From Manager to Neurocoach: Shaping the Future of Effective Leadership
By Katharine McLennan on 23 May 2023
In the current era, which we refer to as the ‘Imagination Age’, traditional approaches to leadership are no longer enough to guarantee success. With the rapid pace of technological advancement and the increasingly complex global landscape, leaders must be able to adapt to a constantly …
In Pursuit of Purpose
By Silvia Damiano on 8 May 2023
Finding purpose has become a hot topic of conversation in many workplaces. A few weeks ago, I chatted with my friend and colleague Glenn Carter, the Head of Tech Capability at ANZ Bank in Sydney. He had asked me to do a presentation on ‘Purpose’ for ANZ the year before.
Bringing People Back Together to Maintain Social Cohesion & Wellbeing
By Silvia Damiano on 19 April 2023
Finding Neuroscience while Retracing History I was recently in Germany attending a Neuroscience Conference. As a lover of all types of learning, I was deeply inspired to visit Göttingen, the city of knowledge. Its University was founded in 1734, once the most visited in Europe, and ha …
The Skills of the Future Are Not What We Think
By Silvia Damiano on 5 March 2023
As part of my continuous efforts to maintain optimal brain functioning, I recently joined a group of pickleball enthusiasts in my area. I have never played this sport, which combines elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. To my surprise, as I researched it, I learnt that this …
On Miracles, Confidence and Self-Efficacy
By Silvia Damiano on 8 February 2023
“I believe that we can ‘all’ perform miracles, it’s all up here”, says actor Cuba Gooding Jr., signalling his head. He is playing the role of neurosurgeon Dr Ben Carson in the 2009 film ‘Gifted Hands’, recently released by Netflix. Whether the script reveals his true words or not, the …
Narcissistic Leadership: Generosity Means Thinking Beyond Yourself
By Silvia Damiano on 4 February 2023
Only a confident, generous person can truly cheer others on, especially if they may be a competitor in the business world. We may find ourselves smiling on the outside, but inside we may be seething at their success and our own failure (or simply lack of the same kind of success). It’ …
Become A ‘Brain-Friendly Coach’ And Change Your Outlook On Life
By Silvia Damiano on 23 January 2023
Many things have occurred during the past ten years, including economic ups and downs, social unrest across nations, a global pandemic and an unprecedented lockdown for billions of people. The relationship we have with our minds and bodies has inevitably been altered because of this t …
Cultural Intelligence
By Stephen Murray on 15 February 2022
Diversity in our workplace requires the need to be more sensitive to those of other cultures. But what does it mean when you lead in an organisation where the dominant culture is not your own? From experience the blending of cultures of individuals and groups form the culture of the o …
Are You A Biased Leader?
By Dr. Carlos Davidovich MD. on 7 February 2022
One of the essential characteristics required from leaders is their ability to make decisions. As we know, the higher they are in the organisation, the greater responsibility they have—and the more their decisions will impact many others in quite varied, extensive and even unexpected …
How to Build Effective Teams Applying Neuroscience
By Agustina Yasielski on 19 January 2022
For the most part, humans engage in a social tribe to better our chances of survival. Many of us have experienced isolation in the past few years due to Covid-19. Some people do well alone for extended periods, but many feel the need to connect to others. Even when we work on a specif …
Your Brain On Change
By Samantha Z. Dzabic on 25 November 2021
From many years of experience in changing and shaping organisations, I can safely say that change fails often. Research from 1995 onwards generally states that the failure rate is somewhere between 70% -80% and there are many articles, videos and books that will back this up.
Back To The Future Of Learning In The Organisational World In 2021
By Katharine McLennan on 19 October 2021
Organisational learning today still resembles the organisational learning required to operate a factory back in the 1800’s. There have been advances with the technology of the platform on which we learn, but we have lost our way in how and what humans learn to be the leaders and innov …