SlideShare a Scribd company logo
Ends.
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod @ClosureExp

closureexperiences.com
Closure Experiences in Digital:
Why we need to create better endings.
What
Why the customer life cycle is biased
Hundreds of years of ends
The psychology of endings
What it means to Digital
Techniques and models
What you can do in your company
1. 2. 3.
Any consumer experience can be
broken down into 3 stages
On-Boarding Off-BoardingUsage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Advertising
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Advertising
Marketing
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Advertising
Marketing
Packaging
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Advertising
Marketing
Packaging
T&Cs
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Advertising
Marketing
Packaging
T&Cs
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Advertising
Marketing
Packaging
T&Cs
Emotionless death
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Advertising
Marketing
Packaging
T&Cs
Emotionless death
Lingers forever
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society
Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security
The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship.
engagement
time
Advertising
Marketing
Packaging
T&Cs
Emotionless death
Lingers forever
Denial
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
On-Boarding Off-Boarding
Usage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Why don't we create
consumer endings?
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
A brief history of
endings
Life was hard
El Ángelus. Jean-François Millet. CCJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Death was familiar
Ars Moriendi. Meister E.S.Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Heaven a reward
Belshazzar’s Feast. John MartinJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Funerals meaningful
A Burial at Ornans by Gustave Courbet. CCJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Plague arrived
Antonis MilanosJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Meaningless death
Scène de la peste de 1720 à la Tourette by Michel SerreJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Mis-managed
Raphael's Portrait of Leo X with cardinals Giulio de' MediciJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Protestant uprising
Scène de la peste de 1720 à la Tourette by Michel SerreJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Fasting
Christ in the Desert. Ivan Kramskoi. 1872Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Jobs
Eisenwalzwerk. Adolph MenzelJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Investment
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society
Work less? Buy more?
Medicine & science
manages death
Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross.Thomas EakinsJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
We hid it away
Gross Clinic on display at the Army Post HospitalJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Consume Heaven on
Earth without end
American Abundance for allVintage ad Wheaties sweepstakes 1958Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Endings had
value and a
vocabulary
Endings are hidden,
overlooked and
unwanted
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Modern endings
hidden, overlooked and unwanted
Hidden ending.
Canon Ink Cartridge
On-Boarding Off-BoardingUsage
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
HTC One Mini Packaging
Some packaging
avoids the real end.
Starting experiences wrapped
up as long term responsibility
Closure experience overlooked
as important or actionable
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Revenge porn
The un-ending
nature of digital
assets expose us.
One in ten young women
have been threatened
with public posting of
explicit images in US.
Data Society and the Centre for Innovative Public Health Research
Kevin Bollaert being prosecuted. http://www.news.com.au/Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
services
products
digital
…the consequences
we see in
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
The
Psychological
Impact of
Closure
Ernest Becker
“most human action is
taken to ignore or avoid
the inevitability of death”
Denial of Death
Terror
Management
Theory
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Terror Management Theory
Kasser and Sheldon
2000
Researchers attempted to
connect consumption to
Terror Management Theory
Liberation. M.C. Escher 1955Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Terror Management Theory
Kasser and Sheldon
2000
“suggested that concerns
about mortality, although sub-
conscious, strongly influence
our behaviour and aspirations
about material goods and
economic status”
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
“people judge experiences
based on their Peak (an intense
moment of the experience) and
at their End”
Peak End Rule
Daniel Kaheman. 1990
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Thinking fast
and slow
time
feeling
in-different
agony
joy
+peak
end
-peak
Peak End Rule
Daniel Kaheman. 1990
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Peak End Rule
Daniel Kaheman. 1990
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Ends in
Digital
95millionuploads daily to Instagram
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
socialpilot.co. 2017
42 billionlikes daily on Instagram
Storage
Source : Matthew Komorowski
Chart Last Updated: March 9, 2014 - This graph of hard drive cost, over 35 years.
$0.043 per giga byte
$0.000043 per photo
Source: http://www.statisticbrain.com/average-cost-of-hard-drive-storage/
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
The three seconds it takes to
choose has become too
expensive for people to use.
Delete.Viktor Mayer-Schonberger
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
Storage
Digital Hoarding
BMJ. Picture of patient’s living room, published with his permission,Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
“He had four external hard drives containing
the original pictures and four external hard
drives containing backups. He never used or
looked at the pictures he had saved, but was
convinced that they would be of use in the
future.”
Lingering assets
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
32bit death from Apple
Users not off-boarded
A technical death.
Lacking an emotional funeral.
32 bit Apps no longer
function
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
App store provide no
guidance to off-boarding
32 bit developers fail to
support the off-boarding
Terms & Conditions
T&Cs that only
allow the user
to fail cannot
end amicably
20,000 words

