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Using Behavioural Economics to understand behaviour \u2013 and change it<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The puzzle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Royal Bank of Scotland needed to take its understanding of consumer buying decisions to another level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • How could they avoid any assumptions that would cloud their thinking?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • How could they get the deepest possible understanding?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The pieces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    As part of an extensive buying journey project, we asked 148 consumers to keep an online diary for up to 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Consumers recorded their efforts to decide on a variety of financial products and providers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The diaries revealed contradictions and changes of direction that consumers were often unaware of.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Post-diary interviews allowed us to explore this apparently irrational behaviour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      The picture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Our analysis revealed multiple biases across a range of financial services product categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • The biases uncovered included regret aversion, status quo bias and mental accounting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • To identify strategies to help change behaviour, we ran co-creation workshops with the bank\u2019s teams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • We devised strategies to tackle key issues with our \u201cBypass\/ Leverage\/ Tackle\u201d (BLT) approach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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