4. 89%
35%
25%
75%
…want to help
companies improve
their offerings for the
market.
…had an experience in
collaborating with
companies in that way.
… puts "involving
customers to improve
products and services"
in the top three ways a
company or brand can
give them a "wow"
feeling.
…want to be a
participant in a
Consumer
Consulting Board.
THE NUMBERS
6. THE RESEARCH JOURNEY
Retailer crowd
sourcing and
collaboration
Consumer Consulting
Board
National quantitative
survey
Interactive retailer
website with short
questionnaire
interested and
interesting consumers
from across the AMP
portfolio
1000 Australian
and 500 New
Zealand
shoppers
Omni Channel
communication
delivery to retailers
using visual website
and video
Omni Channel
Communication
11. LOOKING THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES
Finding/identifying interesting trends
WEIGHING IT UP
Understanding the meaning of value
BACK AND FORTH IN TIME
Exploring past, present and future trends
WEEK 1: LOOKING WITH DIFFERENT EYES
13. ONGOING – TREND SPOTTING CORNER
MEMORABLE MOMENTS
Exploring how to create valuable and
memorable moments for customers
SOMETHING TO INSPIRE YOU
Inspirational links to explore
COOL IDEAS OR TRENDS
Exploring ideas and trends
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+61 2 9357 1666
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Editor's Notes
Case study presentation to demonstrate the value added to commercial insight through utilising crowdsourcing at the front end of the project definition, to guide the insights on the topic of the future of retail
*Based on a study in Spring 2013 with 3485 Millennials from 13 countries:
This shows that consumers / fans want to have their say in the future of “their” brands… they are more EMPOWERED because of the rise of social media…… and have higher expectations… as a result, they want and expect to be involved in the future of your brand / company…
THEY WANT REAL 2-WAY COMMUNICATION
What do retailers say about the future of shopping?
Whats is a consumer consulting Board?
Asyncronous, closed platform, generally 50-150 people, qualitative in nature, deep dive, strategic, faciliates multiple options for engagement both for the target group, in this case the most media savy group every, If qual groups are your benchmark, A CCB is more people for longer
In this instance it facilitated triangulation environmentally and for investigators. An example of investigator triangulation is using respondents as co researchers, they review our findings for our blind spots ( im not a gen y!) depending on the topic between 20%—40% additional insights are found for curated pieces of data that involve participants in the analysis process
hat makes research communities unique is that they assemble a crowd in an asynchronous long term setting by applying social media techniques. Companies outsource certain tasks to that crowd (e.g. product and service creation and testing) in an open call in order to bring consumers into organizations all the way up to the boardroom. Hence, research communities are a form of “crowdsourcing”. The strength of crowdsourcing is the extent of social interaction, namely the combination and exchange of knowledge – which is stimulated in online communities.
Trend watching boot camp, getting to know each other
Crowd sourcing to inform the research problem
To start with, a total of 37 employees took part in the mind-mapping exercise, adding 253 relevant entries to the collaboration tool. This number exceeds normal participation in a kick-off meeting meaning that this approach lead to an increased internal buy-in for the study even before starting.
It helped us identify common beliefs in the organization and spot polarized opinions that would allow us to create a positive disruption with the research. At the reporting stage, we were therefore able to contrast internal perceptions on certain consumer topics with the findings. For example, one of the deliverables that the research lead to was the development of needs-based segmentation. Upfront in the mind-mapping exercise, we asked Telefonica Commsemployees to describe current and future users and non-users of video communication. Based on the input of the mind map, we created a first set of personas –existing only in the head of the employees prior to the research. When our Consumer Consulting Boards were finished, we compared them with the segments based on the research data highlighting gaps and similarities with previous thinking.
So, didourtime spenton problemcreationpayoff?
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