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Simon Lidington is smart, passionate and engaging and so perfect podcast material. He was recently elected to the chair of the MRS and so is arguably one of the most influential players in the $2bn UK research industry. In this podcast, hear his fresh vision, ideas and priorities as he speaks openly with key industry figure Ruth McNeil. He also talks about his other life as the founder of new startup The Insight Exchange

 STARRING 

• Simon Lidington, MRS Chair, and CEO and founder, The Insight Exchange
• Ruth McNeil, co-founder, Response Consulting, and author of Business to Business Market Research (Host)
• Richard Ide, former Head of Volkswagen UK (Contributor)
• Nicky Buss, Director of Advertiser Development, ITV (Contributor)
• Jeremy Hicks, Head of Audi UK (Contributor)

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You have a thought: let’s invite on global guru Jack Honomichl. You’re a fledgling podcaster so he’s not going to say ‘yes’. But he does, and he’s actually one of the nicest and most visionary people you can meet. Listen to his frank views on the industry and key players, and hear about the genesis of his must-read Inside Research newsletter and how Dun and Bradstreet tried to derail it. Jack also gives us a sneak peak at the upcoming Global 25 list

 STARRING 

• Jack Honomichl, Inside Research
• Michael Warren - michael.c.warren *at* btinternet *dot* com (Host)

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 GUEST  John Samuels, former MD of BMRB, has been awarded a Gold Medal for his significant contribution to the industry. John joins guest host Michael Warren to review the latest news and to chat about his fascinating career and offer his thoughts on the state of research

 TOPICS  Weekly Show hiatus (email us to keep the show on air during August); Janet Weitz sells FDS; TNS share price drop and the background to TNS and Tony Cowling; Tribute to Kit Molloy; John’s three research practice peeves; State of the industry; What John’s most proud of and whether he has any regrets; What John’s up to now

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  AGB, BMRB, Charlotte Cornish, David Winton, Dawn Mitchell, Eileen Cole, FDS, The Future Foundation, Hugh Stammers, IBM, Janet Weitz, Judy Lannon, Kit Molloy, Liz Nelson, Michael Warren, MRS, Patricia Mann, Robert Maxwell, Tony Cowling, TNS (and Taylor Nelson)

Music 2006 Pl@stic Soul and Adrina Thorpe from the PMN

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Prolific innovator John Kearon plans to grow researcher BrainJuicer from an $8m turnover business today into a $500m one in just ten years. Is he nuts?

 STARRING 

• John Kearon, CEO and founder, BrainJuicer
• Michael Warren - michael.c.warren *at* btinternet *dot* com (Host)
• Rod Connors, ex. Nike UK, and Jan Harley, Unilever Ventures (Contributors)

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