How to Fix the 5 Most Common Mistakes with Focus Groups
Jay Eskenazi (UX Magazine) lists five flaws of focus groups: what people say differs from what they do, samples are small, dominant participants steer the group, introverts stay silent, and vivid comments stick in memory and bias the conclusions. He recommends observing real use and, where possible, running sessions online to limit group effects.
Franck Debane helps large companies build new ventures with Forward Partners: about a hundred programmes in more than 50 companies since 2012. He wrote Passez en mode startup (Eyrolles, 2021) and organises the Lead Innovation Day.
Short essays by email for people who launch new ventures inside large companies: testing ideas with customers, winning over leadership, using AI without the hype. Plus first invitations to Lead Innovation Day.