Observational ProficiencyHow Sharpening your Everyday Awareness

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Who am I ?

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Ilari Henrik AegerterManager Quality EngineeringEurope @eBay

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Outside -> Inside

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Attention

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Expectation

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Curiosity

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Inattentional Blindness

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Streetlight Effect(search only where thereis light)

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Confirmation Bias

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“You can observe a lotby just looking”Yogi Berra

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Books

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Wolfgang MetzgerLaws of Seeing

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Arien Mack, Irvin RockInattentional Blindness

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James ElkinsHow to use your eyes

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My experience:Better Observer = Better Tester

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