workplace experience. Fully anonymous. Fully NLRA-compliant. Brutally honest data.

Step 02
Diagnose the Root Cause

We analyze results through an operations lens. Which departments, shifts, or supervisors are driving dissatisfaction? We find the source — not just the score.

Step 03
Bridge the Gap

We define the desired state — a workplace where employees feel genuinely heard — and build a concrete plan to get there. Specific actions, owners, and timelines. Not a theory. A plan.

Proprietary intelligence.
Not a survey.
A diagnostic.

SentimentIQ™ is the only workforce assessment platform built specifically to measure union vulnerability through indirect inference — no leading questions, no legal exposure, no tipping your hand. Employees respond honestly because the questions feel honest.

The platform measures six distinct dimensions of workforce sentiment and synthesizes them into a prioritized risk picture your leadership team can act on — department by department, shift by shift, supervisor by supervisor.

100% Anonymous NLRA Compliant Real-Time Dashboard Mobile Access
SentimentIQ™ — All Departments
LIVE
Management Effectiveness
2.1
HIGH
Communication Quality
2.7
MED
Pay & Benefits
2.4
MED
Safety & Work Conditions
3.7
LOW
General Work Experience
3.2
LOW
Union Sentiment Index
PROTECTED
847
Responses
3
High Risk Areas
94%
Participation

Six dimensions.
One complete picture.

Every workforce challenge traces back to one or more of these six dimensions. Understanding where the gaps are — and how deep they run — is the foundation of everything we do.

Dimension 01
Management Effectiveness

How employees experience their direct supervisors and leadership chain. Trust, fairness, consistency, and whether management creates an environment where people want to perform.

◎ Primary union vulnerability driver
Dimension 02
Communication Quality

The flow of information between leadership and the workforce. Do employees feel informed, included, and respected in how decisions are communicated and explained?

Dimension 03
Pay & Benefits

Perceived fairness of compensation relative to contribution and market. Whether employees feel the total package reflects the company's genuine commitment to them.

◎ High correlation to organizing interest
Dimension 04
Safety & Work Conditions

Physical environment, workload balance, and whether employees feel the company prioritizes their wellbeing. Often a signal layer for deeper trust issues with leadership.

Dimension 05
General Work Experience

The overall emotional connection employees have with their job, team, and company. Belonging, pride, morale, and whether work feels meaningful day to day.

Dimension 06
Union Sentiment Index

A proprietary inference layer woven throughout the assessment. Measured indirectly through validated proxy indicators — no direct questions that create legal exposure.

⬡ Methodology not disclosed publicly

What we actually do
when we walk in the door.

01
Workforce Sentiment Assessment

Full-facility deployment of SentimentIQ™ with dual-phase interview design — managers and employees assessed through separate, purpose-built methodologies. A complete picture from both sides of the relationship.

02
Root Cause Analysis

We look at your labor challenge through an operations lens. Which scheduling decisions, workload patterns, communication breakdowns, or facility-level conditions are driving dissatisfaction? We identify the source, then work backward.

03
Direct Persuasion & Campaign Support

When timing matters, we provide experienced consultants who work directly with your workforce — ethically, compliantly, and effectively. We know how people make decisions under pressure.

04
Management Training

Supervisors are your first line of defense and your greatest opportunity. We train managers to lead in a way that builds loyalty before it is tested — and equip them to handle organizing activity appropriately when it surfaces.

05
NLRA Rights & Compliance Training

Your supervisors and HR team need to know exactly what they can and cannot say or do under the National Labor Relations Act. We deliver practical, scenario-based training that sticks.

06
Ongoing Monitoring & NLRB Watch

We monitor NLRB petition activity in your industry and geography so you never learn about a developing situation from a federal notice. Early awareness is the most valuable advantage you can have.

Every firm can tell you
you have a problem.
We tell you why.

The traditional labor consulting model is reactive by design. A petition gets filed, a consultant gets hired, a campaign gets run. Win or lose, the underlying dynamic is unchanged.

Our model is built on a different belief: the companies that maintain healthy labor relations over time aren't the ones who won elections. They're the ones who never needed them.

Blue Sky Analytics helps you become one of those companies.

Capability
Traditional Firms
Blue Sky Analytics
NLRA Campaign Support
Yes
Yes
Management Training
Yes
Yes
Workforce Sentiment Measurement
Rarely
Always
Operations-Lens Root Cause Analysis
No
Core method
Proprietary Assessment Platform
No
SentimentIQ™
Current State / Future State Roadmap
No
Every engagement
NLRB Early Warning Monitoring
Rarely
Ongoing

"The question is never whether your employees have concerns. They always do. The question is whether they feel heard enough that they don't need someone outside the company to hear them for you."

Blue Sky Analytics — Advisory Framework

From first call
to closed gap.

1
Confidential Briefing

A frank conversation about what you're seeing, what you're concerned about, and what success looks like. No proposal until we understand your specific situation. No obligation, no record.

2
Assessment Deployment

SentimentIQ™ deployed across your facility — configured for your headcount, shift structure, and department layout. Employees receive a unique anonymous access code. No email. No traceability. 90%+ participation is the norm.

3
Dual-Phase Interview Analysis

Our consultants conduct structured interviews with both management and a representative cross-section of employees. Combined with platform data, this gives us a three-dimensional picture of where the organization actually stands.

4
Findings & Root Cause Report

A full leadership debrief presenting six-dimension scores, department-level risk rankings, supervisor-level insights, identified root causes, and our interpretation of where union vulnerability actually sits — and why.

5
Gap-Close Roadmap

We define the desired state and build a concrete, phased plan to reach it. Specific actions, specific owners, specific timelines. Not a theory. A plan your team can execute starting the next morning.

Confidential  ·  No Obligation

The conversation your
workforce is having
already started.

A 30-minute briefing with our team costs you nothing. What you learn in that conversation may be the most valuable intelligence your leadership team receives this year.

All inquiries are confidential. We do not share client information.