by Ellen Pieper | Oct 17, 2025 | Articles, Featured Article
While traveling last week, I saw this sign. I laughed, because it perfectly illustrates the tension between intention and execution: claiming quality isn’t enough if the work itself isn’t done well. Recently, all of our managers were in town, and we spent hours...
by Ellen Pieper | Oct 7, 2025 | Articles, Featured Article
We are thrilled to share that Jocelyn Reyes has been nominated as one of the 2025 WIRe MRX Diversity Champion Award Shortlist presented by Women in Research (WIRe). This recognition honors individuals who embody respect, dignity, autonomy, and equality – values...
by Ellen Pieper | Sep 17, 2025 | Articles, Featured Article
Fraud is a hot topic in market research these days. Go to any conference, and it’s all the buzz. Rightfully so, but sometimes it feels that we, as an industry, aren’t really seeing the forest for the trees when it comes to fraud and data quality. In fact, lately, I’ve...
by Nick Shoemaker | Aug 15, 2025 | Articles
In the market research industry, RFPs (Requests for Proposals) elicit mixed feelings. On one hand, they’re an opportunity waiting to be had. On the other hand, they’re bloated, often more for show than anything, and, worst of all, rarely lead to better partnerships. A...
by Nick Shoemaker | Jul 15, 2025 | Articles
How do you do more with less? With budget constraints, timeline pressures, and talent shortages, among other challenges, this question is all too common for teams tasked with market research. But the negative connotation isn’t always necessary, at least not when it...
by Nick Shoemaker | Jun 27, 2025 | Articles
We recently took a colleague, Alex Eggers, to his first-ever business trip—down to Washington, D.C., for IIEX. Nothing dramatic happened (thankfully), but it got us reminiscing about our own “firsts” and the unforgettable lessons they came with. Business trips,...
