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Did you know that humans now have a shorter attention span than goldfish? Unbelievable, right?  But according to research, our attention span has markedly decreased since the turn of the century. In 2000, it was 12 seconds. By 2015, it had shrunk to a mere 8.25 seconds.The question now is: How does that information affect your approach to business strategy?When you are a company decision-maker who needs to use consumer data and insights, you're not going to read a 200-plus page report.Listen to my conversation with Camille Nicita, CEO of Gongos Inc., who shares how to take all that consumer knowledge and create customer-focused strategies that will give you a market advantage. Listen to Episode 701 to learn more!Other Resources Mentioned:Gongos.comThriving Points:If you don't like change, you'll like irrelevance a whole lot less. - Camille NicitaThe market is always changing. Change is constant and will always be there and being perfect in a market that's always changing is impossible. So focus on the small wins that you're achieving each and every day. - Camille NicitaProgress over perfection. And that requires that nurturing a spirit of knowing what you do well and what you want to keep investing in and also knowing what you don't do too well.  - Camille NicitaGet to Know the Guest:Camille is the former sole owner of Gongos, Inc., a WBENC company that was named a Forbes “Small Giant” in 2020. Camille is on the board of the Insights Association, a contributing member of the Forbes Agency Council and is an official judge of the North American Customer Centricity awards. She has served as Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Michigan State University's Master of Science in Marketing Research Program and has contributed to the University of Michigan's Institute for Survey Research. She earned a BBA at the University of Michigan and an MBA at Wayne State University.Connect with Camille:WebsiteLinkedInAbout the Show:     Women Thriving in Business features candid unscripted conversations with entrepreneurs, business experts, authors, and academics aimed at contributing to business success. This weekly show provides interviews with business leaders who have built, grown, and are thriving in business. Nikki A. Rogers, host of the show, also discusses achievements, lessons learned, and advice for aspiring business owners to develop the mindset, strategies, and connections necessary to thrive in business. Whether you are just starting or you have been in business for decades, WTiB offers inspiration, strategies, and resources to help you THRIVE in business.Connect with Nikki:LinkedInInstagramYoutube

Austin Gongos hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. He is the cofounder of Chicken Tramper Ultralight Gear, a durable and lightweight backpacking company based out of Hancock, Michigan. Austin is passionate about ultrarunning, backpacking, and spreading that passion through his business. You can find the company, that he founded with Nathan Ackerman at https://chickentrampergear.com/

Welcome to another exciting and informative episode of the Data Gurus podcast! Today, Sima is happy to have Camille Nicita, the CEO of Gongos, joining her as her guest for the show. Camille is one of the four founding partners of Gongos. In this episode, Camille shares her early career experiences and the journey she has been on since the founding of Gongos thirty years ago, which culminated in her becoming CEO. She also discusses the step-by-step transformation of Gongos and explains what they do to meet their clients' needs in a world of big data. How Gongos came about  While she was doing an internship at an automotive group for a research company, John Gongos asked Camille and three others to join him when he decided to go out on his own and do a startup. Camille was young and had no commitments at the time, so she took a leap of faith and agreed. A great experience Camille found getting thrown in at the deep end a good learning experience! From the get-go, she loved being part of Gongos because she was with a group of smart people with whom she enjoyed doing things. Restless dissatisfaction Part of the DNA of Gongos is continuous improvement. Every year since she started working at Gongos, Camille has continued to learn, grow, and become better than she was before. At Gongos, they call never resting on their laurels restless dissatisfaction. Seeding the future of the organization As the company grew, Camille started to interview people, recruit talent, and place the right people in the appropriate positions. She always kept her eye on the future and where the organization was going. She made sure that she always took on board the kind of talent that would seed the future of the organization. Camille's path to becoming CEO Throughout her years at Gongos, Camille always took on new challenges and opportunities. Early on, she became a member of the leadership or strategy team that determined the key direction of the company. She took on many different roles and learned as much as possible about the organization. She also stayed at the forefront with all her client interactions. She listened carefully to what her clients needed and brought back what she learned and fused it into all the areas of the organization. That primed her well to become CEO. Camille never aspired to be CEO  In 2012, John Gongos passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. Camille was COO and a minority shareholder at the time. When John passed, she became the controlling shareholder. It was natural that she also became the CEO because she honored John and felt that he would have wanted her to do it. A new vision After John passed away, Camille and the other leaders in the organization rallied together to prove to the world that they could carry on running Gongos in the same successful way as before. Big data was coming onto the scene at the time, so they also took the opportunity to create a new vision for the organization. Customer-centricity At Gongos, they have always been into customer-centricity and helping their clients make good decisions. When their clients started to rely on data that was not created by them, they started looking at their capabilities beyond qualitative and quantitative research that could help them to help their clients thrive in a world where data is abundant. Challenging data The most challenging data for them to work with was big, messy sets of enterprise data. They soon learned that they needed to structure that data to work with it. They also needed to have data engineers on their team in addition to data scientists, to structure the messy data. New talent They started bringing into the organization people who are potentially good researchers with business acumen who could also consult well with the clients. Gongos now has a great combination of talent that includes researchers, data scientists, consultants, strategists from various walks of life,

