A quick introduction to the cognitive behavior model and its impact on the adoption of an Agile mindset.
Lightning Talk at Princeton Lean Coffee - An Agile Meetup Group.
25-Sep-2019 - Fernando M. Barrancos
2. What is a Mindset?
Practices
Principles
Values
Behaviors & Habits
Beliefs & Convictions
Views of Self & Identity
3. “… there is nothing more difficult to carry
out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more
dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new
order of things. For the reformer has
enemies in all those who profit by the old
order, and only lukewarm defenders in all
those who would profit by the new order.”
Niccolo Machiavelli “The Prince”
Image Source: Wikimedia
4. Cognitive Behavior Model
THOUGHTS EMOTIONS ACTIONS
RESULTS
Adapt to Change, Time to Market, Customer Satisfaction
Employee Satisfaction, Innovation, Predictability,
Responsiveness
8. Further
Reading
• Evolvagility. Growing an Agile Leadership
Culture from the Inside Out. Michael Hamman.
• Helping People Change. Richard Boyatzis,
Melvin Smith, Ellen Van Oosten.
• Co-Active Coaching. Henry Kimsey-house, Karen
Kimsey-House, et alt.
• Mindset. The New Psychology of Success. Carol
Dweck.
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What
Motivates US. Daniel H Pink.
9. Thank you!Fernando M. Barrancos
Certified Professional Coach
CSP, CSM, CSPO, SPC4
ICP-ACC, ICP-ATF
Fernando@Agillium.com
www.linkedin.com/in/barrancos
Be the change you want to see in the world
Ghandi (attr.)
Editor's Notes
The mind seeks to match patterns and make things predictable
►We delight in certainty
►Awareness of how our mind works leads to better effectiveness
Results
Time to Market
Customer Satisfaction
Employee Satisfaction
Innovation
Predictability
Responsiveness
Understand how they think. And explain things in a way that suits their thinking, their basic assumptions about....life.
Ref: https://betterhumans.coach.me/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18
Bias - Pros
Information overload sucks, so we aggressively filter.
Lack of meaning is confusing, so we fill in the gaps.
Need to act fast so we jump to conclusions.
We try to remember the important bits.
Bias – Cons
Some of the information we filter out is actually useful and important.
We sometimes imagine details that were filled in by our assumptions.
Quick decisions can be unfair, self-serving, and counter-productive.
Our memory reinforces errors.
Coercion => Compliance
Resentment Intimidation => Fear => Low Creativity, Low Engagement
Visioning, etc. => High Engagement
Thoughts
Shape the paths: war room
Make small successes visible
Shine a spotlight on the early signs of success.
Celebrate Learning
Growth Mindset
Shrink the Change
Nelson Mandela
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Emotions
Negative emotions are effective to motivate people to
tackle short-run challenges that require clear, forceful
action. They’re less effective when people need to think
flexibly or creatively
Actions
Build Habits
Checklists