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Youandyour
employees experience this and
you don’t even realizeit’s happening, do you?Keep your eyes peeled for
Blinks andBottlenecks
Keep your eyes peeled...
because if you blink...
you might misssomething very important and
valuableI’m about to
share with you.
Ever notice yourself consciouslystarting your commute home...
and then ask yourself...
“How could I possiblybe home already?”
It felt like only afew minutes had passed.*
*Assuming your commute is more than a few minutes.
Or you’re walking to lunchwith your coworkers...
enjoying the conversation...
and you’ve suddenly arrived.
Are youreyes stillpeeled?
I was afraid you’d blinkand miss what I’m saying.
We experience something called
attentional blinks.
no, not
winks ;-)
In 1987, Broadbent and Broadbent
did a study to explore the concept that
the mind has a blind spot at times.
Here’s how their study went...
They flashed a series of 5-letter wordsat about 10 every second.
SSSSS
time
DDDDDHHHHH
CCCCCZZZZZ
PPPPPKKKKK
AAAAAMMMMM
XXXXX
Participants had to spot
2 particular words.
Normally, we’d expect
to spot about
80%of the targets.
when one target followed anotherless than a half second apart...
< 0.5secs
...participantsdidn’t notice thesecond item...
and theaverage proportionof correct reports
went down to nearly
0%
You could say the participants’ attention
“blinked”for a half second afterspotting the first target.
There’s a processing
bottleneckhappening here.
Essentially, ourlimited capacity
for payingattention
is abotteneck.
Some things passthrough while we
miss others throughattentionalblinks.
Consider this the next timeyou create and deliver...
mobilee-learning
instructor-ledon-demand
or anytype of training
What’s the cost of your employees
blinking at something
important and valuable you
share with them?
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