Welcome back to Intellicast! Today, Brian Lamar and Producer Brian are joined by Jason Inderhees to talk about the latest in market research news, as well as some 2022 predictions for the industry. Kicking off the episode, the guys chat about the big win by the Bengals over the weekend, and what it means for the city of Cincinnati. Then they turn their attention to the latest market research news. First off, they touch on the news about the new cookie-free voter profile solution from comScore and L2, and its potential this year as an election year. Next, the guys talk about the acquisition of Gongos by Insites Consulting. Jason gives some unique perspectives about both of these companies, having worked with both of them in the past. He also talks about how complementary they are together. The guys then talk about the new proposed law in Washington DC called Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act. Jason and Brian talk about how this is a logical next step, but also how it might be opening Pandora's Box. Producer Brian raised the question about how this kind of law might impact some of the growing technologies in market research like machine learning and AI, and what it could mean. The guys then take on the rebrand of Prodege's POD tool to Peeq. In the last news story, the guys talk about the new leadership team that was announced by Cint that combines senior leaders from both Lucid and Cint. The guys talk about the surprise of how even the number of senior leaders from both organizations there was in the announcement. In the second half of the episode, the guys talk about some 2022 predictions for the market research industry. They discuss the predictions that were talked about in a recent Greenbook blog series and give their own perspectives.  You can read the series here: Part 1 / Part 2 Thanks for listening! We have been nominated for the Market Research Podcast of the Year. Click here to vote for Intellicast! Want to catch up on our blogs? Click here. Missed one of our webinars or want to get some of our whitepapers and reports? You can find it all on our Resources page on our website here. Got a suggestion or feedback? Reach out to us at Intellicast@emi-rs.com, or on Twitter at @Intellicast1, or leave us a voicemail on our call-in line at 513-401-5463. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode is a rebroadcast of a previous episode in which Tom & Bob interviewed David Robbins, VP of Client Consulting with Gongos, Inc. David recently lost a brief battle with cancer. The world and the CX industry were a much better place with David in them and we are deeply saddened by his loss. If you didn't know David, listen to this episode and learn what made him so special. If you did know David, sit back, pull your chair up and listen to a friend. 

Jeannie and Sam join Tom & Bob on the show to discuss how the business model at Gongos Inc. has evolved into one focused on helping organizations to develop customer-centric practices, the role of customer performance indicators in shaping CX strategy, and how to engage employees in designing and staying motivated to deliver on CX strategies.

David joins Tom & Bob to discuss a critical topic - linking customer experience outcomes to organizational KPIs. David discusses the development of Gongos' Value Exchange Model, which introduces CPI's or Customer Performance Indicators, a valuable tool for designing customer experiences and measuring their performance against customer performance goals. He also covers the importance of customer lifetime value (CLV) as a critical KPI and how linking CPIs and CLV can help to drive CX strategy. 

