Ep. 402 – How IPSOS Switched From In-Person to Digital Ethnography

My guest today is Oliver Sweet, Head of Ethnography, Ipsos MORI.  Founded in 1975, Ipsos is a multinational market research and consulting firm with headquarters in Paris, France. In October 2011, Ipsos acquired Synovate, making Ipsos the world’s third-largest research agency. Currently, Ipsos has offices in over 88 countries, employing over 17,000 people. Prior to joining Ipsos in 2007, Oliver served as a Parliamentary Researcher.  Find Oliver Online: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-sweet-73671018/  Website: https://www.ipsos.com Find Jamin Online: Email: [email protected]  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil  Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil   Find Us Online:  Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch  Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp  Website: www.happymr.com  Music:  “Clap Along” by Auditionauti: https://audionautix.com  Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/  This Episode is Sponsored by: This episode is brought to you by Displayr. How much of your analysis and reporting time is spent doing manual tasks? All that cutting & pasting, formatting, checking for mistakes, redoing work, using too many tools, and trying to figure things out. Try Displayr, it’s software that automatically does the painful tasks for you. Thousands of companies already use Displayr to cut their analysis and reporting times in half. I use the platform, my team and I love it. Get a demo and a free trial at displayr.com/happy. This episode is brought to you by SurveyMonkey. Almost everyone has taken its surveys, but did you know that SurveyMonkey offers complete solutions for market researchers? In addition to flexible surveys, their global Audience panel, and research services, SurveyMonkey just launched a fast and easy way to collect market feedback, with 7 new Expert Solutions for concept and creative testing. With built-in, customizable methodology, AI-Powered Insights, and industry benchmarking, you can get feedback on your ideas from your target market–in a presentation-ready format, by the way–in as little as an hour. For more information on SurveyMonkey Market Research Solutions, visit surveymonkey.com/market-research. [00:00:00] JAMIN BRAZIL: Hi everyone. I'm Jamin Brazil,