Day One Podcast

In this season of the Day One podcast – Insights Room 101, our hosts are Hannah Mann and Abigail Stuart, founders of Day-One Strategy. In Room 101, a guest describes three of their worst insight industry pet peeves and aims to lock one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show.

Our guest on this episode is Vijay Chand, who is Director of Global Reporting on the Global Insights, Analytics and Commercial Excellence Team at AstraZeneca. Vijay is an ambitious and versatile leader with a proven track record in commercial data strategy, contracting and platform program management. His visionary approach has driven the creation of impactful performance KPIs and the seamless integration of multi-channel reporting across primary market research, secondary data and internal assets. He thrives on turning challenges into opportunities and excels in transforming complex data landscapes into informed decisions. Vijay joins us on The Day One podcast to share what things in the industry he’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Vijay describes are: the notion of an infinite number of KPIs, short-term working relationships, and the false thinking that AI is not going to disrupt the future. Vijay provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

In this season of the Day One podcast – Insights Room 101, our hosts are Hannah Mann and Abigail Stuart, founders of Day-One Strategy. In Room 101, a guest describes three of their worst insight industry pet peeves and aims to lock one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Lisa Courtade, who is currently Executive Director of Commercial Insights and Analytics at Organon. Lisa joined Organon for the opportunity to build a new team with the power to leverage the full suite of insight capabilities to understand and deliver on unmet needs in women's health. Lisa has been called an innovative disruptor and a change agent for challenging the status quo and harnessing emerging technologies and data. Along with the behavioural sciences, Lisa has a lifelong passion for improving the lives of patients, leading teams for Merck, Sanofi-Aventis and Pharmacia/Pfizer. Lisa is Ex-Officio Director and Past Chair of the Insights Association and serves on the Marketing Research Institute International and University of Georgia's Masters in Marketing Research and a long-time member of the Healthcare Business Woman's Association, having served many years as a National Board Director, lead for career development and as the first global research director. Lisa joins us on The Day One podcast to share what things in the industry she’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Lisa describes are: the idea that there is only one right way to do things, the language around buyer and vendor, and archaic definitions in market research for primary and secondary. Lisa provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

In this season of the Day One podcast – Insights Room 101, our hosts are Hannah Mann and Abigail Stuart, founders of Day-One Strategy. In Room 101, a guest describes three of their worst insight industry pet peeves and aims to lock one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Jit Mitra, who is market research and analytics lead at Merck, in the US. Jit is currently working on the launch of their fantastic new brand in PAH, Sotatercep. Jit joins us on The Day One podcast to share what things in the industry he’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Jit describes are: the perception that the respondent can solve your problem, the attitude of “it’s always been done this way”, and the idea that “research needs to be grand”. Jit provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

Disclaimer: Anything Jit says reflects his personal beliefs and in no way represent his employer.

In this season of the Day One podcast – Insights Room 101, our hosts are Hannah Mann and Abigail Stuart, founders of Day-One Strategy. In Room 101, a guest describes three of their worst insight industry pet peeves and aims to lock one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Danny Gardner, head of social media insights and analytics at Haleon, formerly GSK Consumer Health. He specialises in applied analytics, advanced social listening, and data science. He loves data so much his friends call him Data Danny. Danny joins us on The Day One podcast to share what things in the industry he’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Danny describes are: the ‘sample size matters’ debate, the fear that AI will take our market research jobs, and the idea that social listening can replace traditional market research. Danny provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

In this new season of the Day One podcast – Insights Room 101, our host Hannah Mann is joined by her new co-host Abigail Stuart, co-founder of Day-One Strategy. In Room 101, a guest describes three of their worst insight industry pet peeves and aims to lock one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Su Sandhu, founder of Sky Blue Healthcare Associates, providing business insights and analytics support to healthcare clients by embedding client-side experienced consultants into internal BI teams. Su joins us on The Day One podcast to share what things in the industry she’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Su describes are: the underutilization of existing data, market research for the sake of ‘ticking a box’ and fear of the next shiny thing. Su provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

In this new season of the Day One podcast – Insights Room 101, our host Hannah Mann is joined by her new co-host Abigail Stuart, co-founder of Day-One Strategy. In Room 101, a guest describes three of their worst insight industry pet peeves and aims to lock one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Hannah Marcus, cultural researcher and strategist. With her deep expertise in the taboo sector, Hannah provides insightful perspectives on the impacts of embarrassing and unspoken topics on individuals and society. Hannah joins us on The Day One podcast to share what things in the industry she’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Hannah describes are: Sanitised Taboos, “Hard to Reach” demographics, the phrase “Divide and Conquer” and using social listening as a full solution. Hannah provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

The Day One podcast – Insights Room 101 is hosted by Hannah Mann. Guests coming on the show describe three of their worst professional pet peeves and aim to convince Hannah to bin one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Deepa Shah, founder of Lab Eight and a senior leader with extensive experience working for high growth global businesses within technology, healthcare comms, market research/insights, and creative services. Deepa joins us on The Day One podcast to share what things in the industry she’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Deepa describes are: a lack of representation and the term “BAME”, the term “back office” to describe everyone who is not working in the front of the house, and the term “growth strategy”. Deepa provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

The Day One podcast – Insights Room 101 is hosted by Hannah Mann. Guests coming on the show describe three of their worst professional pet peeves and aim to convince Hannah to bin one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Elina Halonen, a behavioural insights strategist. Elina joins us on the Room 101 podcast to share what things in the industry she’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Elina describes are: the shiny, shiny syndrome, proprietary methods, and a lack of knowledge of the history of market research. Elina provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

The Day One podcast – Insights Room 101 is hosted by Hannah Mann. Guests coming on the show describe three of their worst professional pet peeves and aim to convince Hannah to bin one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Jane Bloomfield, CMO at Landor & Fitch. Jane joins us on the Room 101 podcast to share what things in the industry she’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. Jane's main pet peeves are: interviewers who ask “What’s it like to be a female board member?” and the like; the race to the bottom in research; and click-bait research and surveys. Jane provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it. Listen to the full episode to find out which one got banished to Room 101 forever.

he Day One podcast – Insights Room 101 is hosted by Hannah Mann. Guests coming on the show describe three of their worst professional pet peeves and aim to convince Hannah to bin one of them away forever in Room 101, much like the popular British TV show. Our guest on this episode is Jamie Unwin, Commercial Insight Officer at Nanoform. Jamie joins us on the Room 101 podcast to share what things in the industry he’d like to see banished to Room 101 forever. The main pet peeves Jamie describes are: one-way glass in central facilities, insights professionals who push back on assigning an ROI, and “intent to prescribe” as a metric. Jamie provides meaningful criticism during our conversation, and we hope you enjoy it.