Third Culture / Dialog & Insights, Inc.

Our Founder

Third Culture was founded by

Anouk M. Flambert

Anouk is  an economist by training who conducted research and project management in international economics before moving into qualitative research 1998.  She worked as project director for two full-service market research firms before branching out on her own to  further specialise in qualitative research.

Anouk is a Third Culture Kid herself, born of parents of Haitian and Sri Lankan origins and having lived, studied and worked in areas as diverse as the Caribbean and Latin America, South Asian, Europe and the US before returning to Canada in 1997.

Anouk conducts qualitative research in English and French and is also perfectly fluent in Spanish and Haitian Creole.  She holds an M.Sc. in Applied Economics from the University of Florida, a B.A. in Economics with a concentration in International Relations from Cornell University and has taken advanced courses in quantitative and qualitative research and strategic planning.

Qualitative Research Experience 

Anouk is a senior moderator with over 12 years of experience conducting qualitative research (focus groups/workshop moderation & facilitation, in-depth interviews, website usability tests, ethnographies).

As a moderator, Anouk’s strengths include:

• A unique ability to make respondents feel at ease;
• Flexibility in adopting the method of inquiry most suited to her audience;
• Recognizing opportunities to uncover unexpected or hidden thoughts or issues;
• A broad repertoire of projective techniques;
• Quick grasp of complex technical subject matter; and
• Tactful management of strong-minded or dominating respondents.

In addition, with her background in economics and strategic planning, Anouk helps her clients to reflect beyond the voices heard and identify strategies that take into account their overall development objectives as well as internal and environmental constraints.