Our guest today is Camille Nicita! Camille is the President and CEO of Gongos, Inc., a WBENC company that was named a Forbes “Small Giant” in 2020. Camille is on the board of the Insights Association, a contributing member of the Forbes Agency Council and is an official judge of the North American Customer Centricity awards. She has served as Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Michigan State University's Master of Science in Marketing Research Program and has contributed to the University of Michigan's Institute for Survey Research. Thank you for joining us On the M/A/R/C! View a transcript of the podcast here. Transcripts are powered by FFTranscription - Delivering fast, accurate marketing research transcripts in 48 hours or less.

Welcome back to Intellicast! On today’s episode, Brian Lamar and Producer Brian dig into the latest market research news. Kicking off the episode, the guys catch-up with one another, including a quick discussion around the current sports landscape, and which ones seemed to have gotten it right, and others that may not. The guys then jump right into the news. The first story they touch on is the launch of a new Tech Advisory Consumer Panel by Maru/Matchbox. Second, they discuss WPP’s latest earnings report. Both of them expected the announcement of a loss, but the actual number was a bit startling. In the next segment, they discuss a new report by McKinsey about “Zoomers,” a new nickname for 15-21-year-olds who they consider the anti-Millennial. The next story about the new partnership between DISQO and Gongos, leads a deep discussion from both of the guys around how COVID-19 may have impacted the current round of partnerships and other changes in the market research industry. In the next segment, the guys talk about Brandwatch’s launch of Social Panels, and they compare it to the news from a couple of weeks ago about virtual panels. In the next section, the guys discuss several stories that were in the most recent Insights Association Advocacy update email. They talk about the privacy shield law, and its potential impact, a couple of rejected laws that would have meant a new tax on market research, and the updates to CCPA regulations. In the final segment of the episode, the guys give an update on Rory Dineen, who recently joined Suzy, and Adam Dietrich, who had a new study around “shy” Trump voters published in Bloomberg and Business Week. Have a great week! Miss our webinar, Is Sample Blending Finally Cool? Best Practices For Tracking Studies? You can still watch the on-demand version, click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7815977657841/WN_QX3ceSkLQcSlpZ0LMZSbbA You can learn more about EMI’s new DIY sample platform, CONNECTOR, and request a demo by visiting our website at www.emi-rs.com/connector/. The new edition of EMI’s annual report on the sample industry, The Sample Landscape, is now available! You can download a copy of this insightful report on how the sample industry differs, and what you need to know to navigate this industry. Download it here: http://www.emi-rs.com/the-sample-landscape/ You can discover more about the industry COVID-19 insights and resources, including EMI’s research and blogs by visiting here: https://emi-rs.com/covid-19-research-and-resources/ Got a suggestion or feedback? Reach out to us at Intellicast@emi-rs.com, or on Twitter at @Intellicast1, or leave us a voicemail on our call-in line 513-401-5463.

This week on GOING SOLO +Plus One:  Christopher Gongos, Associate Principal Horn of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Yamaha Artist, joined by his student Ben Law The video is also available as a weekly podcast called GOING SOLO. Join us each week on GOING SOLO +Plus One, where leading music educators (and renowned performers) are joined by their students, the next generation of musicians in Canada. Hear them talk about lessons in music and in life, what it means to be a good student (and a good teacher), and reflect on the impact that teaching music has on young people. Each episode includes a unique, duet performance, presented exclusively by Yamaha Canada Music. Music has the power to move us, inspire us, and bring meaning to our lives in surprising and unexpected ways. Random Acts of Music and the GOING SOLO podcast is our way of sharing our passion for performance with you!

A sense of belonging is one of the five basic human needs according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. We want to feel part of something and have an emotional connection to others. This extends into the workplace. To be fulfilled at work, we need to trust those around us, feel a kinship with our coworkers, and be surrounded by those who share the values of the organization. My recent interview with Camille Nicita of Gongos, Inc. shows what this looks like in action. Camille has spent almost three decades creating an organization that emphasizes belonging over skills. This means that hiring, onboarding, nurturing, and advancement of every team member at Gongos is deeply rooted in the company’s values, the first of which is humanistic. More than a “people-first” attitude, Gongos’ humanistic approach helps every person feel that they belong. It’s by belonging that employees do their best work, contribute to culture, and help teams and the organization succeed. That’s why Camille believes that hiring to values is more important than skills. You’ll want to listen to her words of wisdom and draw from the lessons Gongos learned along the way to creating a healthy and empowered workforce, satisfied customers, and a prosperous business. About our guest: Camille believes that centering operations on customers will produce consistent results and bring together decision-makers. She also believes a great employee experience precedes a great customer experience. Hear how this mom of three, and leader of many, lives out that belief every day. For more on Gongos, visit gongos.com, and connect with Camille on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/camille-nicita-7280747/.

