Authenticity: what consumers really want

Abstract

The authors list the five factors that most directly influence customer perceptions: the operational essence of the enterprise, the nature of its offerings, the effects of the organization's heritage, its sense of purpose and its demonstrable body of values.

Contents

Authenticity : the new business imperative -- the appeal of real -- The demand for authenticity : why now? -- Drivers of the new consumer sensibility -- The supply of inauthenticity : what's going on? -- Reality, fakery, and three axioms of authenticity -- Rendering authenticity : what to do -- Five genres of authenticity -- Fake, fake, it's all fake : why offerings are unauthentic -- Lessons from philosophy -- The real/fake reality : how offerings become authentic -- Two time-honored standards of authenticity -- Deconstructing authenticity : how to assess your business -- Ten elements of authenticity -- From marketing to placemaking : being what you say you are -- The placemaking portfolio -- From strategy to decision making : being true to self -- Here-and-now space -- Finding authenticity : the right direction for you -- Real/fake polarities.