Persuasion
How to get buy-in in a world
only interested in reporting
Alban Gérôme
@albangerome
MeasureCamp Bratislava
24 March 2018
So, tell me…
So, tell me… where are your
ideas really coming from?
Because they look as data-driven
as la pasta di Mama to me!
Persuasion
It wasn’t me!
It wasn’t me! All I do is reporting!
The cast
The cast
Arnie
Web Analyst
The cast
Arnie
Web Analyst
Isabelle
Published Author, Speaker
and Entrepreneur
The cast
Arnie
Web Analyst
Maggie
Stakeholder
Isabelle
Published Author, Speaker
and Entrepreneur
The cast
Arnie
Web Analyst
Maggie
Stakeholder
Bill
Chief Operating Officer
Isabelle
Published Author, Speaker
and Entrepreneur
The network chart
The network chart
Influences
The network chart
Influences
Reports to
The network chart
Influences
Reports to
Gives credit
The network chart
Influences
Reports to
Gives credit
Actionable insight
Maggie loves Isabelle’s ideas
Bill gives the credit to Maggie
Arnie finds actionable insight
Maggie ignores or rejects it
Maggie requests data extracts
If Arnie bypasses Maggie…
Bill thinks they are data-driven
enough already
Persuasion
Edward Bernays’ uncle
Edward Bernays’ uncle
Sigmund Freud
Edward Bernays’ uncle
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud’s nephew
Edward Bernays’ uncle
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud’s nephew
Edward Bernays
Persuasion
Edward Bernays’ achievements
Edward Bernays’ achievements
• Founder of Public Relations
Edward Bernays’ achievements
• Founder of Public Relations
• Got women to start
smoking
Edward Bernays’ achievements
• Founder of Public Relations
• Got women to start
smoking
• Convinced millions of
families to get eggs and
bacon for breakfast
Edward Bernays’ achievements
• Founder of Public Relations
• Got women to start
smoking
• Convinced millions of
families to get eggs and
bacon for breakfast
• Got millions of housewives
to start using cake mixes
Persuasion
Add one fresh egg
Persuasion
What’s in it for me?
What’s in it for me? A basket full
of lemons?
Persuasion
Cherry-picking data
Cherry-picking data
• Captain Obvious says “People hate being proven wrong”
Cherry-picking data
• Captain Obvious says “People hate being proven wrong”
• Confirmation bias: data confirming prior beliefs is correct, contradictory data is
wrong so it gets ignored
Cherry-picking data
• Captain Obvious says “People hate being proven wrong”
• Confirmation bias: data confirming prior beliefs is correct, contradictory data is
wrong so it gets ignored
• Belief persistence: faced with facts contradicting one’s belief, one tends not to
change their beliefs and come out with reinforced beliefs
Cherry-picking data
• Captain Obvious says “People hate being proven wrong”
• Confirmation bias: data confirming prior beliefs is correct, contradictory data is
wrong so it gets ignored
• Belief persistence: faced with facts contradicting one’s belief, one tends not to
change their beliefs and come out with reinforced beliefs
• Cognitive dissonance: the gap between facts and beliefs causes discomfort, one
will do anything to reduce that gap
Persuasion
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
• Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies?
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
• Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you
understand how they work?
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
• Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you
understand how they work? And you bought them anyway?
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
• Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you
understand how they work? And you bought them anyway?
• Hans Rosling’s data visualisation demo: Great at condensing a large
amount of data and bringing people up to speed
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
• Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you
understand how they work? And you bought them anyway?
• Hans Rosling’s data visualisation demo: Great at condensing a large
amount of data and bringing people up to speed but getting buy-in?
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
• Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you
understand how they work? And you bought them anyway?
• Hans Rosling’s data visualisation demo: Great at condensing a large
amount of data and bringing people up to speed but getting buy-in?
• Nancy Duarte’s storytelling principles: Helps bridging the gap
between a qualitative and quantitative view
Common beliefs about persuasion
• Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency,
Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
• Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you
understand how they work? And you bought them anyway?
• Hans Rosling’s data visualisation demo: Great at condensing a large
amount of data and bringing people up to speed but getting buy-in?
• Nancy Duarte’s storytelling principles: Helps bridging the gap
between a qualitative and quantitative view. Good for evangelising
Persuasion
Root causes of inertia
Root causes of inertia
• Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand-
recognition
Root causes of inertia
• Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand-
recognition
• Disrupted household brands became easy preys for disruption due to
mismanagement
Root causes of inertia
• Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand-
recognition
• Disrupted household brands became easy preys for disruption due to
mismanagement, no credit for the disruptors
Root causes of inertia
• Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand-
recognition
• Disrupted household brands became easy preys for disruption due to
mismanagement, no credit for the disruptors
• The C-suite is probably more complacent about their managers
seemingly data-driven efforts than fooled by them
Root causes of inertia
• Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand-
recognition
• Disrupted household brands became easy preys for disruption due to
mismanagement, no credit for the disruptors
• The C-suite is probably more complacent about their managers
seemingly data-driven efforts than fooled by them
What could possibly go wrong when a company’s perennial competitor
suddenly combines brand-recognition and a data-driven approach?
