Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuff and how small things can make huge differences

Today we are going to take a look at another video of Rory Sutherland, this time at TED Talks in the UK from this year.

Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuff

www.ted.com It may seem that big problems require big solutions, but ad man Rory Sutherland says many flashy, expensive fixes are just obscuring better, simpler answers. To illustrate, he uses behavioral economics and hilarious examples.TEDTalks is a…

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Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man

Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider real value — and his conclusion has interesting consequences for how we look at life.

Rory Sutherland is a vice president of Ogilvy One advertising company.  He is a very popular speaker and is looked to by many for new ideas and explanations on people’s behavior to different forms of advertising. Continue reading