NEWS20 August 2009
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NEWS20 August 2009
Tom Woodnutt of Hall & Partners tells us how Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein’s bestseller influenced him.
In Nudge, Thaler and Sunstein put forward the idea that “no choice is ever presented in a neutral way”. There are numerous factors ‘nudging’ us one way or another every time we face a decision, whether it’s choosing what to have for lunch or deciding whether to donate an organ.
It’s all based on a belief that human beings are not nearly as rational as we like to think. As a result, it’s surprising how much difference can be made by giving people a nudge towards what you believe to be the right choice – for them, for you, or for society.
Tom Woodnutt, digital director at Hall & Partners, read the book, and in this five-minute interview he talks to us about how these ideas can be applied to research and communications.
Tom Woodnutt
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