Late last year I was asked to help put on a unique event here in the United States: the 2nd International Conference on Market Research in the Mobile World. Since everyone knows that I am a huge adherent of the belief that the convergence of mobile and social media technologies constitute a major aspect of the paradigm shift that is impacting market research, it should come as no surprise that I jumped at the chance. Today, the primary partners in this endeavor, the Merlien Institute and GreenBook are exceedingly pleased to formally launch the pre-conference information site for this truly exceptional conference! Continue reading »

The response to last week’s Guest Post by Betty Adamou and Research World Connect on the Future of Research Through Gaming was so great that I couldn’t resist posting this excellent presentation from Elias Veris of InSites Consulting as an …

The first event is the Technology Driven Market Research conference next week in Chicago. This has turned into THE breakout event so far this year. With research transformation being such a hugely debated topic right now, it simply could not be more timely. Many of the firms that are likely to play major roles in setting the course for the market research industry over the next five to ten years are going to be there and judging from the attendee list the industry is paying attention! Continue reading »

The Research Liberation Front has come up from the underground and are spreading their dissident ideas of “Set Research Free” via the web! Authorities are analyzing these videos in the hopes of identifying these rabble rousers who dare to try to upset the established order of things within the market research industry! Continue reading »

The concept of “Research Through Gaming” as I like to call it (or RTG), has been popular amongst the market research glitterati in the past few months. If you type #NewMR or #Gamification in twitter you can see some of the things people have been saying about it. As with all new concepts there are skeptics, but mostly the comments are inquisitive and even excitable. Continue reading »

I am very pleased to announce the release of the Spring 2011 edition of the GreenBook Research Industry Trends Report (GRIT)! Continue reading »

Recently she has been working with the AMA on a qualitative study concerning the future of market research, and I had the honor and privilege of being asked to share my thoughts on that topic. Since this is also the focus of my presentation at the Technology Driven Market Research event in 2 weeks I found myself diving pretty deep and for the first time really collecting all of my ideas in one place. Frankie titled the piece: Lenny Murphy shares his Thoughts on the Bumpy Future of Market Research Continue reading »

“We’re all doomed!”

“No, this is the age of Aquarius!”

These are, in a nutshell, the two opposing arguments that we hear and read at MR conferences, in the blogs and in our trade magazines. The one group would have you believe that the survey will be dead by 2020 (the title of a workshop at this year’s MRS Conference in London, Research 2011) and that researchers who don’t get that will end up like the dodo. Tom Ewing of Kantar more ghoulishly predicted that the survey (and, presumably, survey researchers) will be the “walking dead”. The other believes that this is just the start of an incredibly creative era in research and that our best years are ahead of us. Which is right? Continue reading »

Much has been written here and elsewhere about the need for market research to establish a culture of innovation in order to successfully transition to the next stage of our evolution as an industry. I have been fairly relentless in my urging of the industry to develop new business models, tools, and a value proposition that is reflective of the massive changes we’re undergoing now. What I have not done is given examples of what type of culture may best support that initiative. It’s time for that to change! Continue reading »

QRCA’s new, annual award for excellence in qualitative research has been won by Seattle-based ad agency Cole & Weber United and QRCA member Daniel Berkal of The Palmerston Group for “Project See-Store: Getting Behind the Counter.” Continue reading »