Recorded live in Miami, Jamin Brazil interviews Camille Nicita, President and CEO of Gongos. We hope you enjoy this mini series taking you into the minds of some of the most influential CEOs in Market Research. Find Camille Online: LinkedIn https://gongos.com/ [00:02] I have Camille with Gongos.  It’s an honor to have you on the podcast today.  We’re here at the CEO Summit, Insights Association.  You probably don’t even remember this, but we were at a conference at the same time.  I can’t remember where it was, but it was ages ago right when you first started. You had a customer – Dunkin’ Donuts, I believe.  Do you remember that? [00:25] We’ve actually never worked with Dunkin’ Donuts. [00:27] Oh, you’re kidding.  Crap! Maybe it wasn’t Dunkin’ Donuts. [00:30] I’m trying to think.  So, how many years ago would it have been? [00:33] It was a LONG time ago.  Right around I want to say like 2005, 2006, no? [00:38] Oh, Best Buy, maybe. [00:39] Best Buy. [00:40] Best Buy. [00:40] And did you do a custom panel for them? [00:42] Yes.  And it was at TMRE. [00:44] Yes, that’s right.  That’s right. TMRE.   [00:46] That’s it, for sure.  Best Buy, Dunkin’ Donuts.  Best Buy should probably be selling Dunkin’ Donuts. [00:52] So, I tried to do (they would probably agree with you.)…  So, I tried to do a custom panel business at Decipher back in like 2001 and 2002 for a company called Intuit, which you know.  And it just didn’t go well at all. And the reason it didn’t go well is, while the technology itself wasn’t particularly difficult, the systems and the processes and the engagement part of it were really, really, really hard, right?  And I was listening to your presentation; I’m like, “Holy, crap! They’ve cracked the nut; they’ve figured out how to really nail that.” So maybe you could tell us a little bit about your company and maybe the couple-minute sort of overview of where you started and where you are.   [01:36] Sure.  Thanks for asking.  So, let’s see where do we start.  Gongos is what we call a decision intelligence company.  At this stage in the game, we are going on our twentieth year of business.  Gongos started in 1991 as a traditional marketing research custom, ad hoc, qual/quant business.  And we were very, very successful at that for our first 23ish years, but about five years ago is where we sort of evolved into this decision intelligence business, which is still very much rooted in consumer insights.  That’s the core to what we do, but over the last 5-6 years, we’ve build other capabilities around that insights function to really help where we saw pain point with our clients, which was in sort of moving insights farther up the value chain:  I should say farther up as well as starting them farther back in the value chain, so ensuring that our clients are really leading with a customer-centric strategy to fuel their growth. [02:43] It’s interesting hearing how McDonald’s framed it yesterday.  Matt did a great job of asking two questions. I tweeted about that.  Of course, I’m going to forget right now. But I think it was centric to like what is… [02:56] Curiosity. [02:57] Curiosity was the centric – that’s right.  One was an internal question of, basically, “Put yourself in the shoes of the customer.  Get to know the customer.” [03:06] Well, and empathetic approach.  I think we heard somebody else yesterday talking too about (I think it was General Mills.)  I can’t remember the gentleman’s name, but the guy from General Mills talked about, for a week, making their executives live on the budget of a typical customer. [03:26] I love that. [03:27] I do too.  I mean it’s such a…  In order to truly be a customer-centric organization, you’ve got to walk in their shoes. [03:33] Brands have gone through this massive evolution in five years.  In five years, what a CEO cares about has completely changed. I’m not going so far to say that they didn’t care about the customer before,

