What do we need to exit Covid?

The Un-Covid future… how are we going to transition from our current protective bubble wrap back into a hopefully more open world.

The Lancet identifies five critical steps to rational exit. With four identifying administrative capabilities, the skills/ resources that underpin the authorities’ power and influence within the community
• ability to track infection status
• public health capacity
• health system capacity
• border control

The fifth, importantly focuses on Community engagement and our trust in the authorities to do the job and supporting and reinforcing our compliance with their plans.… Read more

Triggering the right behaviour

A trigger is a cue, or a call to action. It’s something that says, “Do this now.”  But there can be different sorts of triggers depending on your motivation and ability.

Considering my preferred model of behaviour  developed at Stanford University by B.J. Fogg, the trigger is a criticla part of the model.  As we have seen behaviour is based on both your ability to perform the behaviour and your motivation to perform the behaviour… but to actually behave in that way you need a trigger.… Read more