Daniel Kahneman

The Importance of Stupid, Irrational Decisions

Summer is for relaxing, but also for reading books in more depth. During his vacation Bengt Järrehult read Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking Fast and Slow for the second time and more thoroughly. Here are Bengt’s thoughts on how Prospect Theory applies to innovation related decisions - the decisions that may seem stupid and irrational – but are they really?

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:14:49-07:00September 6th, 2013|Categories: Innovation Psychology, Organization & Culture|Tags: Daniel Kahneman, decision making, innovation, innovation psychology, prospect theory, risk aversion, risk management|

How to Understand the Notoriously Irrational Consumer

Companies put in lots of Market Research efforts to nail down the needs, wants, wishes and whims of the elusive consumers. But, how reliable are the results? Are there logical – or illogical – reasons why consumers sometimes say one thing and still do the other? In this blog, Bengt Järrehult uses the findings of Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Laureate in Economy 2002 to understand more of this in the area of innovation.

Ideascale2021-12-02T18:11:54-08:00February 28th, 2012|Categories: Innovation Psychology|Tags: consumer insights, consumer research, customer research, Daniel Kahneman, early adopters, endowment effect, market research, Product Development, psychology, status quo|