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#735 - Rory Sutherland - Hidden Psychology Of The World’s Best Advertising

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

Rory Sutherland is one of the world’s leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author. The advertising industry creates a unique intersection between psychology and creativity. By looking at what works in the world of ad campaigns, we can learn even more about the human mind and Rory might have the best insight on the planet for this. Expect to learn how dating apps can improve by being more like property websites, why women actually wear engagement rings, Rory’s thoughts on Jordan Peterson, how you can become more creative every day, what Rory thinks of Twitters changing their name to X, how hotel rooms have residual sexism baked into the design, why rational people ruin creativity and much more... Sponsors: Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://www.shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to the show.

0:02.8

My guest today is Rory Sutherland,

0:04.8

he's one of the world's leading consumer behavior experts,

0:07.6

the vice chairman of Algal the advertising,

0:09.6

and an author.

0:11.1

The advertising industry creates a unique intersection between psychology and creativity.

0:16.5

By looking at what works in the world of ad campaigns, we can learn even more about the human

0:20.9

mind and Rory might have the best insight on the planet for this.

0:25.6

Expect to learn how dating apps can improve by being more like property websites,

0:30.4

why women actually wear engagement rings, Rory's thoughts on Jordan Peterson,

0:34.4

how you can become more creative every day, what Rory thinks of Twitter changing their name to

0:38.6

X, how hotel rooms have residual sexism baked into the design, why rational people ruin creativity, and much more.

0:48.5

If this is your first introduction to Rory, I am so jealous of you, this man is a force of nature. I think it's

0:54.7

maybe his fifth or sixth time on the podcast and I adore sitting down with him.

0:58.8

He is an absolute whirlwind of classic British energy and psychological insights.

1:05.7

And he's brilliant, he's fantastic.

1:08.7

He's very, very much looking forward to you listening to this one today.

1:13.0

In other news, some exciting things happening,

1:15.8

the first episode that I've recorded

1:17.9

for Modern Wisdom Cinema of this year

1:19.6

goes live one week today.

1:22.0

With Alex Homosie back on for another huge three hour

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