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For Government & Public Sector

Science-backed strategies for public trust and compliance.

People understand the policy perfectly well and still do not comply.

That gap is not a communication failure, and more information rarely closes it. The 7 Principles describe what does, drawn from decades of peer-reviewed research, in methods public servants can use openly because they rest on telling people what is true.

Dr. Robert Cialdini, founder of the Cialdini Institute

Evidence-Based Public Influence

Where public behavior change stalls

Ethical, transparent and research-based: methods you could explain to the very public you are applying them to.

01

Compliance without enforcement

People who understand a rule perfectly still do not follow it. Social Proof and Commitment address that gap by working with people's own choices rather than against them.

02

Policy that survives being explained

A policy is judged on how it is first described, not on its text. Authority and Liking determine whether that first description builds trust or resistance.

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Held to the standard you already require

The seven principles come from decades of peer-reviewed research — the same evidentiary bar public programmes are expected to meet.

In the Room

Learned with peers, not from a lecture.

The POP Workshop is two days of hands-on work at round tables. Participants work through each principle together and practise it on situations from their own work.

A full room of participants at round tables during a Principles of Persuasion workshop
A Principles of Persuasion workshop, 2019
Two participants discussing a case at a POP workshop table
Participants working a case together
Dr. Robert Cialdini with a full workshop cohort holding signs about the principles
A POP cohort with Dr. Cialdini
Recommended Programs

For agencies and the people who lead them

Train a whole team for a rollout, or credential the officers who carry the message to the public.

Team Training

Agency Training

Customized influence workshops for government agencies and public sector organizations, with applications tailored to public communication.

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Certification

Certified Practitioner

Credential individual officers and communications staff in the seven principles, with coaching and a recognized certification on completion.

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Your Next Step

Change behavior without leaning on enforcement.

Tell us the behavior you are trying to change and the constraints you are under. We will tell you honestly whether this helps.