Knox Oates Foresights
Foresights

Field notes from inside the practice.

Forward-looking essays, frameworks, and observations on the work that drives consumer-centric organizations — and the long miles, training disciplines, and St. Jude fundraising that shape how Elizabeth thinks about all of it.

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What to expect

Four lenses, one through-line.

Methodology

Frameworks & field-tested approaches.

Concrete tools and frameworks Elizabeth has built and refined inside multibillion-dollar organizations — how to write briefs that drive action, evaluate insights talent, design a Center of Excellence.

Industry

Forward-looking takes on retail & CPG.

What's shifting in consumer behavior, what's coming next for the brands that win, and how insights leaders should be reading the signals — not the noise.

Field notes

Lessons from the work itself.

Anonymized observations from advisory engagements, workshops, and 20+ years inside leading consumer organizations — what trips teams up, what unlocks impact, what executives miss.

Off the clock

Endurance, cause, and the miles between.

Notes on training for the next race, fundraising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the through-lines between endurance practice and consumer-centric leadership.

In the meantime

The full playbook lives in the book.

More Than Just Interesting is the long-form, structured version of the thinking that will populate this page over time.