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What design researchers can learn from hostage negotiators - http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view...
“This process should be mirrored in a research session in a condensed period of time. After the first ten or fifteen minutes, the participant should feel like you know each other and feel pretty comfortable talking with you about your product or service. After about twenty minutes, the participant should understand the product and its goals. After thirty minutes, the participant should be discussing how the product would fit into his or her life. In order to achieve this, some form of communication training should be implemented. Researchers typically receive a great deal of training in research methods, statistics, human factors and elements of design, but little training on advanced communication. Researchers who really want to invest into their skills as a researcher should think about spending time and energy to learn effective communication methods.” - × × ×