This week, the Spotlights podcast welcomes Dr. Mirei Takashima Claremon, a global citizen, behavioral scientist, and cross-cultural consumer insights expert based in Los Angeles. She discusses her work leading the Behavioral Sustainability movement, reflecting on the limits of analytical thinking for ecology and sustainability. Emphasizing the importance of holistic and cross-cultural perspectives, she also talks about the role that Shintoism and Buddhism play in her life and work.
The Behavioral Sustainability Movement with Dr. Mirei Takashima Claremon: A Podcast Interview on Rising Laterally
We sit down to discuss Dr. Claremon’s pioneering work in the field of behavioral sustainability, a movement grounded on three pillars – people, planet, and prosperity. Topics include corporate greenwashing, cultivating bipartisan interest in environmental issues, analytic vs. holistic thinking, effective altruism, Gen Z, “wokeness,” among others.
Analytic Thinking is the Enemy of Sustainability with Dr. Mirei Takashima Claremon
Dr. Mirei Takashima Claremon is passionate about building a better future for people and the planet and is leading the Behavioral Sustainability movement—a movement that leverages insights from behavioral science and cross-cultural research, and takes a more inclusive and holistic perspective on sustainability. She strongly believes that to create a more sustainable world, it is critical for policymakers, business leaders, and other movers and shakers to understand human behavior for the better.
PRESENTATION FROM THE LVMH SMU LUXURY RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Part of the session in the LVMH-SMU Luxury Research Conference, presented by Mirei Takashima, PhD, UCLA Anderson School of Management, in Track 1, Luxury Marketing & Consumers In China. The inaugural LVMH-SMU Luxury Research Conference was held on the 20 – 21 June 2016, at Singapore Management University. Attended by a total of and 120 guests and 50 academics globally.