SCOAP Change

SCOAP Change

Article  SCOAP Framework See also: SCOAP Introduction   SCOAP Needs     SCOAP Motivation    SCOAP Behaviour   SCOAP Change A s you will have seen with SCOAP, this gives a comprehensive model of  human needs, motivation, and behaviour. We can therefore use this to...
The Undermining Effect

The Undermining Effect

Article  Rewards Rewards sound like a good way to instigate behaviour you want. In our world we often think of financial rewards. Good idea, right? Well, no, the Overjustification Effect, or Undermining Effect, illustrated that rewards can actually lower motivation....
The Value-Action Gap

The Value-Action Gap

Article  Blocks to change The value-action gap has multiple other names:  attitude-behavior gap, intention-behavior gap, KAP-gap (knowledge-attitudes-practice gap) or belief-behavior gap. It refers to the gap between what people often say they value and their...
Limits to Scalability – Voltage Drops

Limits to Scalability – Voltage Drops

Article Scalability – Voltage Drops Voltage Drop is a useful term and analogy to the problems of scaling ideas or change in any environment. Voltage drop refers to how electrical current can decrease across distance it travels. Obviously, something we want to...
The Equilibrium Effect

The Equilibrium Effect

Article  Scalability – Voltage Drops Things in life tend towards certain balances. This is particularly true in large systems and this is why change can happen in small contexts and be very effective or successful but in large systems different rules apply. This...
The supply side of scaling

The supply side of scaling

Article  Scalability – Voltage Drops There are a number of problems with the supply side – being able to supply the resources and competencies to drive change. The first and one of the most obvious ones is the financial side. How do finances change as ideas or...