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Rory Sutherland

The Knowledge Project

How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Published
December 9, 2025
Duration
2h 1m
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Last updated
Apr 17, 2026

Discusses business, society, culture, technology.

Summary

Ogilvy Vice Chairman Rory Sutherland reveals the formula for persuasion, why people make decisions and how you can use psychology to your advantage. Rory is the world’s leading advertising strategist. He spent almost four decades as Ogilvy studying why people behave the way they do and how to change that behavior. He explains why contrast drives choices a…

Show notes

Ogilvy Vice Chairman Rory Sutherland reveals the formula for persuasion, why people make decisions and how you can use psychology to your advantage. Rory is the world’s leading advertising strategist. He spent almost four decades as Ogilvy studying why people behave the way they do and how to change that behavior. He explains why contrast drives choices and efficiency often destroys value, and how trust, friction, and design shape real-world behavior. +Rory was previously on the show, check out

Themes

  • business
  • society
  • culture
  • technology