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“In every case, you must ensure that the organization is really ready to have desired behaviors happen on day one and become business as usual. If you do that, you can feel confident that”
― Steve Jacobs, The Behavior Breakthrough: Leading Your Organization to a New Competitive Advantage

“The Black Lake”
― Steve Jacobs, Harry Potter:Forever into Eternity: Fan written Novel

“High-impact behaviors are behaviors that: Drive targeted results Are few in number Do not likely happen without focused, purposeful effort Can pull along other desired behaviors as well”
― Steve Jacobs, The Behavior Breakthrough: Leading Your Organization to a New Competitive Advantage

“What new behaviors will the company require of leaders and employees? Which one to three behaviors are most critical? How will those behaviors generate promised results? Assuming perfect communications and training (and other antecedents), which behaviors will the company still have trouble generating after go-live? How will we help people perform these new behaviors? What Timely, Important, and Probable encouragers can we insert to get these behaviors going—and keep them going? How will we know at an early stage if these behaviors are happening? Have we talked with people expected to perform these new behaviors to get their take on what support they will need? What have they said? Leaders”
― Steve Jacobs, The Behavior Breakthrough: Leading Your Organization to a New Competitive Advantage

“The Amazon Echo is a new, revolutionary voice-activated, feature rich interface, Bluetooth speaker, streaming device and smart home controller. With powerful voice-recognition capability, cloud connectivity and wireless access to Wi-Fi––the Amazon Echo offers users erstwhile unimagined interactivity between technology and daily life. The Amazon Echo represents a new paradigm of interactive artificial intelligence; connecting users to their homes with a variety of options from interior lighting operations to full control of TV and sound systems––all of which are commanded by voice-activation. The Amazon Echo is a single device capable of retrieving information instantly; it offers users wide access to a wealth of custom features and merges media devices into one stunning interface. Amazon Echo is undeniable a step into the future. Originally released in November 2015, Echo has already developed in leaps and bounds. With Amazon and individual developers continuously evolving the cloud-based voice recognition software, Alexa. There is no doubt about it, there’s lot to envy about Echo. The digital assistant that is Alexa will help you organize your life in a variety of aspects. Alexa can manage your alarms, calendars and to-do lists. There’s plenty more to learn about Alexa, including how Echo can integrate with your smart home devices. In this simple guide we will teach you all about the basics and supply you with exactly what you need to say to get to grips with Alexa. Step into the world of Alexa and ‘hands-free’ your life in more ways than you can imagine.”
― Steve Jacobs, Alexa: 2018 Essential User Guide for Amazon Echo and Alexa

“Target the Business Opportunity and Desired Results Pinpoint the High-Impact Behavior Understand the Drivers Implement the Behavior Change Plan Continuously Improve Your Own Leadership Practices Measure Behavior Change Progress and Impact Sustain It, Improve It, Apply It to New Priorities”
― Steve Jacobs, The Behavior Breakthrough: Leading Your Organization to a New Competitive Advantage

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― Steve Jacobs, Harry Potter:Forever into Eternity: Fan written Novel

“Success depends on careful behavioral planning, preparing employees and leaders to observe and encourage behavior, and addressing systemic consequences (measurement, incentive, performance-management systems) that might impede new behavior. Choosing”
― Steve Jacobs, The Behavior Breakthrough: Leading Your Organization to a New Competitive Advantage