Noun
finger on the pulse (plural fingers on the pulse)
An active interest in the latest developments (of some topic).
Despite retiring, he still tries to keep a finger on the pulse of the industry.
I don't have an office. I sit in a cubicle with everybody else. That's partly so no one can ask for an office, which in a fast-growing company isn't practical. But it's also so I can keep my finger on the pulse of how people are feeling. Kevin P. Ryan
When a wave of love takes over a human being... such an exaltation takes him that he knows he has put his finger on the pulse of the great secret and the great answer. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
We do have our finger on the pulse of the marketplace, if for no other reasons than having all these live events and listening to our audience all the time. Vince McMahon
You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking and know what they'll accept from you. Dwayne Johnson
Aaron Spelling always had his finger on the pulse of pop culture, he knew what the public wanted to see. He was one of the most loyal men in this business and believed in me at a time in my career when no one else would. Alyssa Milano
I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America. Pat Benatar