

Episode Seven: Talking Behavioural Science with Rory Sutherland
Oct 27, 2020
Rory Sutherland, copywriter and creative director at Ogilvy, discusses the role of behavioral science in advertising, reframing perception in marketing, contextual and subjective value in economics, proximate and ultimate explanations in evolutionary psychology, the brilliance of the iPod ad, leveraging employees as a marketing function, understanding human behavior and perception, and the limitations of easy-to-measure metrics in advertising.
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
Contextual Value and Subjective Value in Economics
04:33 • 21min
Proximate and Ultimate Explanations in Evolutionary Psychology
25:23 • 17min
The Brilliance of 'A Thousand Songs in Your Pocket'
42:03 • 2min
Evolution of Music Consumption and Leveraging Employees as Marketing Function
44:26 • 12min
Understanding Human Behavior and Perception
56:21 • 17min
Limitations of Easy-to-Measure Metrics in Advertising
01:13:15 • 5min