Research & insights

We help teams learn before they commit. By studying behaviour and market context, we uncover what's actually happening, cut through assumptions, and give teams the confidence to move forward with clarity.

Capabilities
Our research & insights offerings
Behavioural research
We study user behaviour in context to understand
how people actually act and make decisions.
Research methods we support:
Contextual observation and shadowing,
in-depth user interviews,
usability testing (moderated & unmoderated),
diary studies, field studies, and organisational studies.
Timeline: Varies by research method
Market & competitor insights
We analyse your market and competitive landscape
to help you understand where you stand,
what’s shaping the category,
and where real opportunities exist.
Timeline: 3 weeks
When research & insights might be what you need
When decisions are being made without a clear view of user behaviour or market context.
When you’re about to design, build, or invest and want confidence you’re starting in the right place.
When teams are aligned on the goal, but not on the problem.
When you need evidence to guide direction, not just validate it after the fact.
What's included
Scope, timelines, and what you’ll walk away with
Starting at
$14,500
What you get:
Behavioural insights grounded in actual observed user actions, decisions and workarounds that affect your product, service or workflow.
Prioritised opportunity areas based on observed behaviour.
Clear, actionable guidance on where to focus design, product, initiative, or process changes.
Prioritised list of the top five critical issues.
Recommendations based on industry best practices.
Assumptions:
Research focus, methods, and depth are defined upfront based on agreed objectives.
Pricing is shaped by research method and scope.
Scope may include one or multiple user groups, depending on the question.
Starting at
$12,000
What you get:
Market and competitive landscape overview.
Comparative analysis across key dimensions (offering, positioning, experience).
Clear identification of category gaps, opportunities, and risks.
Clear implications to inform product, service, or strategic decisions.
Assumption:
Scope includes a defined competitive set (typically up to 3-5 competitors).
Focused on a specific market, region, or category.
Primarily desk-based research, with signal-based inputs where relevant.
Conducted in English.
  • Kick off to align on business goals, target market, and key questions.
  • Define the competitive set and relevant market or category boundaries.
  • Review existing research, data, and internal hypotheses.
  • Finalise evaluation criteria across offering, positioning, experience, and messaging.
  • Conduct structured analysis of competitors and comparable players.
  • Review category patterns, norms, and emerging signals.
  • Identify gaps, white spaces, and areas of over-saturation.
  • Synthesise early insights and directional themes.
  • Refine insights into clear opportunity areas and risks.
  • Develop comparative summaries and implications for direction.
  • Prepare a concise insights deck with recommendations.
  • Present findings and discuss implications with your team.
Your team
Who you'll have on the team
Lead researcher
To frame the right questions, select the appropriate methods, and ensure insights tie directly back to your business and product decisions.
UX researcher(s)
To plan and run the research, engage participants, analyse findings, and surface clear patterns across behaviour, market signals, or concept feedback.
FAQs
Questions we frequently get

Not at all. The value comes from who you study and how, not sheer volume. Decades of UX research show that small, well-chosen samples often uncover the majority of critical issues. Research is about spotting patterns in behaviour, not chasing statistical confidence when the goal is learning, direction, or validation.

Numbers can tell you what’s happening, but it’s not always good at telling you why. A qualitative approach such as behavioural research gives you that missing layer of context. It reveals the workarounds and decision drivers that may not necessarily show up in dashboards.

This is especially valuable before major design, build, or investment decisions, when relying on metrics alone can lead teams to solve the wrong problem very efficiently. We sometimes even use existing data as an input, but the value comes from how we frame the question, interpret the signals, and connect them to decisions.

We start with the decision you’re trying to make. Sometimes that calls for behavioural observation. Other times, it’s competitive analysis or concept testing. Methods are chosen based on what will give you the clearest signal in the shortest time.

No. Research supports different moments. Early on, it helps teams understand behaviour and market context. Mid-way, it helps test concepts and direction. Later, it helps evaluate whether something is working. The methods change, but the role stays the same: reduce uncertainty and sharpen decisions.

We don’t deliver research in isolation. Every engagement ties insights back to clear implications. What this means for your product, your positioning, or your next move. If an insight can’t inform a decision, it doesn’t make it into the final output.

Case studies
See our work in action
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