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What I Know Now... Lucy Davison
11 min readEvery month Rhiannon Price asks some familiar faces in the MRX world what they have learned about themselves and their industry. This Month we've got Lucy Davison - Founder of Keen as Mustard Marketing, MRS Fellow and former ESOMAR council member.
Revolutionise your marketing strategy with AI
< 1 min readDiscover the cutting-edge AI technologies driving this marketing revolution, including predictive analytics, natural language processing and machine learning with Tarek Reslan, Growth Marketing Expert & Trainer at Growth Tribe.
Getting a good night's rest
Changing customers’ behaviour is notoriously difficult to do. However, incorporating academic behaviour change models like the COM-B model into primary, as well as secondary market research can help immensely.
Looking back to the rise of online panels may be illustrative in charting the path of synthetic respondents
What distinguishes the top performing research agencies from the rest?
Join Rodrik Sorbi of DVJ Insights and Maarten Van Es of bol.com as they delve into the world of TikTok to engage with Gen Z.
How AI is Transforming Insights
8 min readPavi Gupta is VP Insights & Analytics at Chobani and a three-time Insight250 Winner. With 25+ years of experience at major companies, he discusses the impact of AI on the insights industry.
The rapid advancements that allowed Artificial Intelligence (AI) to become commonplace over the past couple of years shook the insights industry to its core and allowed for a discussion that has raged on without signs of abatement.
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.
The Emerging Impact of Digital Twins
8 min readWith technology advancing at an incredible pace and the value of insights ever increasing, I sat down with Insight250 Winner Mark Ursell.
Time negotiation
< 1 min readThe fine art of time negotiation from the Shobservatory Research Chronicles.
What happens when social shifts, regulations and new technologies impact the fundamental business models the industry (any industry!) has relied on for years?
The Rest of the Americas is experiencing steady growth across its insights industry despite inflation’s moderating effect. But what’s really driving this momentum? Let’s break down the sectors shaping the region’s future.
This edition features Litthya Baez, US Portfolio Lead at Haleon, with over 20 years of experience in marketing and consumer insights.
Plus ca Change in the Insights Industry?
11 min readA 40-year (half-century?) perspective
Digital data analytics dominates the research software sector in Europe, but what about the other segments?
On the road with GenZ
13 min read“It’s now time for ‘Boomer versus Millennial!’, your favourite generational trivia game!”
The insights industry is evolving with AI, but three elements remain constant: human needs, market mechanics, and knowledge hierarchy. Leaders should focus on these factors.
Disconnected tools are creating avoidable drag in modern research workflows



















