This article provides a comprehensive guide to the phenomenological research design, illustrated through a specific study. It begins with an overview of phenomenology, its historical development, and its philosophical foundations, emphasizing the work of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. The author then outlines the research paradigm, participant selection, data-gathering methods, and data storage techniques used in the study. Unstructured in-depth phenomenological interviews, memos, essays, and focus group discussions were employed to gather data. The explicitation of the data, following a simplified version of Hycner’s process, is detailed, including bracketing, delineating units of meaning, clustering themes, summarizing, and validating findings. The article concludes with a discussion on the validity and truthfulness of the study, and a synopsis of the research findings, which highlight the importance of logistical organization and coordination in joint educational ventures for growing talent.This article provides a comprehensive guide to the phenomenological research design, illustrated through a specific study. It begins with an overview of phenomenology, its historical development, and its philosophical foundations, emphasizing the work of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. The author then outlines the research paradigm, participant selection, data-gathering methods, and data storage techniques used in the study. Unstructured in-depth phenomenological interviews, memos, essays, and focus group discussions were employed to gather data. The explicitation of the data, following a simplified version of Hycner’s process, is detailed, including bracketing, delineating units of meaning, clustering themes, summarizing, and validating findings. The article concludes with a discussion on the validity and truthfulness of the study, and a synopsis of the research findings, which highlight the importance of logistical organization and coordination in joint educational ventures for growing talent.