12 mentions of “Termination”

6 mentions of “Until”

2 mentions of “Opt out”
All reference Apple as decision maker in any
situation. User has no apparent power
Closure should be a… fair, just conclusion
without negative consequence.
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Terms & Conditions
“Apple reserves the right to disband a Family
in accordance with the “Termination” section
of this Agreement.“
Terms & Conditions
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Controlled sharing
By Daniel Case via Wikimedia CommonsJoe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
Facebook sharing fell 5.5%
from mid-2014 to mid-2015
Personal sharing fell 21%
Messenger apps (Whats App, Facebook
Messenger, SnapChat) growing at 25%
more than standard social platforms.
Snapchat has attracted 25
percent more users than
Instagram in the year to
2016 Mary Meeker’s 2016
www.theinformation.com
We are all hiding
Consumers are denying info requests
Rise of Centenarian - users putting in fake DOB, to
hide personal information.
Digital Entertainment supplier
"People consider VPNs to be a niche tool, but they
are surprisingly widespread. As many as one in four
people use them."
Jason Mander, Head of Trends at GlobalWebIndex
Gratisography. via www.pexels.comJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Why do
emotional
endings?
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
“Closure in narratives attempts to
preserve the moral and social order
which would be threatened by endlessly
erring narratives.”
Elizabeth MacArthur. Extravagant Narratives
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Raiders of the Lost Ark
Richard Neupert. The End, Narration and Closure in Film
“Solid closure in conventional narratives
and histories satisfies individual and social
desire for moral authority, a purposeful
interpretation of life, and genuine stability”
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Raging Bull
The narratives of
consumer endings are…
“endlessly erring narratives”
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Don’t Look Now
Endings add moral and
social order to narratives.
Do we need this in our
consumer society ?
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Shane
A good
Closure Experience
will be…
A good Closure Experience will be…
Consciously Connected to the
rest of the experience through
Emotional Triggers that are
Actionable by the user in a
Timely manner.
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Consciously Connected
Consciously Connected to the
rest of the experience through
Emotional Triggers that are
Actionable by the user in a
Timely manner.
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
CCO by Ryan Stone
Epson’s PaperLab
Visible ending and rebirth.
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Emotional Triggers
Consciously Connected to the
rest of the experience through
Emotional Triggers that are
Actionable by the user in a
Timely manner.
Spotify Goodbye.
Emotional and meaningful
Actionable
Consciously Connected to the
rest of the experience through
Emotional Triggers that are
Actionable by the user in a
Timely manner.
Trov Insurance
On demand
insurance.
Challenging the blanket
time based insurance
commitments
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
Timely
Consciously Connected to the
rest of the experience through
Emotional Triggers that are
Actionable by the user in a
Timely manner.
Rando
Anonymity makes closure simple
Closure Experiences. Fjord. 1.10.2015Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
What can you do?
1. Think about it.
2. Talk about it.
3. Audit.
4. Map it.
5. Design it.
6. Plan it.
Think about it.
!
Talk about it
74
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
Q1. Do we have a conscious ending?
Q2. What type of ending do we have?
Q3. Are consumers happy after the End?
Audit
Ask yourself some questions.
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
engagement
time
Starting Experiences Closure Experiences
Reflection
Commitment
Last use
Map it
Break up
First use
Projection
76
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
When designing the end think about these characteristics.
Is it Connected to the beginning of the experience?
Is it Emotional and meaningful for the user, like your adverts?
Is it Actionable by the user so the acknowledge it happening?
Is it done in a Timely manner?
Design it
77
Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
5 x 55% of your project time
5 years out
To reveal your products
off-boarding needs…
Plan it
When developing new products and services
don't forget to plan the end in.
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod. @ClosureExp www.closureexperiences.com
End.
Ends.
Get the book on
Amazon.
Get the ebook on
Amazon, iBooks, Smashwords
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod. @ClosureExp www.closureexperiences.com
goo.gl/T2ZXVP
Get the book on
Amazon.
Get the Ebook on
Amazon, iBooks, Smashwords
Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod. @ClosureExp www.closureexperiences.com
Ends. Chapter1.

