Two Nerds Talking Research with Wine #6
Sarah and I rant about making sure your agency clients are ready for research.
Your research can be a powerful force for your organization, if you can just do three things with it.
Every researcher I know has gotten this question or comment at some point: “Steve Jobs said research isn’t helpful because people don’t know what they want.” Actually, what Steve said in an interview in 1998 was: “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want…
In this video I share one of my favorite resources for people who are building, reviewing or interpreting survey research – a little book by Amy Pettit called “People Aren’t Robots”.
Oh no! Your research showed you something that goes against what you previously thought. You can still make great thought leadership content from those insights.
Research shouldn’t sit on a shelf, neglected and unused. There are definitely ways to avoid this common problem!