Ep. 407 – Whitney Dunlap-Fowler, Founder of Insights in Color, on how to Navigate a Successful Career in Market Research

Happy Market Research Podcast

My guest today is Whitney Dunlap-Fowler, founder of Insights in Color.

Insights in Color, a community for multicultural market research & insights professionals, was founded in 2020.

Prior to starting Insights in Color, Whitney has held senior roles at Kelton as the Director of Cultural Insights and Added Value as Senior Brand & Cultural Insight Strategist.

Find Whitney Online:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wmdunlapf/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ATouchofWhit

Website: https://www.insightsincolor.com/

Website: https://www.touchofwhit.com/

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[00:00:00]Jamin: Hey everybody. This is Jamin. You’re listening to the Happy Market Research Podcast. My guest today is Whitney Dunlap-Fowler, founder of Insights in Color. Insights in Color is a community of multicultural market research and insight professionals and was founded in 2020. Prior to starting Insights in Color Whitney has held senior roles at Kelton as the director of cultural insights and added value as senior brand and cultural insights strategist. Whitney, thanks for joining me on the Happy Market Research Podcast today.[00:00:32]Whitney: Thanks for having me Jamin.[00:00:34]Jamin: As always I like to start with a little bit of context about you. Will you please tell us a little bit about your parents and how they informed your current career?[00:00:42]Whitney: Yes, I’m really glad you asked this question. I had to think about this quite deeply. My parents were in the military. Born in Chicago, found each other in Germany while being stationed out there. And I've got to be honest, the reason it took me so long to answer this question is because there’s not always a direct link from the military into the corporate world. The military doesn’t really prepare you for that world to how to navigate those spaces but it does, it could prepare you for other things. So I had to move around a lot. Lived in Germany, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and I will say that that particular environment really allowed me to be able to acclimate to diverse office environments very quickly. I became a bit of a chameleon if you will and knowing how to do that in ...