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Rory Sutherland

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2264 total appearances

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

She was a sort of conservative woman in a Welsh provincial town.

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

It would not have occurred to her, literally, that there was anything controversial about this at all.

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

It was simply funny.

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

Well, in this case, my argument was, okay, they hadn't made Dylan Mulvaney the face of Bud Light.

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

Right.

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

And I think creating these cultural flashpoints through confected outrage is something to be disparaged when the rights do it and when the left do it.

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

I think it's equally absurd because in any communication, you have to understand context and the intention behind

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

of the person producing the communication.

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

Now, in the case of Jaguar,

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

They wanted it to look unlike, how would I argue?

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

I mean, I was talking to Rick Rubin, who was in Hawaii, and he'd heard about the Jaguar ad.

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

It wasn't an ad, by the way.

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

You know that, don't you?

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

It never ran as an advertisement.

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

It was a brand film they showed at the launch of the car.

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

And then I had a right-wing podcast in the UK going, you know, it utters the most outrageous anti-conservative sentiment, which is copy nothing.

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

Copy nothing was the exhortation of Sir William Lyons, who founded Jaguar.

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

I think he said it in 1932.

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

He was the original founder of the car company.

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

You've also got to understand their position.