More Related Content

PDF
Ends. IxDA Oslo. Oct 2017
PDF
Ending It. Emotionally. Responsibly. With your business intact - Joe MacLeod ...
PDF
ENDING IT. EMOTIONALLY, RESPONSIBLY, WITH YOUR BUSINESS INTACT.
PDF
Endineering Workshop by Joe Macleod
PDF
Ends at IxDA Lausanne, Switzerland
PDF
Joe Macleod. Ends. Slide deck from Digital K
PDF
Financial Services Marks Webb. Moscow.
PDF
Ends. Off-boarding in consumer experiences
Ends. IxDA Oslo. Oct 2017
Ending It. Emotionally. Responsibly. With your business intact - Joe MacLeod ...
ENDING IT. EMOTIONALLY, RESPONSIBLY, WITH YOUR BUSINESS INTACT.
Endineering Workshop by Joe Macleod
Ends at IxDA Lausanne, Switzerland
Joe Macleod. Ends. Slide deck from Digital K
Financial Services Marks Webb. Moscow.
Ends. Off-boarding in consumer experiences

Similar to Web expo2017slideshare (20)

PDF
Ends UX Bristol
PDF
Ends at Agile Scotland
PDF
Ends at Service Design Network Global conference.
PDF
Joe MacLeod: ENDS: when we're finished with products and services
PDF
Ends. Hyper Island. Stockholm.
PDF
Ends. UX Cambridge
PDF
Hyper Island.
PDF
Ends at UX Live London
PDF
Endineering. Consumer off-boarding
PDF
Ends and Closure Experiences workshop
PDF
Closure Experiences workshop 2018
PDF
Ends. Closure Experiences workshop Euro IA.
PDF
Ends and Off-boarding Presentation UX London 2019 Joe Macleod
PDF
Ends. Good and bad examples by Joe Macleod
PDF
Closure Experiences in Digital
PDF
Ends Presentation at Hyper Island London
PDF
Ends workshop UX Bristol. Joe Macleod
PDF
Closure Experiences. Why a simple goodbye could help climate change.
PDF
Closure Experiences in Service Design
PDF
Joe Macleod - Closer Experiences
Ends UX Bristol
Ends at Agile Scotland
Ends at Service Design Network Global conference.
Joe MacLeod: ENDS: when we're finished with products and services
Ends. Hyper Island. Stockholm.
Ends. UX Cambridge
Hyper Island.
Ends at UX Live London
Endineering. Consumer off-boarding
Ends and Closure Experiences workshop
Closure Experiences workshop 2018
Ends. Closure Experiences workshop Euro IA.
Ends and Off-boarding Presentation UX London 2019 Joe Macleod
Ends. Good and bad examples by Joe Macleod
Closure Experiences in Digital
Ends Presentation at Hyper Island London
Ends workshop UX Bristol. Joe Macleod
Closure Experiences. Why a simple goodbye could help climate change.
Closure Experiences in Service Design
Joe Macleod - Closer Experiences
Ad

More from Joe Macleod (15)

PDF
Ends. Consumer off-boarding experiences.
PDF
Ends. Joe Macleod at the RCA Service Design course.
PDF
Ends Presentation by Joe Macleod
PDF
How to measure the end. Ends Workshop
PDF
Product End Dates. Ends Workshop.
PDF
Data Ends at Agile Scotland
PDF
Ends. Joe Macleod at Hyper Island. Jan 2020
PDF
Ends workshop at UX Live London
PDF
Ends at Agile Cambridge
PDF
UX Australia, Ends talk. Joe Macleod
PDF
Ends workshop UX Australia
PDF
Ends. Joe Macleod UX Scotland 2019
PDF
Ends Workshop Hyper Island London June 2019
PDF
Ends Workshop UX London 2019 Joe Macleod
PDF
Ends in Jobs
Ends. Consumer off-boarding experiences.
Ends. Joe Macleod at the RCA Service Design course.
Ends Presentation by Joe Macleod
How to measure the end. Ends Workshop
Product End Dates. Ends Workshop.
Data Ends at Agile Scotland
Ends. Joe Macleod at Hyper Island. Jan 2020
Ends workshop at UX Live London
Ends at Agile Cambridge
UX Australia, Ends talk. Joe Macleod
Ends workshop UX Australia
Ends. Joe Macleod UX Scotland 2019
Ends Workshop Hyper Island London June 2019
Ends Workshop UX London 2019 Joe Macleod
Ends in Jobs
Ad

