Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to lead several large-scale organizational changes. It’s hard. Let’s be honest. With the exception of a few change-oriented people that most of us don’t understand, we tend to be inclined toward inertia not progress. If you’re old enough, you might remember the Stuart Smalley SNL skits “Daily Affirmations.” Smalley would go on and […]
If you read the about section on the blog then you already know that I am a geek at heart. I’ve spent more than 20 years in the software development space which is on a perpetual quest to get more efficient at pushing new products and features out the door. When I first got started large projects involved a tremendous […]
Conversations about continuously improving your life!
On today’s episode Moriah and Aaron consider the importance of habits in an agile life. Charles Duhigg wrote a book called The Power of Habit where he helps his readers better understand how habits are formed and how they can impact our lives in all the best ways.
How do we create habits in an agile manner? We do so iteratively, over a period of time, getting fast feedback to know how it’s going, and various other intersections between the ideas of agile and habits.
Often times we think of breaking bad habits, but those need to be replaced with the good patterns of behavior. How do we finally get what we want to do engrained? How does biology impact this and how does relate to learned patterns of behavior?
Links to resources mentioned in the podcast.
