Keep WIP low with the Zeigarnik Effect | Coffeehouse
Have you ever been so busy – juggling multiple tasks and trying to remember minutia – that you felt stymied, completely paralyzed by overwhelm? Your subconscious mind was telling you that it was running out of brainpower. The Zeigarnik Effect: "When we finish a task, we get closure and stop thinking about it. When we don’t finish tasks, we keep thinking about them. We yearn for completion." Attributed to Bluma Zeigarnik, a Lithuanian-Soviet psychologist and member of the Berlin School of experimental psychology who in the 1920s conducted a study on memory, in which she compared memory in relation to incomplete and complete tasks. In her study, Zeigarnik found a strong correlation between the memory of an incomplete task and the desire to close the loop. She declared that if we have tasks that are incomplete, we consume brainpower by holding onto the memory; our subconscious continues to remind (or nag) our conscious mind. A few open loops might be good for our productivity; they remind us to bring these tasks to completion. But beware having too many open loops: you may suffer what’s called cognitive overload - that stress that comes when a significant amount of mental resources are tied up. More open loops = less willpower. Therefore: LOWER YOUR W.I.P. ► more on the toolkit page at https://agilecoffee.com/toolkit/zeiga... ~~~~~ ⏱ TIMESTAMPS ⏱ 0:00 Welcome and overview 1:02 What is the Zeigarnik Effect? 6:25 Conclusion ~~~~~ ⛓️ 🔗 Useful Links 🔗 ⛓️ Appreciative Inquiry in the Coach's Toolkit: https://agilecoffee.com/toolkit/appre... AGILE COFFEE ► Agile Coffee home: https://agilecoffee.com/ ► Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/agile-coffee/ ► Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/agilecoffee?u... GUIDES ► Agile Manifesto: https://agilemanifesto.org/ ► Scrum Guide: https://scrumguides.org/index.html CLASSES ► Scrum Alliance certifications: https://www.scrumalliance.org/get-cer... ► Rocket Nine Solutions: https://rocketninesolutions.com/top-n... ► Online Scrum Class: https://onlinescrumclass.com/ SOCIALS ► Twitter: / agilecoffee ► Instagram: / theagilecof. . ► Facebook: / agilecoffeep. . ► LinkedIn: / 6630803 ~~~~~ 📺Essential Videos📺 ► Using Norm Kerth's Prime Directive: • Using Norm Kerth's Prime Directive | Coffe... ► What is Double Loop Learning?: • What is Double Loop Learning? | Coffeehouse Check out the rest of the Coffeehouse series 👉https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA... Agile Coffee Podcast's Espresso Shots playlist 👉https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... #agile #scrum #coffee #leancoffee #agilecoffee #csm #cspo #cst #scrummaster #agilecoach #coffeehouse #coffeeshop #coffeehouseretros
