Rory Sutherland Nobody really talks about being a good guest, and it can offer immaterial joy. As a guest I aim not to break plates, disturb other people etc. It’s not just about the employer vs guests with the employee as an intermediary, I want everyone to feel exactly where they need to be.

American AI. 'Can you describe the person you are looking at?' 'He is stylishly dressed in a leather jacket and light coloured shirt.'

British AI. 'Can you describe the person you are looking at?' 'Dunno, some bald f***er. Probably a Yank, judging by his enthusiasm for corporate

Rory Sutherland New UK regulations coming soon Rory: employers have to pass 100% tips to Staff. Not a magic bullet but at least adds the value served based approach to tipping.

meeware Rory Sutherland Ole Peters Frankfurter Allgemeine Nassim Nicholas Taleb I cite several authors on this point in chapter 2 of my Under the Influence.

Rory Sutherland I sympathise with this as long as it is not being used to hold down wages, as it is in the US.

Am I alone in thinking the King Charles portrait is actually pretty rad? It's fascinating, strange, & much more metal than any official royal portrait of a wildly uninteresting anachronism of a human being has a right to be.

I am one of the fraction of people who welcome this. It should be voluntary, but it is good if more people are judiciously generous. Why? Because there are many aspects of good service which it is impossible for an employer to codify or quantify.
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What’s a dirty secret you know about adtech because you work in the industry?

Medical statistics are messed up; many, for statistical positioning, should be in logarithmic form:
+ cardio metrics: including size of ventricles, blood pressure, heart rate, pulse pressure, MAP ...
+ norms for lipids (LDL, etc.)

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Rory Sutherland Frankfurter Allgemeine Nassim Nicholas Taleb Temporally correct. After one harvest you have three. After two harvests you have 9.

Who’s innumerate now…?

HT Paul Craven

Amazing clip of Thatcher being asked to “make a jump” during an interview by Stina Dabrowski.

Facing it: assessing the immediate emotional impacts of calorie labelling using automatic facial coding | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4dNp879

I’ve a theory.
In every group of friends there’s one marked as “the one who knows about wine” on no basis whatsoever apart from the need to look at the wine list for hours.

Are you they?

Rory Sutherland brings some behavioural truths to the stage - some sectors need category marketing, not individual brand battles - e.g. EV brands should stop focusing on individual range - overall it’s a negative association… #aweurope24 Rory Sutherland

Rory Sutherland Aliens made you air fry.

Will you make time ⁉️

This year, we're uncovering the hidden Psychology of Time. Are you ready to tap into its power? 🔋

Counting down the days till July 5th, get your ticket now 🎟️

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Should the wealthy get away with less tax?, by Dr. Steve Keen open.substack.com/pub/profstevek…

The 25 best architecture firms in Denmark. To be honest, by the time you get to No 12, you're aching for a bit of mock-Tudor.

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Professor Brian Cox with some food for thought on last night’s Aurora.