Qualitative Research: Storytelling as a Window into Consumer Decisions, Beliefs and Behaviors
It’s been well-established that much of human decision making is quick, nonconscious and driven by emotion.
Influential books like Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink” and Daniel Kahneman’s “Thinking Fast and Slow” have popularized this understanding of how humans think.
For consumer insights folks, researching this process is challenging. Some methods attempt to tap what Kahneman calls the “System 1 mode of thinking,” but it is questionable whether these methods actually measure nonconscious processes. And what’s more, these methods fall short of providing the kind of rich, human insights that inspire brand teams.