Recently uploaded (20)

PPTX
ICG2025_ICG 6th steering committee 30-8-24.pptx
PDF
Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate Glossary.pdf.................
DOCX
unit 1 COST ACCOUNTING AND COST SHEET
PPTX
Amazon (Business Studies) management studies
PPTX
3. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE UNIIT 3^..pptx
PPTX
svnfcksanfskjcsnvvjknsnvsdscnsncxasxa saccacxsax
PDF
Katrina Stoneking: Shaking Up the Alcohol Beverage Industry
PDF
Deliverable file - Regulatory guideline analysis.pdf
PPTX
Dragon_Fruit_Cultivation_in Nepal ppt.pptx
PDF
Nidhal Samdaie CV - International Business Consultant
PDF
Solara Labs: Empowering Health through Innovative Nutraceutical Solutions
PDF
Roadmap Map-digital Banking feature MB,IB,AB
PDF
Outsourced Audit & Assurance in USA Why Globus Finanza is Your Trusted Choice
PPTX
2025 Product Deck V1.0.pptxCATALOGTCLCIA
PPT
340036916-American-Literature-Literary-Period-Overview.ppt
PPTX
CkgxkgxydkydyldylydlydyldlyddolydyoyyU2.pptx
PDF
NewBase 12 August 2025 Energy News issue - 1812 by Khaled Al Awadi_compresse...
PDF
COST SHEET- Tender and Quotation unit 2.pdf
PPTX
New Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation - Copy.pptx
PPTX
Probability Distribution, binomial distribution, poisson distribution
ICG2025_ICG 6th steering committee 30-8-24.pptx
Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate Glossary.pdf.................
unit 1 COST ACCOUNTING AND COST SHEET
Amazon (Business Studies) management studies
3. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE UNIIT 3^..pptx
svnfcksanfskjcsnvvjknsnvsdscnsncxasxa saccacxsax
Katrina Stoneking: Shaking Up the Alcohol Beverage Industry
Deliverable file - Regulatory guideline analysis.pdf
Dragon_Fruit_Cultivation_in Nepal ppt.pptx
Nidhal Samdaie CV - International Business Consultant
Solara Labs: Empowering Health through Innovative Nutraceutical Solutions
Roadmap Map-digital Banking feature MB,IB,AB
Outsourced Audit & Assurance in USA Why Globus Finanza is Your Trusted Choice
2025 Product Deck V1.0.pptxCATALOGTCLCIA
340036916-American-Literature-Literary-Period-Overview.ppt
CkgxkgxydkydyldylydlydyldlyddolydyoyyU2.pptx
NewBase 12 August 2025 Energy News issue - 1812 by Khaled Al Awadi_compresse...
COST SHEET- Tender and Quotation unit 2.pdf
New Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation - Copy.pptx
Probability Distribution, binomial distribution, poisson distribution

