Transforming Insight Podcast

Episode 28: A strategy for Insight

Episode Summary

Welcome to Season 4 of our podcast and a quick reminder that you can download all 27 episodes from our first 3 seasons free of charge from your favourite podcast platform. I think most of us would agree that demand for insights is rising as senior managers increasingly acknowledge the importance of customer-centricity and see research and analytics as a potential source of competitive advantage. At the same time, the proliferation of digital transactions and data sources has increased the complexity of managing Insight activity. As the potential for Insight to make a difference keeps growing, and as the practicalities of making it make a difference get more complicated, I think there’s a critical need for us to define a strategy for Insight.

Episode Notes

So that’s what we’re going to focus on at the July 2023 Insight forums and for several of our podcasts this season.

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Topics Discussed

A challenge for Insight leaders (2.38)
Doing the right things as well as doing things right (4.34)
The potential keeps growing, but so do the difficulties (6.25)
Why do so few organisations have an Insight strategy? (7.39)
What we really need is very different from an activity plan (10.47)

Highlights

“If your team generates new, joined up insights focusing on solving business issues, develops big picture customer knowledge, influences senior decision-makers, and communicates insights across the whole organisation, then you’ll certainly identify more value for your organisation and drive more change within it. But is that enough to create an Insight-driven organisation?”
“Many Insight functions report an ever-growing workload, with less time to stop and think about big questions, like why your organisation has an Insight team, how much it spends on Insight activity, what return it gets on its investment, and whether there are structural issues to challenge if you want to create an Insight-driven organisation.”
“Our team at the IMA believes that Insight leaders need to move their planning upstream, ideally developing a strategy for Insight as a concept and as a department which either aligns directly with a top-level corporate strategy, or better still, examines the data and thinking behind that corporate strategy and, if necessary, challenges it.

This is episode 28 of the Transforming Insight podcast.

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About James Wycherley, the author of Transforming Insight

James Wycherley was Director of Customer Insight and Analytics at Barclays from 2005 to 2015 when he became Chief Executive of the Insight Management Academy (IMA). A popular keynote speaker and acknowledged expert on Insight leadership, strategy, and communication, he is the author of the book Transforming Insight: the 42 secrets of successful corporate Insight teams.

He has provided thought leadership in the UK, Western Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, India, and the Middle East, and regularly hosts the IMA’s Insight forums - London, Manchester, UK Online and US Online.

The Insight Management Academy is the world’s leading authority on transforming Insight teams.

Resources:

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Disclaimer

The Transforming Insight podcast is published by the Insight Management Academy and produced by Zorbiant.