Category: ICN Event
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Final AI for MRX Skills Upgrade Workshops for 2026
AI for Market Research: Beyond the Notetaker, the new 1-hour virtual workshop led by Insights technology expert – and 2026 Insight 250 award winner! – Z Johnson, for the market research professional who is ready to adopt AI today. NOVEMBER WORKSHOPS (11/11 and 11/18)Seats Available: 8 of 20Grants available: 4 of 8 Donation required to…
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Career Storytelling Workshop for Insights Professionals Returns December 2
Career Storytelling Workshop for Insights Professionals : One-hour Insights Career Storytelling Workshop for Insights Professionals returns to the ICN on November 17 after selling out in October. If you work in insights, strategy, or research, you know how to turn messy data into a compelling narrative that moves decision-makers. But when it comes to framing…
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The Hidden Job Market: Why Applying Stopped Working, and What Does
11/1 UPDATE: RESOURCE EXTENDED! Thanks to your financial support, in $5 and $25 donations, this Insights Career Workshop from the ICN with Aaron Cruikshank is now available to all. If you are a UX researcher, market researcher, or insights professional sending out hundreds of applications to dead silence, you are not imagining things. Traditional online…
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Finding Your Swim Lane
Ahead of his upcoming Insights Career Network session on the future of insights, we spoke with Yogesh about navigating career uncertainty, finding a distinctive area of expertise, and building new opportunities in a changing profession.
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You Don’t Have to Start Over: Finding New Purpose for the Skills You’ve Already Built
Abstract: Reflecting on a career shift that restored job satisfaction, ICN Contributor Amanda Scard examines a non-linear professional path spanning multiple countries, diverse industries, and roles ranging from entry-level positions to independent consulting. The narrative explores the challenge of communicating complex, multi-faceted roles—such as market research and project management—to outside audiences, drawing on analogies developed…
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From FTE to It’s on Me
From “FTE” to “It’s On Me” – Going Solo: Life as an Entrepreneurial Consultant They say “people don’t quit jobs, they quit bosses,” so what happens when you decide you’re done with bosses (bad or otherwise) and you want to be out on your own? Where to begin…? Join us for this week’s ICN Friday…
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ICN Gathers in San Francisco Prior to IIEX West
Join us, Insights Professionals of the San Francisco Bay Area and guests in town for IIEX West: your pizza is coming up Monday, October 26 at 7 PM. The Insights Career Network is increasingly global and has deep roots in several parts of the United States, but especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, where…
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November 5 ICN Workshop: Make Your Value Visible
Stop letting exceptional work go unnoticed. In analytical, insights, and research roles, having strong skills is only half the equation for career advancement. The other half? ensuring key decision-makers and senior stakeholders truly understand and value the impact you create. Join us for a high-impact, 1-hour virtual workshop to stop hidden-in-plain-sight stagnation Led by Tracy…
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ICN Welcomes ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Oct 9
Steve brings a fresh, grounded perspective on how high-performing, neurodivergent professionals and entrepreneurs can stop fighting executive dysfunction, reclaim focus, and build systems tailored to how their brains actually work.
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Insights Career Confidence Lab
To combat search fatigue, intense competition, and positioning challenges faced by market research and consumer insights professionals in a shifting job market, the Insights Career Network (ICN) launched the Insights Career Confidence Lab. Led by sales enablement consultant Blake Hudson, this 4-week, cohort-based workshop applies a structured sales and positioning framework to job hunting. The…
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More Than a Conference Pass – QuestionPro X Day
A Free Conference Pass Could Be More Valuable Than You Think by Jocelyn Bayle, ICN Head of Marketing & Impact QuestionPro is offering ICN members a special opportunity to attend X-Day in Austin on October 15, 2026, with a member discount code shared through ICN’s members-only channels, like member emails and our LinkedIn Group. For anyone…
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Dialog on Inclusive Research
The Dialog on Practical Steps Towards Inclusive Research Continues During a recent ICN Seekers & Allies meetup session, several people raised great questions and comments in the chat that our guest, Steve Levine, Strat360, wanted to come back to. If you missed the session, you can watch it below. We covered a lot of ground,…
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Accessible Insights Consortium to visit ICN
The next ICN speaker, scheduled for August 17, is Steve Levine. He will share his collaboration with the Accessibility Insights Consortium (AIC) and help us understand how we can make our research more accessible and inclusive. The Accessible Insights Consortium (AIC) is a collaborative group of market research and user experience (UX) professionals dedicated to…
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ICN to Investigate the Widening Skills Gap at TMRE 2026
The Insights Career Network will be on site and on stage October 5-7 in Denver at TMRE 2026 to deliver community, connectivity, and career guidance to all. ICN leaders Kahren Kersten and Z Johnson will lead a discussion on the skills gap in Insights and several Insights Allies will be ready to help in the…
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Barry Jennings Joins the ICN Board
June 1, 2026 — Industry Leadership Announcement: Barry Jennings Joins the ICN Board. We’re thrilled to announce that Barry Jennings has joined the Insights Career Network (ICN) Board of Directors. Barry brings more than three decades of leadership experience across the insights industry, including roles spanning Kantar, Dell Technologies, and Microsoft. Today, he also serves…