Eloquence Trumps Honesty in Trust & Likeability Wars
Posted on15 Aug 2011
TagsHarvard Business Review, unawareness, truth, trust, Todd Rogers, subconscious, sales, politics, Michael I. Norton, like, intuition, Influence, honesty, understanding, free will, eloquence, conscious, cognitive bias, cognition, approaches, advertising, 12 Most
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Intuitive approaches often work because we don’t believe they do. Advertising is an excellent example: it influences us because we often believe... Read More
Placebo Service: Creating Options
Posted on07 Jul 2011
TagsInfluence, approaches, comedians, customer service, customers, emotions, entertainment, feelings, Harvard Business Review, intuition, Michael I. Norton, objective, options, people, problem solving, quality service, Ryan W. Buell
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Intuitive approaches, ones that influence people on an emotional, often unconscious level create additional options for almost any problem, especially if they... Read More
What Consumer Psychology Teaches Us About Problem Solving
Posted on27 Sep 2010
TagsHow Concepts Affect Consumption, business, buying habits, change, cognition, competitive, consumer, cost-benefit, Dan Ariely, decisions, drugs, emotions, expectations, goal setting, Harvard Business Review, brain, intuition, keeping up with the Joneses, low-cost, Michael I. Norton, objective, peer pressure, people, price, problem solving, psychology, rationale, rewards, teach, anticipatory, beverages
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We often anticipate and rationalize people’s decisions using a cost-benefit analysis. This perspective frequently leads to erroneous conclusions and restricts problem-solving capabilities.... Read More