Web expo2017slideshare

  • 1. Ends. Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod @ClosureExp
 closureexperiences.com Closure Experiences in Digital: Why we need to create better endings.
  • 2. What Why the customer life cycle is biased Hundreds of years of ends The psychology of endings What it means to Digital Techniques and models What you can do in your company
  • 3. 1. 2. 3. Any consumer experience can be broken down into 3 stages On-Boarding Off-BoardingUsage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 4. On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Starting Experiences Closure Experiences Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 5. Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Advertising Starting Experiences Closure Experiences On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 6. Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Advertising Marketing Starting Experiences Closure Experiences On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 7. Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Advertising Marketing Packaging Starting Experiences Closure Experiences On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 8. Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Advertising Marketing Packaging T&Cs Starting Experiences Closure Experiences On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 9. Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Advertising Marketing Packaging T&Cs Starting Experiences Closure Experiences On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 10. Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Advertising Marketing Packaging T&Cs Emotionless death Starting Experiences Closure Experiences On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 11. Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Advertising Marketing Packaging T&Cs Emotionless death Lingers forever Starting Experiences Closure Experiences On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 12. Fuelled by commerce Fuelled by society Language of self actualisation Language of safety and security The start of the relationship. It is the conclusion of the relationship. engagement time Advertising Marketing Packaging T&Cs Emotionless death Lingers forever Denial Starting Experiences Closure Experiences On-Boarding Off-Boarding Usage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 13. Why don't we create consumer endings? Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 14. A brief history of endings
  • 15. Life was hard El Ángelus. Jean-François Millet. CCJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 16. Death was familiar Ars Moriendi. Meister E.S.Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 17. Heaven a reward Belshazzar’s Feast. John MartinJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 18. Funerals meaningful A Burial at Ornans by Gustave Courbet. CCJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 19. Plague arrived Antonis MilanosJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 20. Meaningless death Scène de la peste de 1720 à la Tourette by Michel SerreJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 21. Mis-managed Raphael's Portrait of Leo X with cardinals Giulio de' MediciJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 22. Protestant uprising Scène de la peste de 1720 à la Tourette by Michel SerreJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 23. Fasting Christ in the Desert. Ivan Kramskoi. 1872Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 24. Jobs Eisenwalzwerk. Adolph MenzelJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 25. Investment Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 26. Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society Work less? Buy more?
  • 27. Medicine & science manages death Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross.Thomas EakinsJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 28. We hid it away Gross Clinic on display at the Army Post HospitalJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 29. Consume Heaven on Earth without end American Abundance for allVintage ad Wheaties sweepstakes 1958Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 30. Endings had value and a vocabulary Endings are hidden, overlooked and unwanted Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 32. Hidden ending. Canon Ink Cartridge On-Boarding Off-BoardingUsage Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 33. HTC One Mini Packaging Some packaging avoids the real end. Starting experiences wrapped up as long term responsibility Closure experience overlooked as important or actionable Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 34. Revenge porn The un-ending nature of digital assets expose us. One in ten young women have been threatened with public posting of explicit images in US. Data Society and the Centre for Innovative Public Health Research Kevin Bollaert being prosecuted. http://www.news.com.au/Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 35. services products digital …the consequences we see in Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 37. Ernest Becker “most human action is taken to ignore or avoid the inevitability of death” Denial of Death Terror Management Theory Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 38. Terror Management Theory Kasser and Sheldon 2000 Researchers attempted to connect consumption to Terror Management Theory Liberation. M.C. Escher 1955Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 39. Terror Management Theory Kasser and Sheldon 2000 “suggested that concerns about mortality, although sub- conscious, strongly influence our behaviour and aspirations about material goods and economic status” Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 40. “people judge experiences based on their Peak (an intense moment of the experience) and at their End” Peak End Rule Daniel Kaheman. 1990 Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Thinking fast and slow
  • 41. time feeling in-different agony joy +peak end -peak Peak End Rule Daniel Kaheman. 1990 Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 42. Peak End Rule Daniel Kaheman. 1990 Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 44. 95millionuploads daily to Instagram Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. socialpilot.co. 2017 42 billionlikes daily on Instagram
