Attitude Means Retraining Your Brain To Look For Positives
By Silvia Damiano on 27 June 2017
When you think of the word 'attitude', you might think of different things. If you've ever had a teenaged child, you probably think of an eye roll and a long, self-suffering sigh. If you've had a cat you might think of that aloof, love-me-when-I-wish-and-only-then manner. But what doe …
Imagination – The Key To Unlocking Our Future Leaders Success And Happiness
By Mark Hodgson on 20 June 2017
We now live in the ‘Imagination Age’. In response to this, our leaders must evolve. They must become ‘neuroleaders’. These are people who complement conventional leadership capabilities by leading also with the brain in mind.
Learning From The Curve Balls In Life
By Silvia Damiano on 6 June 2017
While once touted as 'America's Pastime', baseball is now a sport with fans around the world. The recent World Series win for the Chicago Cubs is a lesson in perseverance. Long-time fans were overjoyed to see their team finally win big. You probably do not face the same types of obsta …
Opening Your Mind To The Wonders Of Your Imagination
By Silvia Damiano on 13 April 2017
Have you ever wished you could fall down the rabbit hole, step through the wardrobe or catch the train at platform 9 3/4? Have you ever doodled a cool new spaceship or built a tree house in your mind? Imagination makes our world an even more spectacular place.
Attitude – The Special Sauce For Change Success
By Mark Hodgson on 28 November 2016
Wouldn’t you rather have an inexperienced but teachable employee with a great attitude than someone more experienced who will give a thousand reasons why something will not work? After all we are now living in the Imagination Age where attitude trumps expertise!
The Value Of Studying The Life Of Creatives
By The About my Brain Institute on 24 October 2016
When you think of imagination or creativity, you may automatically think of artists, poets, authors and composers. In today's world, imagination is typically paired with artistic endeavours but not scientific thinking. However, many of the great scientific minds of the past, including …
Triggering Innovation & The Permission To Imagine
By Silvia Damiano on 5 September 2016
Many leaders and even people, in general, believe that imagination is not valuable enough to consider or support when it comes to usual daily activities such as problem-solving. But did you know that ‘imagination’ is something we can all cultivate? In fact - it is a brain process that …
Curiosity - The Key To Your Future Success
By Mark Hodgson on 11 August 2016
One of the emerging ‘hot topics’ is the increasing awareness that computers and artificial intelligence are going to transform our world more rapidly and profoundly than we thought possible.
Implicit Intelligence And Innovation
By Kaushik Ram on 21 April 2016
Innovation is neither science nor entrepreneurship. It is a very human desire to upgrade our existence. An inner drive to see the world differently. A relentless passion, an obsession to investigate, an urgency to create with what we have now!!!
3 Basic Steps To Develop Your Creative Mind
By Silvia Damiano on 14 April 2016
It is only in recent times that neuroscientists are starting to unravel what happens when we create. We used to leave creativity in the hands of prodigies and talented artists, but now we know that it is something that anyone can do and nurture.
Finding Your Creative Flow
By Matt Jackson on 24 March 2016
This story is my gift to you based on what I have discovered about my relationship with Flo (short for flow not Florence).
i4 Tales At Vivid Ideas 2016: The Neuroscience Of Creative Thinking
By Silvia Damiano on 17 March 2016
In a world where ideas and people’s thinking is what’s adding value to the economy, demystifying creativity and understanding what happens in the brain when we daydream, imagine new things or experience ‘eureka’ moments has become more important than ever.