5-Minute Take: How Microsoft Broke Qualitative Boundaries

Consumer sentiment toward AI-driven products is fast-moving, polarizing, and unforgiving. For Microsoft’s Copilot campaigns, traditional ad testing couldn’t keep pace—or explain why creative was working or failing. We recently spoke with Microsoft about how they overcame some major risks to deliver on a highly successful ad campaign using our new Qual-at-MASSIVE-Scale methodology.   Here’s the 5-minute take: …

TMRE 2025 Key Takeaways

If you blinked, you might’ve missed it—The Market Research Event 2025 flew by in a blur of big ideas, packed sessions, and hallway conversations that went late into the night.   What actually stood out?  We asked both client- and agency-side attendees to share their biggest takeaways. AI IS EVERYWHERE, BUT WHERE’S THE STRATEGY? Jenny…

How to Tell a Great Story, Every Time

“No one ever made a decision because of a number. They need a story.”  – Daniel Kahneman   Storytelling is a powerful tool for any industry, and insights professionals are always striving to improve this key element. What makes storytelling so powerful is the overlay of emotion, tension, conflict, and resolution in the analysis. A…

AI Persona Agents: Changing the Research Paradigm

Jason Kramer, Chief Research Officer Early in my career, I decided to jump into the dotcom boom—just in time to be a part of the dotcom bust. I joined eCandy, owner of the candy.com domain, at a time when anyone with a familiar-sounding domain name could raise millions. eCandy was pitching candy manufacturers on joining…