The Business of Choice: How Human Instinct Influences Everyone's Decisions
by Matthew Willcox
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In this 2nd edition of the award winning The Business of Choice, expert author and consultant Matthew Willcox explores the science of influencing choice, bringing together the work of thousands of behavioral scientists and practitioners. Cutting to the heart of the science, Willcox helps you apply this to your own marketing and brand strategies, allowing you to use an understanding of how humans naturally decide to make your brand or business a natural choice.
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Endorsements
'The insights that Matthew brings about how we really make choices are interesting and relevant to anyone working in marketing or selling, but are even more astonishing and invaluable to anyone with the curiosity about the human condition.' Alan Jope, CEO, Unilever
'Understanding how it is that human beings make choices—the complexity of inputs, the evolutionary success factors, and the cognitive processes—makes for fascinating subject matter. Matthew’s experience in advertising and his understanding of the science of decision making come together here to make for an insightful and incredibly useful tool.'
Jennifer Sey, CMO Global Brands at Levi's, and one of Forbes’ “World’s Most Influential CMOs 2019"
'Matthew Willcox bridges the practical and academic worlds of marketing better than anyone I know. In The Business of Choice, he lucidly explains what marketing practitioners can learn from marketing academics—and vice-versa and makes an excellent case for strengthening the ties between the two disciplines. The result is a fascinating and charming read.'
Adam Alter, Associate Professor of Marketing. NYU Stern School of Business, and New York Times best-selling author of Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave and Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
'The Business of Choice shines a light on the deep human truths that have driven behavior for millions of years. Incorporate these into your marketing, and the chances are you will be tapping into something truly fundamental for your brand.'
James Hallatt, Senior Vice President, Vemedia Consumer Health Group
'The Business of Choice is revolutionary. Informed by psychology and neuroscience, and infused with wit, it challenges the very foundations of rationality on which modern marketing is built and invites us to see people as they are – complex, emotional, irrational, human.'
Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, VP of Marketing, DoorDas
'I found The Business of Choice to be afresh illuminating and entertaining read that helped me reframe how I think about solving my business objectives. As a marketer, the more I understand how and why people make the choices they do, the better chance I have of creating offers or communications that respect people’s natural tendencies and desires. Matthew's book is insightful, humorous and actionable.'
Rebecca Van Dyck, Chief Marketing Officer, AR/VR at Facebook
'How we human beings make decisions is complex and fascinating, and nobody brings that to life quite like Matthew Willcox. His deep knowledge and practical insights are invaluable, not just for marketers, but for anyone in the business of understanding and influencing decisions. And that’s everyone in business.'
Matt Williams, Managing Partner at Brand Federation, Visiting Clinical Professor at William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business
Author Biography
Matthew Willcox runs a behavioural science insights and choice architecture consultancy. He is one of the pioneers of the application of behavioral insights to marketing and founded The Institute of Decision Making in 2009 as a bridge between marketers and scientists who study human behaviour.
Emerald Publishing Ltd.
Emerald Publishing was founded in 1967 to champion new ideas that would advance the research and practice of business and management. Today, we continue to nurture fresh thinking in applied fields where we feel we can make a real difference, now also including health and social care, education and engineering.
View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Publication Date September 2020
- ISBN/Identifier 9781839820717
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 41.99 USD
- Pages312
- Publish StatusPublished
- Edition2nd edition
- Copyright Year2020
- Dimensions229 x 152 mm
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