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MaResCon: hands, brains & soul connected
The black hole
Do you know that feeling? You changed your hair and no one noticed it. You have new glasses but only few
prudently guess something seems to be changed without pointing out what exactly is different. Unnoticed
hair style changes or an unseen new pair of glasses are still to overcome.
But being ‘unnoticed’ becomes a bit more frightening when we talk about huge investments, critical
changes, technical or other adjustments meant to improve a service, to optimize a customer journey, to
create a better experience.
A few months ago a Belgian publisher asked us to conduct 8 focus groups to explore and to understand how
the readers experienced the changes made in the newspaper(s).
After the third group session: panic! None of the participant did refer to changes. The readers felt ok, did
not have any remarks. A few mentioned that maybe possible maybe a newspaper section switched places …
but that was it.
The client felt insecure and a bit frustrated.
But when we made the changes explicit to the readers at the end of the group session the adjustments were
valued in a positive way! The changes made were in fact appreciated, but it all passed below the consumer
radar.
MaResCon: hands, brains & soul connected
The light
While analysing the qualitative data we felt the need for a strong case to explain the observed ‘blindness’
and to make that more tangible to the client.
We thought about the “Gorilla Experiment” but that is more about the selective attention. Searching for
real blindness to change or the possible incapability to notice change, we found an interesting video
demonstrating the concept of “change blindess” We used this case, did the test during the presentation and
the client immediately understood what happened to their readers 
What did the client learn?
• Don’t overestimate your customers. your product or service is not the center of their universe (need to
put it into perspective). When you’re changing or adjusting, share it with your customers and inform why
you’re making these changes.
What did we all learn?
• It’s great to have small movie or a real live test to get your market research message across.
Frank Geers, Managing Director
MaResCon Consulting. Hands, Brains and soul connected!
T 0032 497 523 528
follow us on facebook
be.linkedin.com/in/frankgeers

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Change blindness

  • 1. MaResCon: hands, brains & soul connected The black hole Do you know that feeling? You changed your hair and no one noticed it. You have new glasses but only few prudently guess something seems to be changed without pointing out what exactly is different. Unnoticed hair style changes or an unseen new pair of glasses are still to overcome. But being ‘unnoticed’ becomes a bit more frightening when we talk about huge investments, critical changes, technical or other adjustments meant to improve a service, to optimize a customer journey, to create a better experience. A few months ago a Belgian publisher asked us to conduct 8 focus groups to explore and to understand how the readers experienced the changes made in the newspaper(s). After the third group session: panic! None of the participant did refer to changes. The readers felt ok, did not have any remarks. A few mentioned that maybe possible maybe a newspaper section switched places … but that was it. The client felt insecure and a bit frustrated. But when we made the changes explicit to the readers at the end of the group session the adjustments were valued in a positive way! The changes made were in fact appreciated, but it all passed below the consumer radar.
  • 2. MaResCon: hands, brains & soul connected The light While analysing the qualitative data we felt the need for a strong case to explain the observed ‘blindness’ and to make that more tangible to the client. We thought about the “Gorilla Experiment” but that is more about the selective attention. Searching for real blindness to change or the possible incapability to notice change, we found an interesting video demonstrating the concept of “change blindess” We used this case, did the test during the presentation and the client immediately understood what happened to their readers  What did the client learn? • Don’t overestimate your customers. your product or service is not the center of their universe (need to put it into perspective). When you’re changing or adjusting, share it with your customers and inform why you’re making these changes. What did we all learn? • It’s great to have small movie or a real live test to get your market research message across. Frank Geers, Managing Director MaResCon Consulting. Hands, Brains and soul connected! T 0032 497 523 528 follow us on facebook be.linkedin.com/in/frankgeers