The Selective Perception of Human Brain: Why startups often beat the big boys
http://www.businesspundit.com/50226711/the_selective_perception_of_human_brains_why_startups_often_beat_the_big_boys.php
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You may have seen this picture before. Some see an old woman. Others see a young woman. Psychologist know that they can prime you to see the picture a certain way.
Men willingly believe that they wish. - Julius Caesar
Companies fall from power. It was not long ago that people thought WalMart was going to rule the world. Not long before that, it was Microsoft. These days, everyone is worried about power of Google. I'm not, because big companies, even great companies. eventually face stiff competition from newcomers, who either oust them, or at least keep them in check.
There are many reasons big companies fail, but the one I want to focus on is selective perception. One of the classic studies in the field of psychology showed fake playing cards to users to see how they responded (a red 5 of spades, for example). Here is what the authors conclude.
"Our major conclusion is simply a reaffirmation of the general statement that perceptual organization is powerfully determined by expectations built up past commerce with the environment, the perceiver's behavior can be described as resistance to the recognition of the unexpected or incongruous. "
Other studies on selective perception and alcohol have shown that expections are more important than chemistry in determining anxiety level, and that sports fan honestly don't see many of the infractions committed by their favorite team during a game.
This perception bias can be just as dangerous in the marketplace. Sometimes customer demand changes slowly over time, and companies adapt well. Other times, the change is very incongruous, and in these situations, companies often miss the change. They see what they want to see. They interupt the data in ways that reinforce their existing ideas about the marketplace. That's when startup can step in and capture lots of new customers.
Andy Grove was right when he said that only the paranoid survive. It play to be paranoid because one of the best ways to guard against selective perception is to worry that it's happening to you, and that your competitors understand something you don't about the market.
if you are the market leader, and want to stay in that position, the best thing you can ask yourself about your market research is what would it take to prove this is wrong? By seeking disconfirming evidence, you will start to free your mind from the man-with-hammer-see-every-problem-as-a-nail syndrome. If you are a startup, look for a market that is going through changes that the market leaders don't recognize due to their selective perception.
If you want a real world example, look at the new search results page of Ask.com. Both Businessweek and The Wall Street Journal wrote this week about how Ask's search result are displayed better than Google's. Is it the beginning of a change? Does Google have selective perception? Are they too focused on expanding into other forms of advertising instead of improving the user experience of their core product? It's not something I follow closely, but I can tell you that I use Google less than half the time for my searches.
Many pundits will say it is the job of the leaders to set the corporate vision. I will add to that and say that a leader must also make sure the vision doesn't become tunnel-vision. Keep your guard up, and don't be afraid to relentlessly question your perception notions.
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