Maya Kantak, Consumer Insights Manager at Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products, on the Role of Diversity in Consumer Insights

In this episode, we’ll hear from Maya Kantak, Consumer Insights Manager at Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products on her opinion and experiences about diversity in consumer insights.  Find Maya Online: Website: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkantak Find Jamin Online: Email: [email protected]  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil  Find Us Online:  Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch  Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp  Website: www.happymr.com  Music:  “Clap Along” by Auditionauti: https://audionautix.com  Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/  This Episode is Sponsored by: This episode is brought to you by SurveyMonkey. Almost everyone has taken its surveys, but did you know that SurveyMonkey offers complete solutions for market researchers? In addition to flexible surveys, their global Audience panel, and research services, SurveyMonkey just launched a fast and easy way to collect market feedback, with 7 new Expert Solutions for concept and creative testing. With built-in, customizable methodology, AI-Powered Insights, and industry benchmarking, you can get feedback on your ideas from your target market–in a presentation-ready format, by the way–in as little as an hour. For more information on SurveyMonkey Market Research Solutions, visit surveymonkey.com/market-research. This episode is brought to you by Fuel Cycle Ignition. Ignition is the agile insights platform that empowers leaders and their teams to improve product, brand, customer, and employee experiences – no insights experience required. With FC Live virtual focus groups and interviews, an Ad Effective solution, and survey automation capabilities, Fuel Cycle Ignition offers the only all-in-one agile insights ecosystem for supercharging the relationship between brands and their customers and serves the world’s most innovative brands including Google, Hulu, Tufts Health Plan, Carhartt and more. To learn how Ignition can take your research to the next level, visit fuelcycle.com. [00:00:00] Jamin Brazil: Hi, I'm Jamin Brazil, you're listening to the Happy Market Research podcast. My guest today is Maya Kantak, consumer insights manager at Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products. Prior to joining Disney, Maya's held senior roles in the market research and insights functions at Del Taco and Honda Research and Development. Maya, thanks for joining me on the Happy Market Research podcast today. [00:00:21] Maya Kantak: Hey, thanks for having me. [00:00:24] Jamin Brazil: It's an absolute honor. I'd like to start with a little bit of context....