Viewpoint – More seers, fewer craftsmen
Anthony TasgalPOV
As a practitioner, user and part-time gamekeeper, part-time poacher, within the research world for over 25 years I've long come to a rather depressing view. Namely, that unless the industry undergoes forcibly some cultural surgery it will just not attract the people it needs to thrive and adapt in the 21st century. Let me elaborate.
The market research world does not lack craftspeople. The dedicated breed who carry out the work at the coalface day in, day out; the Boxers1who keep the machinery of the industry lubricated. But I...