Topic: Innovation

  • Embracing the Unknown – How an exploratory approach helped Givaudan crack the codes of flavour success in snacks

    Embracing the Unknown – How an exploratory approach helped Givaudan crack the codes of flavour success in snacks

    We welcome ICG member Muriel Esposito to run this Knowledge Share for us.

    This Knowledge Share is about understanding consumer preferences without direct consumer research! Our approach blends qual and quant along with diverse areas of expertise from outside the research world. Also – no AI. So hopefully this will provide people with a different way to think of other client challenges they may be facing.

    Muriel Esposito

    Muriel specialises in food and drinks research around the world, covering both qualitative and quantitative investigations across multiple product categories. With 30 years experience, Muriel is a strategic thinker who loves to solve problems and look for hidden connections. She heads up ESPOSITO RESEARCH & STRATEGY.

    www.espositoresearch.com

    (11) ESPOSITO RESEARCH & STRATEGY: Overview | LinkedIn

    Muriel Esposito | LinkedIn


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  • Co-creation in today’s world and beyond

    Co-creation in today’s world and beyond

    This Knowledge Share will look at the highs and lows of creative workshopping, and what the future might have in store for us.  Drawing on decades (!) of experience between them Rebecca and Annabelle will grieve for what’s been left behind, share some ideas for the current day and look to future possibilities.

    This session is to provide tips and tricks and open up the floor for more inspiration and sharing of ideas on how we can adopt technology to be even more creative in our workshopping techniques in future.

    Our Presenters 

    Rebecca Harrison

    30+yrs ethnographic and qual expertise, Rebecca has conducted numerous workshops across multiple disciplines, topics, countries and cultures both off and on-line. Always looking to push the boundaries of insight and engagement, she’s keen to explore how to best use new or combined techniques to up the ante and ‘bridge the divide’ when it comes to online workshops.

     

    Annabelle Phillips

    Annabelle has worked in the insight sector for nearly 30 years, and led on Innovation during her time at Ipsos.  Much of her work sits at the intersection of public and private sector: communications, behaviour change, consumer understanding, and everything in between. She is a mixed method research with particular expertise in qual, ethnography and public dialogue workshops.

     

     

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  • RECORDING: Explaining Ai to clients including best use of Ai, dispelling the myths and the use of Ai

    RECORDING: Explaining Ai to clients including best use of Ai, dispelling the myths and the use of Ai

    In this 30 min session, Jonny Storey shares his ward-winning* presentation;

    He’ll covers;

    • how to explain AI to clients
    • the best use of AI
    • dispelling the myths about AI
    • the use of AI Agents.

    All of this will be within the framework of the needs of independent consultants.

    We think this will be excellent precursor to our 17 Sept webinar which gives feedback about our Wave 3 AI Member survey. If you haven’t yet registered for the 17 Sept webinar, you can do so here. 

    *winner of the BHBIA Best of British Award 2026 ‘Best use of Ai’ 

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    John Storey