THE POWER OF HABITWhat Can We Change?Dr. Saya Sone

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About Dr. SoneDr. Saya Sone, a certified Executive Life and Agile Coach, a Scaled Agile Framework Program Consultant (SAFe SPC), and a PMP, with close to 2 decades of experience in working with public and private sectors in delivering software development projects.

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Charles Duhigg’s Habit Framework

The Habit Loop

Implement the Framework

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Agenda

Expand the Framework

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What Are Your Habits?

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The Habit Loop

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My Habit Loop

Blame

Control

TrashPut in

Laundry Bag

House is Neat

Dirty Clothes

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Habit Loop Exercise

Routine

Reward

Cue

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Charles Duhigg’s Habit Loop

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Duhigg’s Habit Framework

Identify Your Habit and

It’s Routine

Experiment with

Rewards

Isolate the Cue

Have a Plan to Replace it

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Identify Routine- Exercise in the same way

Record your routine: Penzu Journal Facebook

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Experiment With Rewards

- Expected results

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Isolate The Cue- Something triggers us to do

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Duhigg’s Framework Example

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My New Habit Loop

Formula

Better Relationship

Trash

Have Him Make

Promises

Build Respons

ibility

Dirty Clothes

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Change Habit Exercise

Cue Routine RewardPossible Cue? Bad Habit? Reward?

Street?Time?Hurry?

People?Happy?

Go to Starbucks every morning for a latte and treat. 800

calories

Latte?Treat?

Service?Server?

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Have A PlanMake an action plan to change the habit Write it down: Use a formula such as WHEN (Time,

Location, Emotion, People, Immediately Preceding Action ), I (Act), THEN (What would happen)

Checkpoint: Set up weekly, bi-weekly, monthly goals Once a time: keep it simple and do it once a time Find a Buddy: Find a good person to hold me

accountable for doing this Consistency: Repeating is the key

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Write Down Your Plan

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Agile Team Habit Exercise

Routine

RewardCue

1. Identify Agile Scrum team’s Routine

2. Experiment with Reward3. Isolate the Cue4. Have a Plan to replace the

old habit5. Share with the group using

WHEN, I WILL, THEN

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Expand Habit Loop to Marketing

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Expand Habit Loop to OrganizationAn organization is a collection of habits.

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Keystone Habits

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Takeaway

“It's not that some people have willpower and some don't... It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.”

- James Gordon

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Comments or QuestionsDr. Saya Sonessone@bstonetech.comsayasone@gmail.com(703) 812-9700, x 200 (office)(703) 855-7411 (cell)

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