The RIDE Podcast

Episode 10 is a heavy Suzy episode as they are the innovation spotlight as well as our guest with the amazing Tim Kunkel. Tim talks about all the happenings of Suzy, the growth of agile, but also his own journey as a practitioner - salesperson.

Tim sticks around for halftime where the group describes their ultimate nap day. All that plus news and polling where we look at public opinion around voter identification requirements.

This week we are joined by Jackie Rousseau-Anderson of BlueConic to talk about customer data platforms, how it is changing the way marketing interacts with insights, and what clients see of its impact in their work.

Jackie also sticks around for halftime where we discuss our best...or maybe it is our worst...April Fool's experiences.

This week we welcome Tacie Avedikian of Little Bird Marketing to talk about her new role and what she's doing with digital transformation. Its a great conversation about rescoping your brand.

Tacie then sticks around for the halftime show as we play Celebrity C-Suite and pick which celebs we'd want to run our imaginary companies. Plus news, polling, and an Innovation Spotlight on AYTM.

This week we welcome Shane Skillen, CEO of Hotspex to the pod to talk about innovation and how they weave it into not just the strategy but the culture at Hotspex. Really, just a shot of adrenaline in this interview that will make you want to start planning what's next for your firm.

Also, there is news, polling, and a halftime show for Spring Break season where we tell our most awkward family vacation stories.

This week we have Ed Petrone of Directions Research on to talk about his new role and their awesome new tool Xcelerant. Ed leads up the Xcelerant solution and talks about getting clients their answers faster, how Directions uses agile research, and what types of clients and solutions the tool can most help.

There's also news, polling, an Innovation Spotlight on Cint, and a halftime show with our dream road trip made of movie sidekicks.

This week we talk about leadership and innovation with Melisa Gipson, Angela Lorinchak, and Brett Watkins. It is a great interview really busting down the myths of in-person research and how they have pivoted.

There is also news, polling, an Innovation Spotlight on 1Q, and a halftime show where the guys look to re-package bankrupt companies.

This week we welcome Kim Harrison of Focus Forward to our In-Person Innovation segment as she talks about how they've shifted their recruitment strategies during the pandemic for in-person research.

There's also news, polling, an Innovation Spotlight of Zappi and a halftime tournament of best rom-coms just in time for Valentine's Day.

Continuing our Innovation In-Person series, we welcome on Isaac Rogers of Schlesinger Group for an amazing interview on in-person qual research, leadership, and how qual has been beating quant in innovating.

We also hit research news, some polling, and a halftime show with #mrx leaders we think could lead a team to a Super Bowl win.

This week we welcome Aryn O'Donnell of Fieldwork to talk about how in-person qual has withstood the storm of the pandemic and innovated to provide even more insights for their customers.

We also have research innovation news, public opinion polling with a Coke vs Pepsi argument, and a halftime show with our saddest songs as we dive into the craze behind the song "Driver's License."

Season 2 starts with research news and public opinion polling before our new segment - Innovation Spotlight - where we spotlight a new company each week that is evolving and growing.

Halftime features sneaky pump-up songs as we come dangerously close to picking horrible intro music.

Lastly, we have Vivek Bhaskaran of QuestionPro talking about mergers and acquisitions and how the real work starts after the paperwork is filed.