Shisa kanko, or “pointing and calling,” was formalized in Japanese railway manuals in 1913 as a safety practice.

In 1994, combining pointing and calling cut railway errors from 2.38 to 0.38 per 100 actions, an…

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Giving yourself the feeling of a win before a positive behavior makes starting more likely.

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Point at the tempting behavior, say you will not do it, and state why that choice does not serve…

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Pointing and calling shifts perception and action from automatic processing to deliberate…

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Pointing directs visual attention to the precise target. Calling retrieves the relevant rule from…

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A physical finger point joined Japan’s call-and-response railway safety practice in the late 1920s.

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Build a habit by pointing at its cue, stating the action aloud, and naming the positive outcome…

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