Go Deeper. Get Closer. Be Braver: Ideas For Helping Research Thrive In The Era of Engagement Marketing

Richard Owen

This presentation suggests that the difficulty is of our own making and that we need to rethink the way we tackle innovation.

Go Deeper. Get Closer. Be Braver: Ideas For Helping Research Thrive In The Era of Engagement Marketing

Richard Owen

INTRODUCTION

The world is brand new and we are experiencing extraordinary change. We live in a constant flow of new technology, new thinking and new ideas which have changed the world of brands and communications, rapidly and dramatically.

We researchers recognise these rapid changes, yet we have not really embraced them; we’ve shown our more defensive side and retreated into our shells. Whilst it’s undeniable that we have built a strong and successful industry, we are conservative creatures by habit, over...

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