As many of you know, Research World recently ran my thoughts on Rateocracy and market research in the October edition. If you’ve read restaurant reviews on Yelp, rated a vendor on Angie’s List or rated a seller on eBay, you’re already part of the movement toward Rateocracy, a world in which everyone and everything has a [...]

Tom Ewing has an update to his thinking regarding Millennials in MR. There was such a great response to his question (Are the kids alright?) that he revised and extended his remarks. It is worth reading the comments. I maintain that there is plenty of young talent in the industry, but that these talented folks [...]

We’re hearing the word “foresight” quite a bit today here at the ARF’s Industry Leader Forum. As I’ve noted in a previous post, I think the word is being used in a general way to mean “thinking ahead of the curve” and not in the specific sense used by professionals working in “strategic foresight.” I [...]

Ian Lewis has an exceptionally good piece in March’s Research World. Ideally, it should be read in tandem with his January Quirk’s piece titled “Ten keys to increasing the impact of research” and with his comments on this website. Although I highly recommend that you read (and re-read) Ian’s piece in Research World and draw [...]