by Ian Murray | Mar 16, 2019 | About house51, Brexit, NewMR
Samuel Johnson famously said that ‘when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. For there is in London all that life can afford’ It certainly helps to love, (or learn to love) London if you want to forge a career in the UK market research industry. The...
by Ian Murray | Nov 8, 2018 | About house51
house51 is delighted to be nominated for Research Team of the Year at the MRG awards. The winners will be announced at the gala dinner at the MRG International Conference in Bratislava on 23rd November 2018. Ian and Andrew Tenzer from Reach (formerly Trinity Mirror)...
by Ian Murray | Dec 22, 2016 | About house51, Brexit, Design Thinking, Innovation, Normal, Tech
Well, no one could say that 2016 was boring! ‘Mishmash’ means ‘a confused mess, mixture, jumble’. A pretty apt description of 2016! So, in no particular order, here’s some things that got us thinking this year. Our list for 2016...
by Ian Murray | Jan 22, 2015 | About house51, Empathy, NewMR
Don’t get us wrong, we love Tom Fishburne. And this is one of our favourites. We love it so much we have licenced it for our new website. It illustrates something that we think about a lot- egocentrism in business and the lack of empathy that is limiting creativity...
by Ian Murray | Jan 22, 2015 | About house51
So, why house51’? We are interested in people not consumers. We think you should be too. 51 is the number of my house. Our business shares that number as a constant prompt to stay connected to the real world that we all inhabit and share beyond the strategy and...
by Ian Murray | Jan 22, 2015 | About house51, Behavioural Economics, Empathy
Well, it was a choice between the dog……Or this guy……. Our mission at house51 is to promote the power of real world thinking. We do this by embracing empathy, instinct and evidence. Data and evidence dominate modern work and leisure time. But...