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Postcards from the Edge of Global Research: An Insider’s Look at Latin America

February 14, 2013  Author: Admin

Sylver Consulting’s Rebecca S. Kuchar and Adriano B. Galvao sat down to discuss a topic near and dear to their hearts — research and innovation in Brazil and other Latin American markets. RSK: Adriano, as someone who was born in Brazil and is now living in the U.S., you’ve been fortunate to conduct a considerable [...]

Postcards from the Edge of Global Research — Oops: Gestures Gone Wrong in Backrooms Around the World

December 2, 2011  Author: Rebecca

So, you’re working on a global qualitative research project in a country you’ve never visited before. The lights in the backroom have dimmed. You turn up the volume on your headset to hear the simultaneous interpreter speaking your language. And you watch as your moderator greets the research participants, welcoming them to their seats. So [...]

Postcards from the Edge of Global Research — Interpreting the Arab World, Part 3

October 28, 2011  Author: Rebecca

In this third and final part of our interview, specialist interpreter Dima Anbari talks to us about how she came to found Tanweer MENA and what her hopes are for the future in the Middle East. For central location studies in the Middle East, how can observers in the viewing room get the most out [...]

Postcards from the Edge of Global Research — Interpreting the Arab World, Part 2

October 21, 2011  Author: Rebecca

Welcome back, as we continue with the second part of our interview with Dima Anbari, a specialist interpreter and translator based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Here she delves deeper into cultural, language and gender issues in the Middle East. What advice do you have for researchers looking to do a global study [...]

Apple’s Future Thinking Approach

June 7, 2011  Author: Adriano

There are many interesting companies out there applying Future Thinking, but Apple might just be the best example of an organization that can think ahead cohesively and create systemic, repeatable plans for the future.

Putting the Customer Survey in its Place

May 13, 2011  Author: Brianna

Lately we’ve gotten some questions about whether or not customer surveys are a good investment of time and money for start-up companies. Sylver’s quantitative guru, Ellen Frank-Miller and I put our heads together and want to share our thoughts on the matter.

The Camera Study Dilemma: Is digital really better?

April 15, 2011  Author: Brianna

The debate between digital vs. film is not limited to professional photographers. It’s also a debate that occurs within research circles in reference to camera studies.

Augment Ethnography, No More “Orchestration”

March 24, 2011  Author: Brianna

Ethnography is repeatedly the tool that businesses turn to when they want to get to the unspoken and latent needs of their customers. These are the needs that have the possibility and power to uncover the frontier, yet to be discovered and enable an organization to lead an industry. Problem is, ethnography, for all that [...]

Brianna was interviewed for the blog Bulletproof Career, Chicago Style

December 3, 2010  Author: Adriano

In the post entitled “The Accidental Entrepreneur” Brianna shared her advice and experience as an entrepreneur who followed her passion and broke out on her own. You can read Brianna’s tips here.

Sylver Plays Serious With Legos

September 15, 2010  Author: Brianna

At the September meeting of the Chicago Product Managers Association, ChiPMA, we had the opportunity to gain basic understanding of the strategies of Pathfinder’s Agile Project Management process.