Persuasion
“I’m gonna
make him an
offer he can’t
refuse.”
Don Vito Corleone
The Fear of Missing Out
The Fear of Missing Out
• Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong
The Fear of Missing Out
• Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong
• Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – Loss Aversion
The Fear of Missing Out
• Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong
• Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – Loss Aversion
• Elizabeth Kübler-Ross – Bargaining Stage
The Fear of Missing Out
• Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong
• Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – Loss Aversion
• Elizabeth Kübler-Ross – Bargaining Stage
• Robert Cialdini – Social Proof
The Fear of Missing Out
• Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong
• Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – Loss Aversion
• Elizabeth Kübler-Ross – Bargaining Stage
• Robert Cialdini – Social Proof
When someone feels these 4 emotions simultaneously,
they will take any action to continue belonging
The Fear of Missing Out
Including implementing your recommendations
The Fear of Missing Out
Including implementing your recommendations
even without understanding web analytics
The Fear of Missing Out
Including implementing your recommendations
even without understanding web analytics and
The Fear of Missing Out
Including implementing your recommendations
even without understanding web analytics and
even with a bad analytics implementation
The Fear of Missing Out
does not exonerate you from
The Fear of Missing Out
does not exonerate you from explaining what
web analytics is for
The Fear of Missing Out
does not exonerate you from explaining what
web analytics is for and
The Fear of Missing Out
does not exonerate you from explaining what
web analytics is for and having the best
implementation you can get
Persuasion
Let’s combine both approaches
A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and
how without letting them tweak anything
Let’s combine both approaches
A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and
how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship
Let’s combine both approaches
A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and
how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship
Bombarding the web analytics department with large and frequent data extract
requests only to cherry-pick data that confirms prior beliefs
Let’s combine both approaches
A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and
how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship
Bombarding the web analytics department with large and frequent data extract
requests only to cherry-pick data that confirms prior beliefs is not being data-
driven but data-justified
Let’s combine both approaches
A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and
how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship
Bombarding the web analytics department with large and frequent data extract
requests only to cherry-pick data that confirms prior beliefs is not being data-
driven but data-justified and won’t cut it much longer
Let’s combine both approaches
A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and
how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship
Bombarding the web analytics department with large and frequent data extract
requests only to cherry-pick data that confirms prior beliefs is not being data-
driven but data-justified and won’t cut it much longer
We need to combine the qualitative domain knowledge of the incumbent teams
with the quantitative methods of the analytics department
Let’s combine both approaches
Persuasion
Persuasion
Thank you!
http://www.albangerome.com
@albangerome

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Persuasion

  • 1. Persuasion How to get buy-in in a world only interested in reporting Alban Gérôme @albangerome MeasureCamp Bratislava 24 March 2018
  • 3. So, tell me… where are your ideas really coming from?
  • 4. Because they look as data-driven as la pasta di Mama to me!
  • 7. It wasn’t me! All I do is reporting!
  • 10. The cast Arnie Web Analyst Isabelle Published Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur
  • 12. The cast Arnie Web Analyst Maggie Stakeholder Bill Chief Operating Officer Isabelle Published Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur
  • 17. The network chart Influences Reports to Gives credit Actionable insight
  • 19. Bill gives the credit to Maggie
  • 21. Maggie ignores or rejects it
  • 23. If Arnie bypasses Maggie…
  • 24. Bill thinks they are data-driven enough already
  • 28. Edward Bernays’ uncle Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud’s nephew
  • 29. Edward Bernays’ uncle Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud’s nephew Edward Bernays
  • 32. Edward Bernays’ achievements • Founder of Public Relations
  • 33. Edward Bernays’ achievements • Founder of Public Relations • Got women to start smoking
  • 34. Edward Bernays’ achievements • Founder of Public Relations • Got women to start smoking • Convinced millions of families to get eggs and bacon for breakfast
  • 35. Edward Bernays’ achievements • Founder of Public Relations • Got women to start smoking • Convinced millions of families to get eggs and bacon for breakfast • Got millions of housewives to start using cake mixes
  • 39. What’s in it for me?
  • 40. What’s in it for me? A basket full of lemons?
  • 43. Cherry-picking data • Captain Obvious says “People hate being proven wrong”
  • 44. Cherry-picking data • Captain Obvious says “People hate being proven wrong” • Confirmation bias: data confirming prior beliefs is correct, contradictory data is wrong so it gets ignored
  • 45. Cherry-picking data • Captain Obvious says “People hate being proven wrong” • Confirmation bias: data confirming prior beliefs is correct, contradictory data is wrong so it gets ignored • Belief persistence: faced with facts contradicting one’s belief, one tends not to change their beliefs and come out with reinforced beliefs
  • 46. Cherry-picking data • Captain Obvious says “People hate being proven wrong” • Confirmation bias: data confirming prior beliefs is correct, contradictory data is wrong so it gets ignored • Belief persistence: faced with facts contradicting one’s belief, one tends not to change their beliefs and come out with reinforced beliefs • Cognitive dissonance: the gap between facts and beliefs causes discomfort, one will do anything to reduce that gap
  • 48. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity
  • 49. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales
  • 50. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales • Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies?
