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NeuroFood for Thought: Organisations are asking more of their people
Last week we briefly explored the rise of Neuroscience in our People, Process and Performance industry and summarily mentioned 3 common areas of challenge for organisations in the current global climate: Organisations are asking more of their people. Organisations are asking different skills of their leaders. Organisations are experiencing an alarming rate of employee disengagement.[…]
NeuroFood for Thought – Articles for this week
Check out the following articles in relation to this week’s post, Neuroscience – will you be an early adopter? Relevance of Neuroscience to the Business Environment by Srinivasan Pillay This link will take you to a very readable chapter from his book, Your Brain and Business, The Neuroscience of Great Leaders Emerging industries – Neuroeconomics[…]
Neuroscience – will you be an early adopter?
I think we are seeing just the tip of things to come in Neuroscience for our People, Process and Performance industry! Neuroscience is making waves, it’s tide rising into popular culture, impacting us on a day to day basis without us necessarily realising it. Check out subtle influences in the latest Supermarket and Business magazines[…]
Employee Engagement: Why You Should Care
Since 1997 Gallup has been exploring the links between workforce engagement and organisational success. In its eighth iteration, the 2012 Gallup research clearly highlights this link and shows some consistent outcomes to its 2009 research findings. The 2012 Gallup analysis ”examined 49,928 business or work units and included about 1.4 million employees in 192 organizations,[…]
Feel good states of mind
Image: Dr Stuart Brown TED Talk The Story What’s that? The garage door….she’s home, she’s home…yay…run, pant, run, jump. May be if I rollover in front of her she’ll pat me. Yes, it worked! She patted me, keep patting me, pat me, pat me. She stopped patting me… Ooh, what’s that? She’s picked up the[…]
The neuroscience of too much choice
The Story Today I head for the airport. A final rush to the local shopping centre for that special gift; one store after another; overwhelming choice; back to the first one – purchase made. Then that special card; one card after another, one genre of card after another; purchase the first one I held in[…]
Wacky trend? No, it’s how we’re wired.
The Story My dear and valued elderly friend, Rose is an extraordinarily discerning and intelligent woman; I both admire and respect her. During my recent interstate trip to stay with her she and I had both agreed that we would each be more comfortable knowing that the pressures of my work whilst away wouldn’t be[…]
Neuroscience — So What?
Recently a valued friend and colleague, Sandy Bennetts, dropped an idea into my head and put me in contact with Linda Ray of NeuroCapability. Ever since that moment my head has been spinning in relation to neuroscience and how it can change the way we view and approach our human relationships, personally and organisationally. Now,[…]