This is your show for Tuesday, August 28th. - You can say goodbye to the familiar Green and Yellow stripes on Detroit buses. In a parking lot on Gratiot outside of Mike’s Fresh Market, the city of Detroit today unveiled new buses, new services… and a new brand for the Detroit Department of Transportation. We talk to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. - The redevelopment of the shuttered Northland Mall is proceeding — if slowly. Fox 2 News reports that crews have demolished the old Firestone car service center on the 125-acre property. - A market research and consulting company, Gongos, formerly based in Auburn Hills opened its new headquarters today in downtown Royal Oak, where it is moving around 120 employees. - A unit of Subaru plans to expand its R&D operations in Wayne County after winning grants from the state. - Ferne Boutique, a contemporary women’s clothing and accessory store, has opened in the New Center neighborhood of Detroit. Shianne Nocerini has the story. - An appearance by English industrial metal band Godflesh was enough to entice a couple to leave their 11-year-old daughter unattended at home in Houston while they made the roughly 1,300-mile drive to see the band at El Club last week in Southwest Detroit. Like the show? Don't forget to subscribe (it's free!) in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or your favorite podcast app of choice. 

In this episode, Rhod looks at whether philanthropic giving is always a choice on the part of the donor, or whether it can sometimes be compelled. Topics covered include:   -Compelled by your peers: We look at the part peer pressure plays in philanthropy, both at a micro level (i.e. the effect that "being watched" has on prompting giving) and a macro level (i.e. the notion of a social contract). We also consider a bit of history (including a scathing attack on the culture of giving in Victorian England).   -Compelled by a higher authority: We consider the role governments have played a role in shaping philanthropy through charity law: from the 1601 Statute of Charitable Uses to the emergence of "GONGOs" in modern China. We look at the idea of "percentage philanthropy", and whether it should be seen as philanthropy at all, or merely a form of tax. We also touch on obligations to give in various major religions and what role these play in driving philanthropy.   -Compelled by your own mind: We explore unusual cases of "pathological generosity", where people with brain damage find themselves compelled to give to such a degree that it can adversely affect them and their families.     Related Material   Public Good by Private Means: How Philanthropy Shapes Britain   Eye Images Increase Charitable Donations: Evidence From an Opportunistic Field Experiment in a Supermarket   So are the conditions for philanthropy improving in China or not? CAF Future World Giving blog   Explaining Percentage Philanthropy, International Centre for Nonprofit Law   Could zakat plug the gaps in humanitarian or development aid?   The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Giving, The Atlantic  

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My guest is Greg Heist, producer and cohost of The Future Stir, and Chief Innovation Officer at Gongos. FYI, the website for The Future Stir uses a really cool WordPress theme called Soundbyte Podcast/Audio Template. Take a look at their site here. Greg and I discussed: Focusrite Mixcontrol Drawner S73 plugin on master bus Feeding Stems into Auphonic Multitrack 2nd generation Focusrite 18i20 audio interface SM7B Cloudlifter CL-1 Zoom H5 Recording in Adobe Audition at 32 bit 48kHz! Fuhrmann power strip Behringer 1800 microphones (3 for $39!) Blue Encore 100 mic Focusrite RED plugins Thanks for a wonderful session, Greg! DID YOU KNOW........We exist for the purpose of helping you, so please comment below with any questions or remarks. Thanks for listening! Want to Start a Business or Have a Career as a Podcast Producer/Engineer? Listen and Subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Android, RSS

Something I struggle with at times in business is committing to focus my energy on the things that I’m really, truly good at, and letting other people handle the things that I’m not. It’s easy to get pulled into the mindset of thinking “well I should be more like this...” or “I should be good at that...”, “all entrepreneurs need to do this…” and so on. Greg Heist is the Chief Innovation Officer at Gongos, a marketing research firm that has grown from five people when he and a few partners started the company 25 years ago, to now employing 135 people. Greg shares how playing to his strengths helps him spread a culture of innovation and forward thinking throughout the company, as well as how to implement organizational change as a business grows, matures, and shifts its focuses. Greg is also the co-host of The Future Stir Podcast, an absolutely awesome podcast focusing on the future of society, technology, intelligence, and retail. Ever wondered what the future of drones will look like? Maybe you’re curious why vinyl records are making a comeback? If you like thinking about topics such as these, you should definitely check out The Future Stir.