Episodes

  • New ways of creating value in an age of AI
    Oct 21 2025

    Eddie & Mark discuss how the research and insights sector can re-think the way it creates and delivers value to clients in the age AI.

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    29 mins
  • The Big Shake Up: AI and the 'third era' of research and insight
    Oct 15 2025

    Eddie & Mark discuss Eddie’s vision for how the research and insights sector should move forward to succeed in a very different world, one that will be transformed by AI.

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    26 mins
  • Changemakers in Focus - A Conversation with Bob Bharij from Foundation for Change
    Oct 6 2025

    In the first of the series Changemakers in Focus, Dr Mark Thorpe interviews Bob Bharij, founder and CEO of Foundation for Change - a charity transforming the lives of people recovery from addiction

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    44 mins
  • Dr Matilda & Dr Bridget's Dyslexia Revolution
    Jul 30 2025

    Two PhDs, Two senior women in insights, Two stories about the impact of dyslexia at work and in life. Matilda and Bridget talks about their experience, what's helped and what's hindered. They want to see more awareness, support and a recognition of the gift dyslexia brings to insights and strategy.

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    33 mins
  • Working Well Together & Making the Switch to Clientside
    Jun 19 2025

    In the last episode of Series 1 of the Working Well Together Podcast, our host Mark Thorpe talks to Bethan Blakeley from Simplisafe, who recently moved from insight agency to a clientside role: - Great relationships lead to better results, because it makes the most of the different perspectives - Explaining to agency partners how you as a client like to work can be a great place to start - Being honest if you need a sounding board, rather than being ready to brief a project, can lead to some great support

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    22 mins
  • Live Podcast: Can AI solve conflict in an Age of Rage? - live from SXSW London
    Jun 7 2025

    Simon Horton and Dr Mark Thorpe in conversation with Dr Matilda Andersson explore how rage shapes our world, what Al could do to help, and what all this means for brands and businesses.

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    53 mins
  • Live Podcast: Brands and Branding in an Era of Disruptions – live from SXSW London
    38 mins
  • Innovating in Nervous Systems – live from SXSW London
    Jun 4 2025

    Our first podcast recorded live at Disruptive Futures at SXSW is now out in the world. This episode asks: how do we innovate in Nervous Systems – in a state of constant crisis - human, organisational, societal – when the world feels like a rolling state of change?

    Our own Tom Morgan is joined by Emily Dent and Joe Spence, two innovation and organisational change gurus, for a wide-ranging conversation on innovation, systems thinking, leadership and creativity in the face of uncertainty.

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    38 mins