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This article acknowledges the leaps AI has made for our industry but also highlights the pitfalls of distancing ourselves from the people we seek to understand.

In the first part of this article, we established that we now face a genuinely new paradigm for insight. But just how will the arrival of generative AI change the overall business structure within which insight operates.

The power of marketing and insights to increase consumer understanding.

Discover the latest companies who have chosen to join the ESOMAR community as corporate members.

We’ve always been wary of tech. But eventually, each new tech gets absorbed in a new normal, and life goes on... with man still in control! Is AI different?

AI has long promised to change the way we live, but until now, it has remained as technology at the margins. Not anymore! Ian Morris, in his book ‘Why The West Rules’, sums up human progress as ‘almost invisible until it isn’t’.

Having attended a number of conferences over the past couple of weeks, I have been amazed not only at how ChatGPT has dominated almost all conversations and presentations, but also at the almost total absence of any cautionary note regarding its usage!

There is a greater need to get the right data and insights faster for global brands and researchers alike

Unveiling the power of domestic clients: witness the remarkable pandemic recovery driven by domestic demand as clients shape success and budgets while exploring regional variations and shifting trends in major sectors of the market research landscape.

Vinay discusses how evolutions and advancements in market research and insight technology are impacting consumer understanding and customer experience, specifically in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) space.

Day 2 of the MIE’23 Data and Insights event was packed with sessions leaving attendees wanting more. One thing that was in abundance was the hope for the future of research with the steadily rising power of AI and the new avenues created by it.

Earlier this week, on Tuesday, 9 May, I attended my first market research event, MIE’23. Many insightful companies stood in the hall, ready to display their potential during program sessions.

How to benchmark your research projects with ESOMAR's Global Prices Study

Walid Benchama discusses the importance of being moment-of-truth oriented in our quest to understand behaviours, evolving stakeholders' mindsets, advancing insights and how brands are understanding consumers.

Part 1: Inclusive insights: What it is, why it matters, and what this means for insights professionals.

Millennials, a generation often criticised, have now become parents and are breaking away from traditional parenting norms.

Invisible to Invaluable – How research and behaviour change communication is helping increase respect for and dignity of waste pickers in Bengaluru, India: Part 2

Invisible to Invaluable – How research and behaviour change communication is helping increase respect for and dignity of waste pickers in Bengaluru, India: Part 1

New privacy regulations, lockdowns by big players like Apple and Google, and general consumer skepticism about sharing personal data are having profound impacts on audience understanding.

Discover the latest companies who have chosen to join the ESOMAR community as corporate members.