September, 2026
AI Has More Answers. Humans Still Need to Ask the Right Questions with Kajoli Tankha
Today • 40 mins
AI can give marketers and researchers access to more information than ever before. But more information doesn’t automatically mean better consumer understanding.
Kajoli Tankha, Senior Director and Head of Consumer and Reputation Insights at Microsoft, believes the real opportunity with AI goes far beyond efficiency. It’s about giving people better tools to uncover insights, connect knowledge across an organization, and ultimately make better decisions.
In the newest episode of Cultural Fluency Makers, Kajoli joins David Wellisch to discuss:
- Why cultural intelligence is becoming even more critical in an AI-driven world
- What tech companies often misunderstand about what consumers actually want
- Where AI can strengthen consumer research and where human judgment still matters
- How synthetic audiences are changing the insights process
- Why fearlessness, curiosity, and storytelling will matter in the future of research
Quote of the Show:
“Your defaults have got you this way, but they’re not gonna get you to the future.” — Kajoli Tankha
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