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AURA is a membership organisation for clientside researchers in the UK. AURA’s aim is to allow their members to grow their expertise and impact that they have in the organisations they work for.
The Truth Engine: How Agentic AI Helps Insight Teams Cut Through Noise to Find What’s Real
5 min readIn the modern insight ecosystem, organisations are drowning in data yet starving for certainty.
The Insight250 spotlights and celebrates, annually, 250 of the world’s premier leaders and innovators in market research, consumer insights, and data-driven marketing.
The second instalment looking into the newly launched initiative WWT Charter
The true opportunity cost of a company
5 min readOrganizations can uncover hidden opportunities through structured innovation. Sustainable growth comes not from incremental improvements alone, but from actively exploring new business models and possibilities.
As AI shifts the customer journey from search to conversation, consumers are increasingly relying on intelligent systems to evaluate options, recommend brands, and support purchasing decisions.
Research does more than improve products and services — it also plays a key role in supporting democracy. At the Esomar Citizen Insights Summit, industry leaders highlighted the importance of research, data, and citizen insight in democratic life
What I Know Now... Debrah Harding
16 min readEach month, Simpson Carpenter’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 Insight250 spotlights and celebrates, annually, 250 of the world’s premier leaders and innovators in market research, consumer insights, and data-driven marketing
What is changing in insights, and which changes matter most? Jack Miles reflects on Esomar Congress 2026 and argues that progress may come from looking beyond the biggest tools, brands and trends.
The Insight250 spotlights and celebrates, annually, 250 of the world’s premier leaders and innovators in market research, consumer insights, and data-driven marketing.
The Insight250 spotlights and celebrates, annually, 250 of the world’s premier leaders and innovators in market research, consumer insights, and data-driven marketing.
New research with Australian men shows how trust, media environments, and online communities shape misinformation susceptibility – and where interventions can make the most difference.
Focusing on Value, Trust and Brand Clarity
15 min readThe Insight250 spotlights and celebrates, annually, 250 of the world’s premier leaders and innovators in market research, consumer insights, and data-driven marketing.
Beyond the Say-Do Gap
5 min readWhen 92% of fans support a player’s right to come out, why would only 15% encourage him? Bolt’s research uncovers the forces behind stated acceptance.
Focusing on Human-Centric Intelligence
24 min readThe Insight250 spotlights and celebrates, annually, 250 of the world’s premier leaders and innovators in market research, consumer insights, and data-driven marketing.
Research teams can now build interactive apps without code. Human8 presents vibe coding as a tool for insight activation. Read how the approach can support empathy and action, and what participants will build at Esomar Congress 2026.
Discover the latest companies who have chosen to join the Esomar community as corporate members.
Small business owners rarely struggle because the work isn’t getting done; they struggle because people hear different versions of the same plan.
In the second part of this article, we continue our review of the distinctive characteristics and skills that insight professionals offer in the AI era.



















