Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends - Tapa blanda

In an era where many believe Big Data has rendered human perception and observation 'old-school' or passe, Martin Lindstrom shows that mining and matching technological data with up-close psychological insight creates the ultimate snapshot of who we really are and what we really want. He works like a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, accumulating small clues - the progressively weaker handshakes of Millenials, a notable global decrease in the use of facial powder, a change in how younger consumers approach eating ice cream cones - to help solve a stunningly diverse array of challenges. In Switzerland, a stuffed teddy bear in a teenage girl's bedroom helped revolutionise 1,000 stores - spread across twenty countries - for one of Europe's largest fashion retailers. In Dubai, a distinctive bracelet strung with pearls helped Jenny Craig offset its declining membership in the United States and increase loyalty by 159% in only one year. In China, the look of a car dashboard led to the design of the iRobot, or Roomba, floor cleaner - a great success story. SMALL DATA combines armchair travel with forensic psychology into an interlocking series of international clue-gathering detective stories. It shows Lindstrom using his proprietary CLUES Framework - where big data is merely on part of the overall puzzle - to get radically close to the consumer and come up with the counter-intuitive insights that have in some cases helped transform entire industries. SMALL DARA presents a rare behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to create global brands, and reveals surprising and counter-intuitive truths about what connects us all as humans.

Martin Lindstrom is a consultant to a Who's Who of brand-leading companies. In 2009, TIME Magazine recognized him as among the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is the author of the international bestseller, BUYOLOGY, and five other books on branding and consumer behaviour. He is featured regularly in almost every major publication in the US and worldwide. Lindstrom has appeared more than twenty times on NBC's Today Show as well as in Morgan Spurlock's THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD and on AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL. He is the author of the bestselling BUYOLOGY and most recently, BRANDWASHED.