  • 45. Storage Source : Matthew Komorowski Chart Last Updated: March 9, 2014 - This graph of hard drive cost, over 35 years. $0.043 per giga byte $0.000043 per photo Source: http://www.statisticbrain.com/average-cost-of-hard-drive-storage/ Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
  • 46. The three seconds it takes to choose has become too expensive for people to use. Delete.Viktor Mayer-Schonberger Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. Storage
  • 47. Digital Hoarding BMJ. Picture of patient’s living room, published with his permission,Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. “He had four external hard drives containing the original pictures and four external hard drives containing backups. He never used or looked at the pictures he had saved, but was convinced that they would be of use in the future.”
  • 48. Lingering assets Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 49. 32bit death from Apple Users not off-boarded A technical death. Lacking an emotional funeral. 32 bit Apps no longer function Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. App store provide no guidance to off-boarding 32 bit developers fail to support the off-boarding
  • 50. Terms & Conditions T&Cs that only allow the user to fail cannot end amicably 20,000 words
 12 mentions of “Termination”
 6 mentions of “Until”
 2 mentions of “Opt out” All reference Apple as decision maker in any situation. User has no apparent power Closure should be a… fair, just conclusion without negative consequence. Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 51. Terms & Conditions “Apple reserves the right to disband a Family in accordance with the “Termination” section of this Agreement.“
  • 52. Terms & Conditions Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 53. Controlled sharing By Daniel Case via Wikimedia CommonsJoe Macleod. Closure Experiences. Facebook sharing fell 5.5% from mid-2014 to mid-2015 Personal sharing fell 21% Messenger apps (Whats App, Facebook Messenger, SnapChat) growing at 25% more than standard social platforms. Snapchat has attracted 25 percent more users than Instagram in the year to 2016 Mary Meeker’s 2016 www.theinformation.com
  • 54. We are all hiding Consumers are denying info requests Rise of Centenarian - users putting in fake DOB, to hide personal information. Digital Entertainment supplier "People consider VPNs to be a niche tool, but they are surprisingly widespread. As many as one in four people use them." Jason Mander, Head of Trends at GlobalWebIndex Gratisography. via www.pexels.comJoe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 56. “Closure in narratives attempts to preserve the moral and social order which would be threatened by endlessly erring narratives.” Elizabeth MacArthur. Extravagant Narratives Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • 57. Richard Neupert. The End, Narration and Closure in Film “Solid closure in conventional narratives and histories satisfies individual and social desire for moral authority, a purposeful interpretation of life, and genuine stability” Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Raging Bull
  • 58. The narratives of consumer endings are… “endlessly erring narratives” Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Don’t Look Now
  • 59. Endings add moral and social order to narratives. Do we need this in our consumer society ? Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com Shane
  • 61. A good Closure Experience will be… Consciously Connected to the rest of the experience through Emotional Triggers that are Actionable by the user in a Timely manner. Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 62. Consciously Connected Consciously Connected to the rest of the experience through Emotional Triggers that are Actionable by the user in a Timely manner. Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 63. CCO by Ryan Stone Epson’s PaperLab Visible ending and rebirth. Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 64. Emotional Triggers Consciously Connected to the rest of the experience through Emotional Triggers that are Actionable by the user in a Timely manner.
  • 66. Actionable Consciously Connected to the rest of the experience through Emotional Triggers that are Actionable by the user in a Timely manner.
  • 67. Trov Insurance On demand insurance. Challenging the blanket time based insurance commitments Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod closureexperiences.com
  • 68. Timely Consciously Connected to the rest of the experience through Emotional Triggers that are Actionable by the user in a Timely manner.
  • 69. Rando Anonymity makes closure simple Closure Experiences. Fjord. 1.10.2015Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences.
  • 71. 1. Think about it. 2. Talk about it. 3. Audit. 4. Map it. 5. Design it. 6. Plan it.
  • 74. 74 Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. Q1. Do we have a conscious ending? Q2. What type of ending do we have? Q3. Are consumers happy after the End? Audit Ask yourself some questions.
  • 75. Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. engagement time Starting Experiences Closure Experiences Reflection Commitment Last use Map it Break up First use Projection
  • 76. 76 Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. When designing the end think about these characteristics. Is it Connected to the beginning of the experience? Is it Emotional and meaningful for the user, like your adverts? Is it Actionable by the user so the acknowledge it happening? Is it done in a Timely manner? Design it
  • 77. 77 Joe Macleod. Closure Experiences. 5 x 55% of your project time 5 years out To reveal your products off-boarding needs… Plan it When developing new products and services don't forget to plan the end in.
  • 78. Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod. @ClosureExp www.closureexperiences.com End.
  • 79. Ends. Get the book on Amazon. Get the ebook on Amazon, iBooks, Smashwords Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod. @ClosureExp www.closureexperiences.com
  • 80. goo.gl/T2ZXVP Get the book on Amazon. Get the Ebook on Amazon, iBooks, Smashwords Joe Macleod. @mrmacleod. @ClosureExp www.closureexperiences.com Ends. Chapter1.