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How to combine customer insights across 8 feedback channels without losing the thread
Interviews, NPS, tickets and sales calls rarely add up. How to run one stable category structure across all 8 customer feedback channels you collect.
Qualitative research for product managers: from customer calls to product decisions
Product managers run customer interviews but rarely analyse them well. Here's a practical guide to turning qualitative research into clear product decisions.
AI for data analysis: a practical guide for text and unstructured data (2026)
Most AI data analysis guides focus on numbers. But 80-90% of organisational data is unstructured text. This guide covers how AI handles both, with a decision table and practical workflow.
AI document analysis: how it works and how to use it well in 2026
AI document analysis tools range from single-PDF chatbots to systematic multi-document analysis. Learn which tier fits your use case and when chat-with-your-PDF breaks down.
How to analyse employee engagement survey open-text responses: a complete guide
A practical guide to getting real insight from open-text engagement survey responses: coding frameworks, subgroup analysis, and presenting findings to leadership.
How to analyse customer interviews at scale: from 10 to 100+ interviews
A practical guide to analysing customer interviews at scale: coding strategy, synthesis across 30–100+ interviews, segment analysis, and QA for AI-assisted analysis.
How to analyse NPS verbatim comments at scale: a practical guide
A practical guide to NPS verbatim analysis at scale: coding frameworks, segment differences, closing the loop, and tools for analysing 500+ NPS open-text comments.
Qualitative primary research in private equity due diligence: a practical guide
How PE and VC deal teams run and analyse qualitative primary research in CDD, from expert calls to customer references, on tight deal timelines.
How to build a voice of customer programme for B2B companies
A practical guide to B2B VoC programmes: the four data sources, running customer interviews, synthesising across sources, and turning insights into decisions.
Win-loss interview questions: 40+ questions and a guide to running them
A bank of 40+ win-loss interview questions organised by topic, plus a guide to structuring 30-minute calls, handling off-script moments, and coding responses consistently.
How to synthesise expert network calls: a step-by-step guide
Expert call synthesis done well turns 20 scattered call notes into structured, defensible findings. This step-by-step guide covers coding, divergence analysis, and deliverable writing.
Customer sentiment analysis: how to read the mind of customers using unstructured data
Customer sentiment analysis turns unstructured feedback (interviews, reviews, support tickets, open-text surveys) into actionable insight. Here's how to move beyond positive/negative scores to real un...
Product feedback analysis: moving from likes and dislikes to deeper product discovery
Most product feedback analysis produces feature request buckets. This guide shows how to go deeper: uncovering the mental models, workarounds and unmet needs that actually drive product decisions.
Qualitative research design: maximising insights within a limited budget
Every qualitative study faces the same constraint: too little time and money for how much you want to learn. Here's how to allocate your research budget across 5 phases, and how AI is reshaping the eq...
Voice-of-market research: building a complete market picture beyond the numbers
Voice-of-market research combines multiple data sources (reviews, Glassdoor, expert interviews, customer feedback) into a single coherent picture of market perception. Here's how to do it.
Consultant's guide to summarising interviews and finding themes
How consultants can move from raw interview notes to a credible, evidence-based synthesis. Covers note-taking for later coding, issue tree thinking, thematic consolidation, and presenting qualitative ...
Evidence-based strategy: how to make sense of unstructured data
Strategy decisions are only as good as the evidence behind them. This guide shows consultants and strategy teams how to collect, structure and synthesise unstructured data into sharp strategic conclus...
Consultant's guide to analysing large sets of qualitative data
How consultants can systematically analyse large volumes of qualitative data beyond interviews: industry reports, earnings calls, regulatory filings, expert papers, and customer documents. Covers work...
Exit interview questions: what to ask and how to analyse the results
Exit interviews are most valuable when they go beyond the obvious. This guide covers the best questions to ask, how to structure the conversation, and how to synthesise findings across many interviews...
Manual interview coding is too slow: how to speed up theme analysis without losing rigour
Bottom-up manual coding takes weeks. Top-down theme assignment is prone to bias. AI-assisted analysis offers a third path: the speed of automation with the rigour of systematic coding. Here's how it w...
From expert calls to client deliverable: the consulting research synthesis workflow
The end-to-end workflow for synthesising expert calls, management interviews, and documents into a structured consulting deliverable, with triangulation and evidence footnotes.
Informal interview questions: building rapport and getting beyond the obvious
Informal interviews produce richer data than formal ones when done well. This guide covers how to build rapport quickly, frame questions conversationally, and get to the insights that structured inter...
Interview tips: what to wear, how to introduce yourself, and how to follow up
Practical guidance on interview preparation: appropriate dress by setting, introducing yourself confidently, and writing a thank-you follow-up that keeps you in the frame. Plus: tips for interviewers ...
Qualitative market research: overview, methods and examples
Qualitative market research explores the 'why' behind customer behaviour. This guide covers the main methods, when to use them, real-world examples, and how AI is changing what qualitative research ca...