Posts Tagged ‘State of the Industry’
Predictions for 2013: Round 2
Monday, February 4, 2013, 8:26 am No CommentsMore questions submitted to Gregg Archibald, Simon Chadwick, Reineke Reitsma & Louise Chater as part of the Research For Good “Predictions for 2013″ webinar. Continue reading
The Ripple Effect: The Influence Of Others On What We Buy
Monday, January 21, 2013, 8:13 am 4 CommentsIsn’t it about time we looked at the data and came up with a model of human decision making that doesn’t neglect social influence? Continue reading
Submissions And Voting Now Open for Insight Innovation Competition
Thursday, January 10, 2013, 9:05 am 1 CommentThe Insight Innovation Competition is an initiative to identify innovators whether they think of their solution as market research related or not, while supporting these firms through funding and mentoring from experienced professionals that can help them succeed. Continue reading
Driving Innovation In The Insight Function: Introducing Insight Innovation Exchange
Monday, December 10, 2012, 7:05 am No CommentsGreenBook announces new platform to drive and support global innovation through global knowledge sharing and collaboration and promises to help “Chart the Future of Market Research™” Continue reading
Lucky Thirteen: Marketing & Branding Trends for 2013
Sunday, December 9, 2012, 17:11 pm No Comments13 Critical trends for marketers & brand managers for 2013. Continue reading
Predictions for 2013 Part 2: Leslie Townsend, Simon Chadwick & Lenny Murphy
Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 7:14 am 5 CommentsOn November 14th Research For Good held a webinar on “Predictions for 2013″ with Simon Chadwick of Cambiar, Reineke Reitsma of Forrester, Leslie Townsend of Kinesis Survey Technologies, and I to discuss our thoughts on what the next year may hold for the insights industry. Listeners were invited to submit their own questions for us. We did our best to get to all of them, but over 50 questions were left hanging. Today we have Part 2 of 2 of the effort to answer those questions. Continue reading
What Makes Social Networks Tick?
Friday, November 16, 2012, 23:11 pm No CommentsWhat underlies the evolutionary success of the human race and allows social networks to function? Continue reading
What Value Does Disintermediation Bring Without Expertise?
Thursday, September 20, 2012, 6:49 am 8 CommentsDIY MR is a powerful tool, but a potentially dangerous one – a bit like a chemistry kit that can be bought in a department store. Instructions are needed, as are cautions about the possible dangers and consequences. Continue reading
Transparency is dead. Long live transparency!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 14:07 pm No CommentsIf you believe that technology companies will become major participants in the research economy, then you must also believe that transparency in how these companies do things will be much less than you are accustomed to. Continue reading
Repealing Reg’s Law
Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 6:14 am 3 CommentsTransparency is a long-held value of the research profession as it is with any discipline that claims to be scientific in its methods. Today we are competing against new entrants in our industry whose values and skills are primarily entrepreneurial and often at odds with the traditional values of our profession. Transparency is one of those values. Continue reading



































