Companies can use that data to identify high value behaviors, then promote and reinforce the existing behaviors down to the individual level.
3. The ability to let go of the existing behaviors and practices that are no longer serving the organization's success.
In addition, the Bladder Bundle's indications were based on "expert opinion" but these indications did not address the existing behaviors as to why the catheter was being used in the first place.
While there is a multitude of factors that influence the adoption speed of new technologies, the compatibility with existing behavior and beliefs is the single most important driver for the acceptance of innovation (Bamberg et al. 2003).
If a new idea is not compatible with existing behavior, the perceived relative advantage of the new idea must be large enough to offset the perceived complexity of adopting to a new behavior.
The flexible combination of existing behavior and decision models can help generating the best evacuation plan to manage each crisis with unique characteristics, rather than resorting to a fixed evacuation plan.
Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission is studying existing behavior marketing practices and whether it needs to make its principles legally binding.
But where Fitocracy differentiates itself is in its recognition that most users will quickly fall off the wagon, just as I had with MyFitnessPal, unless the app taps into an existing behavior.
Often the best product design is translating existing behavior patterns to new mediums.
