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“Insights on the Brink” by Brett Townsend and Tim Hoskins encourages insights professionals to transform their work into revenue-generating assets, emphasizing the necessary shifts in mindset, organization, and skills to drive real business impact.
An insider’s perspective of this integral segment of the insights industry
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.
Discover how AI and machine learning are revolutionising market research, enabling deeper insights, predictive analytics, and personalised strategies to drive business success.
AI is advancing rapidly, but market research tools feel outdated. While platforms like ChatGPT are making waves, many research solutions still offer basic summaries and simple charts. This is no longer enough.
AI not only decodes subcultures but also creates them. Marketers can now identify emerging groups before they fully develop, giving businesses an advantage in reaching new audiences.
The Nature of Insights is an article series that explores the forces that shape our work and industry.
Each month, We Live Context’s Rhiannon Price asks some familiar faces in the MRX world what they have learned about themselves and the industry on their journey so far.
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.
Discover the latest companies who have chosen to join the ESOMAR community as corporate members.
Ad-hoc market research involves customized, one-time studies with specific objectives and personalized methodologies. We evaluated ChatGPT's performance in this type of research.
Balancing customer focus with competitive awareness is crucial for business success, leveraging insights to create category-dominating products and services. Here’s how you can find the right balance.
Knowing when to use behavioural science is not always easy. This article summarises three prime opportunities for your organisation.
2024 Insight250 Winners Announcement
5 min readThe fourth annual global award features leaders driving innovation across consumer insights, market research, and data-driven marketing.
What I Know Now... Ray Poynter
12 min readThis month, Rhiannon Price interviewed Ray Poynter about finding 'the edge', ultra running, and his passion for innovation in the MRX industry.
Reflecting on the Success of ESOMAR Congress 2024: Insights, Awards, and Sustainable Practices
2 min readCelebrate the ESOMAR Congress 2024 in Athens, where over 1,000 delegates enjoyed 135+ speakers and the Research Effectiveness Awards.
"Understanding consumer behavior is an ever-evolving challenge. Consumers are dynamic, constantly evolving, and influenced by various factors, making tracking their path to purchase a multifaceted process."
Our discussion revolves around the opportunities, advancements, challenges and threats that AI presents to the market research industry and how it impacts the efficiency and efficacy of insights, both positively and negatively.
The State of the Insights Industry
6 min readInsight250 recently commissioned a study of insight experts and innovators, asking them a series of questions about where they currently see the state of insights in terms of technology, personnel, expertise, and impact and where they predict it will go.
Discover the latest companies who have chosen to join the ESOMAR community as corporate members.