Adam Ferrier

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Adam Ferrier is an Australian psychologist, writer, creative strategist, and the founder of Thinkerbell. [1]

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Adam Ferrier
NationalityAustralian
OccupationPsychologist

Education

Ferrier holds bachelors degree in Commerce and Arts (Psychology) from Murdoch University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology from Bond University and a Master of Psychology (clinical) from Western Sydney University. His masters thesis was on 'Identifying the underlying constructs of cool people' [2] (Published on Figshare [3] ). [4] [5] [6] [7]

Career

Ferrier started work for Corrective Services NSW as a psychologist, before joining marketing consultancy Added Value. He then left to work at Saatchi & Saatchi as a strategic planner. [5]

Ferrier then co-founded Naked Communications, APAC. Naked embraced a media neutral behavioural change model to build brands. Naked was one of Australia's most successful agencies, and helped redefine the agency model. After selling Naked, Ferrier co-created Thinkerbell - where they practice 'measured magic' - bringing together marketing science and hard core creativity. Thinkerbell was named Mumbrella's Creative and PR and Full Service Agency of The Year. [8] [9] Thinkerbell now has approximately 200 people with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.

Media career

Ferrier also co- hosts a podcast called Black T-Shirts: XXL Creativity for Business, and co-hosted Disrupt Radio's Enterprise Breakfast with Libbi Gore. [10] He is a regular panelist on TV shows Gruen, The Project, Sunrise #mastersofspin, Celebrity Apprentice, Australia's Next Top Model, and Man Up. [11] He had a weekly segment on national radio station MMM, and ABC, where he campaigned against the evils of smoking. [12] He has commentated and/or written for TIME, The Australian, Mumbrella', B&T, Fast Company, The Guardian and the Wall Street Journal. [9] [13] [14]

Selected publications

Ferrier has published two books on marketing: The Advertising Effect: How to Change Behaviour (Oxford, 2014) and Stop Listening to the Customer: Try Hearing Your Brand Instead (Wiley, 2020). He has also contributed to other books and has created a best selling board game, subsequently translated into several languages called The Analyst ('It's like reading your best friends diary), published by After8 Games. [15] [16] [17]

Personal life

Ferrier is married to Anna, and has two children.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Adam Ferrier's five tips to creativity - AdNews". www.adnews.com.au. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  2. "Adam Ferrier | AdForum Talent: The creative industry network".
  3. Ferrier, Adam (2013). "Identifying the Constructs That Underlie the Concept of a Cool Person". doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.888378.v1.
  4. "Adam Ferrier Biography | Booking Info for Speaking Engagements". www.allamericanspeakers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  5. 1 2 "Orientation 2017". LCI Melbourne | Art & Design | Institute of Higher Education. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  6. "Who the hell is Adam Ferrier?". 24 November 2015.
  7. "The secret of cool". 5 December 2002.
  8. "Adam Ferrier (Consumer Psychologist & Founder of Thinkerbell) | BSPHN". www.bsphn.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  9. 1 2 Molloy, Shannon (2023-05-18). "What are you doing to get people back to your offices?". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  10. "Adam Ferrier on the 3 Keys to Understanding Consumer Behaviour | LBBOnline". www.lbbonline.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  11. "Adam Ferrier". Legends & Leaders. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  12. Ferrier, Adam (2012-08-19). "Victory against an evil market". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  13. Shotton, Richard (2015-10-28). "The Pratfall effect and why brands should flaunt their flaws". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  14. "Adam Ferrier | Business | International Speakers Group". 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  15. ThriftBooks. "Adam Ferrier Books | List of books by author Adam Ferrier". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  16. "Books by Adam Ferrier". Dymocks. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  17. "Adam Ferrier - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-16.