Behaviour design for COVID19.

About this app

I have developed a web app that will help identify behaviours that might help improve your daily structure as you adjust to working remotely due to COVID19. This web app is based on the Focus Mapping method, developed by Dr. BJ Fogg and described in detail in his book, Tiny Habits.

More information

The project began by engaging PhD students and early-career researchers in a series of co-design sessions. These sessions had two objectives:

Discover what the group’s primary aspirations were during this period of physical-distancing
Generate a list of behaviours that might help them achieve this aspiration

Objective 1: Aspiration

Although conversations initially centred around a desire to be ‘productive,’ as we explored this topic we found that a stronger aspiration was to feel satisfied and excited by the work (and self-care) they did during the day.

Objective 2: Behaviours to achieve aspiration

The participants participated in a ‘magic wand’ session, which is a method developed by Dr BJ Fogg to ‘brainstorm’ a large number of behaviours that people believe would help them achieve their aspiration. After sorting and categorising the behaviours, we found that they were mostly behaviours that would increase daily structure. For example, waking up at a consistent time each morning, engaging in daily physical activity, working set hours during the day, and setting aside dedicated time to rest and relax.

Privacy

Please note that this tool has been developed for a class I am taking at Stanford (EDUC 302 Behaviour Design for Coronavirus). The sole purpose of the information collected by this app is to further develop and improve the app.

After you are finished testing the app, you can choose to provide feedback and/or an email address to be kept up-to-date with the progress of this project. The email will only be used for that purpose.

Instructions

*If you are using a phone, please view this app in ‘landscape’ mode.

1. How to use this focus map

You can use this focus map to rank find behaviours that will help you improve your daily structure. It helps you look at behaviours in terms of:

How effective the behaviour would be in creating structure in your daily life (with the most effective behaviours at the top).
Whether you think you can get yourself to do the behaviour (with the behaviours you can get yourself to do towards the right).

Image showing the focus mapping grid.

2. An example

The behaviours you place in the top right corner are the behaviours you believe are effective at improving daily structure as well as behaviours you can get yourself to do. These are your 'golden behaviours' and a very good place to start.

Here is an example of how someone might map behaviours to get more physical activity. It looks like an evening walk would be a 'golden behaviour' for this person.

3. How to contribute to development

When you have finished using the app, please be sure to hit the 'Finished' button at the bottom. We're also testing out a chatbot that can provide more support. You'll find a link to this below the focus map app.