instinctively
sustainable
instinctively
sustainable
through effortless communications
"Recent research has advanced our understanding of
the psychological,social, and cultural influences
on decision making and human behavior
and has demonstrated that they have
a significant impact on development outcomes."
World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior
Foreword by Jim Yong Kim, President, THE WORLD BANK
Excerpt from the summary
In the past few decades, research from across the natural and social sciences has provided stunning insight into the way people think and make decisions.Whereas the first generation of development policy was based on the assumption that humans make decisions deliberatively and independently, and on the basis of consistent and self-interested preferences, recent research shows that decision making rarely proceeds this way. People think automatically: when deciding, they usually draw on what comes to mind effortlessly.
As this report from the World Bank shows, there is a realisation at the very highest levels that we need to completely rethink the way we address large audiences about societal challenges. This is the subject of my white paper INSTINCTIVELY SUSTAINABLE. I show how some commercial brands have quickly interpreted and applied the teachings from psychology and neuro-science, sometimes with astonishing success.
Through the next few chapters I aim to describe how their strategies can be remodeled for the purpose of re-branding sustainability as an aspirational goal for the next generations.
The task is not trivial but, considering the dignity of the goal, ignoring the opportunity is simply not an option.
Mario Hytten
rethinking sustainability communications
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