
Applied anthropology
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Oct 11, 2026
Why Customers Can't Explain Why They Buy (Cultural Anthropologist Explains) | Johanna Faigelman
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31:47Johanna FaigelmanGUEST
And I created an approach.
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31:50Johanna FaigelmanGUEST
that I, you know, I pioneered and created when I started my company, Human Branding, in 2006 called Applied Anthropology Thinking, which is really that Venn diagram of, you know, really, really deep understanding of human behavior, human culture, what makes people tick, with really strong, powerful, applicable marketing, business, and strategy implications to create that beautiful sweet spot of like deep human understanding and high impact impact.
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32:19Johanna FaigelmanGUEST
And that was a huge gap because, as you said in the intro, most companies when I got, because I really, what did I do like you when you go to a dinner party? I went into business as an interloper.
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32:31Johanna FaigelmanGUEST
I basically was an anthropologist my first couple of years.
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33:51Johanna FaigelmanGUEST
I had worked on the advertising agency side.
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33:53Johanna FaigelmanGUEST
I'd worked in consulting and I could bridge that gap.
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33:55Johanna FaigelmanGUEST
And that's how I created my company, Human Branding, and our approach applied anthropology thinking.
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34:00Johanna FaigelmanGUEST
And now I've taken that principle and turned it into a company that...