Insight Out

April talks to Jacquie Matthews, Global CEO of Ipsos UU and Rollo McIntyre, Head of Innovation on their new narrative The Power of One Through The Power of Many, that highlights the critical importance of the individual story, how to push its initial insight through the lens of a myriad of perspectives and refine it to influence and initiate big change.

In this episode, we explore what it means to be a woman in 2021 and how womanhood is shaped by both a culture of gender and the larger social culture. We discuss implications for empowerment and gender balance for both brands and the workplace, and what emerging gender assets companies can tap into to move the needle.  Our experts are Radhecka Roy, Ipsos’ Global Service Leader of Strategic Curation and Cultural Transferability, and author of a new Ipsos study, Being Women: Moving from Equality to Freedom, A Cultural Perspective of Femininity & Empowerment in China, France and USA; and Sue Phillips, Ipsos’ Global Insights for Impact Lead and Head of our Global Gender Balance Network.

April interviews Luciana Obniski, our UU Head Curator from Brazil, and discusses the importance of hearing from all voices when doing research, especially those that typically fall outside of the margins. Too often, important voices are overlooked and unseen among our blind spots or drowned out by the masses. And often its the "small" voice that can initiate the biggest change.  

Season 2 of Insight Out set out to explore cultural intelligence and ways that culture influences the things we do and don’t do, things we may not even be aware of and how that cultural understanding can help businesses as they grow and move into the future. After this unprecedented year of a pandemic, culture wars and polarization, April Jeffries and Emma Grand look back at how our understanding of culture has evolved and lessons to take into 2021. 

Menaka Gopinath, Head of Communities and Social Intelligence Analytics at Ipsos joins April in a lively exploration of  the ever evolving Digital Native culture and the role it is playing in this unpredictable year. Their discussion of key questions - What exactly is digital citizenship? How can we "mess with the algorithm"? What is the expected role of brands in creating the future? - provides insight into this emerging group of influencers.