  • 51. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales • Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you understand how they work?
  • 52. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales • Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you understand how they work? And you bought them anyway?
  • 53. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales • Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you understand how they work? And you bought them anyway? • Hans Rosling’s data visualisation demo: Great at condensing a large amount of data and bringing people up to speed
  • 54. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales • Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you understand how they work? And you bought them anyway? • Hans Rosling’s data visualisation demo: Great at condensing a large amount of data and bringing people up to speed but getting buy-in?
  • 55. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales • Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you understand how they work? And you bought them anyway? • Hans Rosling’s data visualisation demo: Great at condensing a large amount of data and bringing people up to speed but getting buy-in? • Nancy Duarte’s storytelling principles: Helps bridging the gap between a qualitative and quantitative view
  • 56. Common beliefs about persuasion • Robert Cialdini’s principles of influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking, Scarcity – better suited for sales • Daniel Kahneman’s System 1: Do you own cryptocurrencies? Do you understand how they work? And you bought them anyway? • Hans Rosling’s data visualisation demo: Great at condensing a large amount of data and bringing people up to speed but getting buy-in? • Nancy Duarte’s storytelling principles: Helps bridging the gap between a qualitative and quantitative view. Good for evangelising
  • 58. Root causes of inertia
  • 59. Root causes of inertia • Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand- recognition
  • 60. Root causes of inertia • Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand- recognition • Disrupted household brands became easy preys for disruption due to mismanagement
  • 61. Root causes of inertia • Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand- recognition • Disrupted household brands became easy preys for disruption due to mismanagement, no credit for the disruptors
  • 62. Root causes of inertia • Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand- recognition • Disrupted household brands became easy preys for disruption due to mismanagement, no credit for the disruptors • The C-suite is probably more complacent about their managers seemingly data-driven efforts than fooled by them
  • 63. Root causes of inertia • Data-driven is seen as a poor substitute for decades of brand- recognition • Disrupted household brands became easy preys for disruption due to mismanagement, no credit for the disruptors • The C-suite is probably more complacent about their managers seemingly data-driven efforts than fooled by them What could possibly go wrong when a company’s perennial competitor suddenly combines brand-recognition and a data-driven approach?
  • 65. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Don Vito Corleone
  • 66. The Fear of Missing Out
  • 67. The Fear of Missing Out • Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong
  • 68. The Fear of Missing Out • Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong • Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – Loss Aversion
  • 69. The Fear of Missing Out • Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong • Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – Loss Aversion • Elizabeth Kübler-Ross – Bargaining Stage
  • 70. The Fear of Missing Out • Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong • Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – Loss Aversion • Elizabeth Kübler-Ross – Bargaining Stage • Robert Cialdini – Social Proof
  • 71. The Fear of Missing Out • Abraham Maslow – The Need to Belong • Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – Loss Aversion • Elizabeth Kübler-Ross – Bargaining Stage • Robert Cialdini – Social Proof When someone feels these 4 emotions simultaneously, they will take any action to continue belonging
  • 72. The Fear of Missing Out Including implementing your recommendations
  • 73. The Fear of Missing Out Including implementing your recommendations even without understanding web analytics
  • 74. The Fear of Missing Out Including implementing your recommendations even without understanding web analytics and
  • 75. The Fear of Missing Out Including implementing your recommendations even without understanding web analytics and even with a bad analytics implementation
  • 76. The Fear of Missing Out does not exonerate you from
  • 77. The Fear of Missing Out does not exonerate you from explaining what web analytics is for
  • 78. The Fear of Missing Out does not exonerate you from explaining what web analytics is for and
  • 79. The Fear of Missing Out does not exonerate you from explaining what web analytics is for and having the best implementation you can get
  • 81. Let’s combine both approaches
  • 82. A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and how without letting them tweak anything Let’s combine both approaches
  • 83. A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship Let’s combine both approaches
  • 84. A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship Bombarding the web analytics department with large and frequent data extract requests only to cherry-pick data that confirms prior beliefs Let’s combine both approaches
  • 85. A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship Bombarding the web analytics department with large and frequent data extract requests only to cherry-pick data that confirms prior beliefs is not being data- driven but data-justified Let’s combine both approaches
  • 86. A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship Bombarding the web analytics department with large and frequent data extract requests only to cherry-pick data that confirms prior beliefs is not being data- driven but data-justified and won’t cut it much longer Let’s combine both approaches
  • 87. A web analytics department telling the various teams what to do, when and how without letting them tweak anything is no different than conservatorship Bombarding the web analytics department with large and frequent data extract requests only to cherry-pick data that confirms prior beliefs is not being data- driven but data-justified and won’t cut it much longer We need to combine the qualitative domain knowledge of the incumbent teams with the quantitative methods of the analytics department Let’s combine both approaches