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Desmond Leo leads product strategy, direction, and execution at Empathy Research, a full-service market research agency with proprietary technology that helps researchers uncover insights faster and with greater clarity. With over 18 years in SaaS and research (including more than a decade in product leadership) he’s built a reputation for Read more…

Abi Awomosu, creator of The Billion-Person Focus Group®, believes we’re drowning in data but starving for insight. For too long, businesses have relied on traditional methods—focus groups, surveys, dashboards—designed for a world that no longer exists. AI is changing everything, yet most organisations still chase rational responses instead of listening Read more…

Paul Albert is a seasoned sales leader with over 20 years of experience. He has navigated the 0-to-£10M+ ARR journey multiple times for high-growth innovators like Vision Critical, Zappi, and PayHawk. He now serves as a Fractional CRO through Revamp Consulting, where he focuses on codifying founder instincts into repeatable, Read more…

Irina Mukhametova is an insights and growth professional with over 20 years of experience across emerging markets in Central Asia. In this episode, she discusses how market research works in consolidated markets, how cultural context shapes consumer insights, and how AI is accelerating decision-making while increasing the importance of human Read more…

Oli Mival is VP of Product Strategy, Innovation & Experience at Picsart, the creative platform with 150M+ monthly users, where he leads the intersection of product, design, and research in an era of AI-native creativity. With nearly 30 years of experience spanning academia, consultancy, and industry, Oli brings a  perspective Read more…

Matt Harris has spent 13 years working in Research & Analytics across insights, marketing strategy consulting and client-side roles, covering both B2B and B2C. Currently he leads EMEA Research & Insight for Canva, supporting the EMEA and Global teams on everything from creative development, to campaign effectiveness, to foundational marketing strategy. Read more…

Billy Sung is a researcher and professor at Curtin University who specialises in neuromarketing, consumer biometrics, consumer psychology, and AI-human interaction. His research and teaching on consumer biometrics and consumer neuroscience is recognised internationally and has been featured in a TEDx talk, and different national and international award including A Read more…

Adam Brown, PhD is Vice President at Ipsos, where he has built a career of nearly a decade specialising in innovation research. He holds a doctorate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and also serves as an Adjunct Professor there. In addition to his Read more…

Richard Davies is the Founder of Alchemy-Rx, a strategy, marketing, and eCommerce agency specialising in brand growth and innovation. With a career spanning more than two decades, Richard has held senior leadership roles at some of the world’s most prominent consumer goods companies, including Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Development Read more…

Veronica Valli is Head of Research at Glaut, where she coordinates the program to validate the AIMI methodology with a strong focus on how artificial intelligence is shaping consumer experiences and perceptions. Building on qualitative and quantitative approaches, she also supports clients in designing research that best addresses their strategic Read more…

Sidi Lemine is a brand strategist and qualitative researcher with 18 years of experience leading strategy, research and innovation projects in over 40 countries and a broad range of industries, objectives and approaches. He uses both classic empathy-based methodologies and cutting-edge AI tools to uncover powerful consumer insights, and business-minded Read more…

Matteo Cantamesse (PhD) founded Spice Research in Milan. He teaches consumer psychology, digital media psychology, and UX research at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He started in 2002 studying trust in e-commerce, then spent years digging into the social dimensions of “new” media: VR, AR, MMORPG, mobile. After his PhD, Read more…