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Don't Listen to Your Users

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Malcolm explores why we can't trust people's opinions -- because we don't have the language to express our feelings. His examples include the story of New Coke and how Coke's market research misled them, and the development of Herman-Miller's Aeron chair, the best-selling chair in the history of office chairs, which succeeded in spite of research that suggested it would fail.

I know this is an oldie, but it's also definitely a goodie, and worth noting.

Posted at January 22, 2008 10:49 AM


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