Scientific Definition
A negotiation between conscious goals and the unconscious 'positive intention' behind a problem behavior.
Plain-English Definition
A negotiation between conscious goals and the unconscious 'positive intention' behind a problem behavior.
Feynman Explanation
The bad habit is on your team. It's just running its own KPI.
Core Principle
A negotiation between conscious goals and the unconscious 'positive intention' behind a problem behavior.
Mechanisms
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A negotiation between conscious goals and the unconscious 'positive intention' behind a problem behavior.
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Behavioral change in coaching engagements and executive transitions.
Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
The bad habit is on your team. It's just running its own KPI.
Examples
- Bandler & Grinder's structured reframing protocol.
- Behavioral change in coaching engagements and executive transitions.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Identify the positive intention first. Find three new behaviors that satisfy it.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Identify the positive intention first. Find three new behaviors that satisfy it.
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
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Pairing a sensory cue with a desired internal state until the cue reliably evokes the state.
Firing two opposing emotional anchors simultaneously to neutralize a negative state.
Alignment between verbal message, tone, posture, and underlying intent. Audiences detect the gap.
Rapidly replacing an unwanted internal image with a desired one to disrupt a habitual response.
Following the group instead of using private information or independent judgment.
How will I feel about this in 10 minutes / 10 months / 10 years?
Basics first (health/finances), then depth (mastery/impact), then altruism (widening circle).
A group decides on a course of action that nobody actually wants, because everyone assumes others prefer it.
Inattention or forgetfulness caused by low attention, hyperfocus, or distraction.
Deriving general rules from specific examples; the leap from instance to concept.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
We attribute our own actions to situations but others' actions to their character.