Re: [Sigia-l] Functional Decoration: visual cues for wayfinding

Expert Power has nothing to do with you specifically, but in others'
perception of the value of that expertise. Referent Power works the
same way.

The only form of power you can reinforce overtly to make others listen
is Legitimate Power.

Rejecting any obvious expertise is ultimately likely more motivated
out of Groupthink.

M

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Matthew Hodgson
CIO. Agile coach. UX strategist.
Zen Ex Machina.

On 14/03/2013, at 5:42 PM, facibus <[email protected]> wrote:

> Expert opinion: in practical terms, if you can get away with it three times then you're entitled to call yourself an expert.  Apparently. I cite LinkedIn as source - so many 20-somethings with 18 months industry experience can't be wrong :)
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> Heh. I'm finally reading this very interesting thread. Thanks all. This question made me chuckle:
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> On Mar-9-2013, at 09:01 , Jonathan Baker-Bates <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> "why doesn't my opinion matter; when does an opinion become an *expert*
>> opinion?"
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> In my day to day life these days I'm supposed to define requirements. When defining them, I'm often faced by a question from The Most Boring Man in the Universe:
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> "Who asked for this."
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> Well, no one asked for it. Sometimes the right thing to do doesn't get asked for. Sometimes people are so ingrained in behaviours they don't ask for things because they don't know to ask for it, or they don't know the system is capable of doing.
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> I basically consider just about everything Paola and Jonathan say an "expert opinion" when the topic is usability. You can quote me on that :)
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> "In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when
> there is no longer anything to add, but when there
> is no longer anything to take away."
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