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Want to know more about Behavioural Economics?

This week, NewMR broadcast four webinars on Behavioural Economics (BE) – as part of our Research Innovation event. If you want to expand your knowledge of the theory and application of BE then you might find these presentations useful. Stephen […]

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Why Are Communities Taking Over The Insights World?

OK, let’s start with a clarification, when I say taking over the world, I mean they seem to be everywhere (like Starbucks or Uber) not that they have become masters of the world (as in War of the Worlds or […]

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The key areas of innovation in Market Research in 2017?

In February next year, I am, once again, curating and co-chairing IIeX Europe. We are currently putting the structure together and will be issuing a call for speakers and contributions shortly. For the last few years IIeX has been at […]

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My Predictions for 2016

Despite Nobel prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr’s advice that ‘Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future’, here are my predictions for 2016. 1) Bigger Legal Problems for Google and Facebook This year has shown an escalation in problems for Google, […]

The story of the timetable that wanted to be an itinerary

Most of the timetables in the station office were happy to be timetables. They prided themselves on being comprehensive, on being up-to-date, and easy to read. They worked hard to add symbols for things like buffet cars, cycle racks, and […]

Use October 2015 to become a Smarter Researcher

Last week at Vision Critical’s London Summit I presented the case that market researchers and insight professionals need to become Smarter Researchers, and we handed out copies of my new book on the topic (download it here). People seemed to […]