What began as a simple laptop switcheroo has turned into a snafu of the highest order. Send him a destination postcard and script his critical moves. As people begin to act differently, they’ll start to think of themselves differently, and as their identity evolves, it will reinforce the new way of doing things. In, Joe Finder excels at the everyman hero, of which Michael Tanner is a perfect example. Whilst going through airport security, he accidentally picks up the wrong laptop. The more choices the Rider is offered, the more exhausted the Rider gets. Jonathan Haidt, the author of The Happiness Hypothesis, says that our emotional side is an Elephant and our rational side is its Rider. This is known as the “Path.”, So, to change a behavior, you need to direct The Rider, motivate The Elephant and shape The Path, Change isn’t easy, but with the right framework, it becomes. 7 of 10 stars. Readers who enjoy a novel that does not stop will surely want to leap on for the ride, unsure of unseen twists! When change works, it's because leaders are speaking to the Elephant as well as to the Rider. When you wake up in the morning, what’s the first small sign you’d see that would make you think, ‘Well, something must have happened—the problem is gone.’?”, The Exception Question: “When was the last time you saw a little bit of the miracle, even just for a short time?”, To find bright spots, ask yourself, “What’s working and how can we do more of it?”. As you analyze your situation, you’re sure to find some things that are working better than others. Coffee businessman Michael Tanner puts his laptop on the inspection conveyor at LAX. Joseph Finder is back with another high-quality standalone novel that will provide chills and increased heart rates for many readers. In an airport mix-up Michael Tanner picks up Senator Robbins laptop with her password attached by a sticky note. They create a miracle scale ranging from 0 to 10, where 10 is the miracle. This was a work read for me, so I won't be providing a review for it. 'The switch' by Joseph Finder is a thriller that has you rooting for the underdog. Great Read, “The Switch” by Joseph Finder is a political thriller that starts simply enough with an “accident” that could happen to anyone. If you are leading a change effort, you need to remove the ambiguity from your vision of change. In one hospital, nurses made 250 errors a year when administering medication. Destination postcards—pictures of a future that hard work can make possible—show the Rider where you’re headed, and they show the Elephant why the journey is worthwhile. Just keeping track of it here! Decisions are the Rider’s turf, and because they require careful supervision and self-control, they tax the Rider’s strength. When you appeal to the Rider inside yourself or inside others you are trying to influence, your game plan should be simple. Spread across the page might be the tag line, " Torn from today's headlines!". Like all the others I can recall—I've read many of them—the novel pits an intelligent and capable upper-middle-class man against the powerful forces of government or a large corporation. When he gets home from a business trip, Michael Tanner, owner of a specialist coffee-roasting business in Boston, discovers that the laptop he picked up after going through airport security is not his own. Wanting to ensure the most plausible deniability, the senator leaves Will the arduous task of retrieving the laptop, as they both know what sits on the desktop. Senator and her Chief of Staff who are. Senator. The basic three-part framework you need to change behavior: If you can do all three at once, dramatic change can happen even if you don’t have lots of power or resources behind you. To create movement, you’ve got to be specific and be concrete. Anyway, it was a little distracting:), Once again, Joseph Finder offers a compelling plot. In one study, people with the large buckets ate 53 percent more popcorn than people with the medium size. When he returns to his coffee business in Boston, he discovers that his laptop, the one that contains his important coffee business information, is gone, and he has picked up someone else’s laptop; they all do look alike after all. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The Switch is a story about a simple mix up that turns sinister. If you want a reluctant Elephant to get moving, you need to shrink the change. ARTICLES. Wonderfully crafted, Finder balances high-impact suspense with some key social issues that plague the world at present. The subsequent attempts, by legitimate and illegitimate means, to either relinquish or retrieve the laptop result in Tanner going on the run, aware that the contents of the files he has seen are so politically sensitive that his life is now in danger. Motivating the elephant.Knowing isn’t enough. What looks like laziness is often exhaustion. It has taken me 2 months to write this review. Find the bright spots – Investigate what’s already working and clone it; Script the critical moves – Provide crystal clear guidance with specific behaviors Believing that the very fact that he has read some of the content of the files is sufficient to put himself at risk, he then makes a decision which will lead him into an increasingly complex web of danger and deception. The Switch by Beth O'Leary, narrated by Daisy Edgar-Jones and Alison Steadman, is my second audio book by Macmillan Audio via NetGalley Shelf. Make sure the elephant feels drawn to the change. You need to create the expectation of failure—not the failure of the mission itself, but failure en route. Switch Book Summary (PDF) by Chip Heath & Dan Heath. There’s a tool that perfectly combines tweaking the environment and building habits. Some smart things happen. Reinforcement is the secret to getting past the first step of your long journey and on to the second, third, and hundredth steps. When you describe a compelling destination, you’re helping to correct one of the Rider’s great weaknesses—the tendency to get lost in analysis. interesting plot as Michael Tanner picks up the wrong laptop at airport security, but the narrative drags somewhat in the early and middle sections and remains unconvincing to me, so only 3 stars. Helping people avoid blind spots in a complex environment. Additionally, Clement offers years of distilled research with a practical guide to switch on the body’s innate ability to rejuvenate itself to live a longer and healthier life."