Resources Library by ANA

The beauty and the beast

As open as qualitative research is, it is hard to take a really good look with an open mind, without any presumptions. On top of that, for clients it is difficult to see their own hidden views, the prejudice-without-knowing. We present a narrative...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Authors: Tibor van Bekkum, Jochum Stienstra

Company: Ferro Explore!

November 20, 2013

Insight mining with positive psychology

Positive affect has been shown to increase creativity and problem-solving (Isen et al, 1987) and interventions developed from positive psychology, the scientific study of well-being, have been shown to increase engagement, verbal fluidity and...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Author: Stacy Graiko

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

November 20, 2013

Creating a new playbook

The biggest challenge to the future of qualitative research is that more and more people who do not understand the qualitative paradigm are able to conduct projects, using sophisticated tools, without the knowledge of how to conduct and analyse...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Author: Ray Poynter

November 20, 2013

How many people said that?

Establishing what drives behaviour, motivates change, or what a future might look like, is not as simple as asking people the question. To address different kinds of questions qualitative market research generates different kinds of data, uses...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Author: Jon Chandler

November 20, 2013

Why ditching depth is dangerous

Qualitative research is one of the most effective ways of understanding the major issues facing society. However, in the race to generate instant insight and technological solutions, researchers are at risk of overlooking the fundamental strengths of...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Authors: Michael Thompson, Michael McLean

Company: Opinion Leader

November 20, 2013

Uncompromising intimacy: The route to transformational ideas

This is a story of transformation, of a company set on transforming healthcare and research that focused on ‘uncompromising intimacy’ to deliver transformational insight. 23andMe is a personal DNA service that costs just $99. The company is...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Authors: Anita Black, Neil Rothstein

November 20, 2013

Qualitative data, integrative frameworks, and the prospect of strategic impact

The qualitative data landscape has shifted considerably. The relevance of traditional forms of qualitative research seems to be in decline; e.g., a number of large and leading client companies are moving to reduce or eliminate focus groups. At the...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Author: Jeffrey Hunter

November 20, 2013

Breaking news from the BBC

BBC World Service and User Research Lab, in partnership with the Centre for Digital Cultures of Leuphana University, have developed a digital ethnographic global network that observes 'real' news behaviour synchronously around the world. This project...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Authors: Anne Barnsdale, Lisa Bachmann

November 20, 2013

Recreating AlaTurca

In order to achieve radical innovation, companies require an increasingly deep understanding of consumers’ wants and needs. Three challenges that consumer insights teams are faced with are detailed, and a design-driven approach offered that...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Authors: Pieter Desmet, Erkan Balkan, Deger Ozkaramanli, Steven Fokkinga, Eapen George

November 20, 2013