Three Steps to Boost Your Motivation for Productivity Gains

Motivation for Productivity - Getting things done

Motivation for Productivity Do you need motivation for productivity? In their brilliant book, Switch, Chip and Dan Heath suggest the most important thing for being productive is to boost your motivation. (I rapped this book over at Book Rapper as Sticky Change) Think back to the last time you were trying to complete an important […]

Project Design Books – Twelve of the Best

Three Gifts

The thing that I am most proud of around Project Passion is that it was fuelled by Book Rapper. Yep, re-reading my own material provided the insight I needed. It’s a neat reminder for me about the value of great books and the RAPs as a quick reference guide. Thus, this list of Project Design […]

How to Give Your Idea a Potent Twist

The Book Chip and Dan Heath, Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Take Hold and Others Come Unstuck; Random House; London; 2007. The BIG Idea Your greatest asset is your mind; your greatest advantage is the stickiness of your messaging. Speed RAP We’re all scientists in one way. We all have theories and hypotheses. We’re […]

Sticky Change Example 7: The Power of Checklists

Here’s the 7th example in the Sticky Change series. Derived from: Chip and Dan Heath, Switch : How to Change Things When Change is Hard In RAP10 we talked about building habits. And we explored pre-thinking our actions to ensure we covered all the necessary things we had to do. Atul Gawande uses checklists to […]

Sticky Change Example 6: Chunking and Juggling

The sixth instalment in our real world examples of changing behaviour… Derived from: Chip and Dan Heath, Switch : How to Change Things When Change is Hard Want to learn how to juggle three balls? The key is to start with one ball. In this video, juggling superstar Jason Garfield shows you how by chunking […]

Sticky Change Example 5: Make Safety Interesting

Another instalment in our real world examples of changing behaviour… Derived from: Chip and Dan Heath, Switch : How to Change Things When Change is Hard Are you a regular flyer on commercial airlines? How many times do you listen to the safety announcements? Most people don’t because they’re boring. Yet over 400,000 people have […]

Sticky Change Example 4: Michael Jordan and Failure

Another instalment in our real world examples of changing behaviour. Derived from: Chip and Dan Heath, Switch : How to Change Things When Change is Hard In RAP8 we talked about ‘Grow your people’ and about expecting failure. In this Nike ad, basketball legend Michael Jordan talks about his relationship with failing.

Sticky Change Example 3: Lose Weight Through Visual Trickery

Another instalment in our real world examples of changing behaviour. Derived from: Chip and Dan Heath, Switch : How to Change Things When Change is Hard In RAP9 we explored tweaking your environment as a means to changing your behaviour. One suggestion was to make it smaller. And, in this video Obesity expert Dr. David […]

Sticky Change Example 2: Are You An Entrepreneur?

Having just released the latest Book Rapper issue Sticky Change: Make Change Happen Quickly Smoothly Easily, here’s a series of real world examples of changing behaviour. Derived from: Chip and Dan Heath, Switch : How to Change Things When Change is Hard In RAP8 we talked about ‘Grow your people’. If shrinking the task makes […]

Sticky Change Examples 1: Stairs Versus Escalator

How do you encourage people to take the stairs and gain some exercise when they would rather take the escalator? You could try talking to them and telling them all of the rational and logical arguments for why they need to exercise and more their bodies more. But that’s not likely to work – climbing […]