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» Brain Gym for Bees and Business from BrainBasedBusiness
Anybody see Akeelah and the Bee? It was kind of a fun movie about a smart kid who came from the wrong side of town…worked to win a spelling bee and about a professor of the classics who coached her... [Read More]

» Tips to Boost your Brain for Online Courses. from BrainBasedBusiness
Many workers tell you they prefer Online courses … partly for their convenience and flexibility…and partly because they feel more in control of their own career progress. Far fewer though ... ever finish Online programs as hoped….T... [Read More]

» Stick a Problem in My Day But Don't Bore Me (2)... from BrainBasedBusiness
Have you noticed how good questions help workers to map their interior worlds and motivate problem solvers to explore new lands? Leaders who help their teams identify specific targets will also enable more workers to hit targets wit... [Read More]

» Anatomy of Hope from BrainBasedBusiness
Listen to the NPR story of a man who looked for the mind’s supply of hope and found it for sick people who had lost theirs. You’ll also enjoy questions people asked about hope for their lives...and answers given by... [Read More]

» When Access Has More to Do with the Mind from BrainBasedBusiness
Have you noticed that when leaders link across more mental capabilities, they tap remarkable new voices across cultures? …voices that bring extravagant ideas into lively circles. It’s the opposite of what we sometimes see in “af... [Read More]

» Katie Couric's Using More Intelligence Than Most from BrainBasedBusiness
Look at Katie Couric as Drawing Brainpower From MI… and then ask How Is She Smart?  Katie uses several intelligences that we all possess in unique mixes… but that sometimes lie hidden or unused at work… Her intelligences are e... [Read More]

» What You Do is What you Become in Business from BrainBasedBusiness
When it comes to the human brain, what you do is what your brain becomes! This news is especially good because it can launch you in a better direction … at no cost and with mental resources you already possess. ... [Read More]

» What do you Want from Your Career? from BrainBasedBusiness
Could you name what you want from your career in one brief sentence? If the most intelligent person you know went after it … what would it take that person to get it…? Ok, since we tend to use about... [Read More]

» Mistakes are Out There Waiting to Zap You from BrainBasedBusiness
  There was a time in my career when organization came especially hard for me…. I missed many important deadlines … because I failed to see them in piles on my desk…. When my business expanded internationally I had... [Read More]

» Business Intelligence at JobDig from BrainBasedBusiness
  In  Wikipedia, business intelligence is described as a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, providing access to, and analyzing data for the purpose of helping people to make better business decisions. An interesti... [Read More]

» Are You Creating the Conditions for Success from BrainBasedBusiness
In June’s Positive Health, David Lloyd George… in Mind Body talk: Creating the Circumstances for Success … spoke of motivation as it impacts a person’s fortune, destiny and success. George pointed to ways that people motivate ... [Read More]

» Can Business Build Where High Schools Fail? from BrainBasedBusiness
It’s not enough to point out how high schools cannot change to meet new demands of  changing markets. Rather than accuse secondary schools of failing to promote problem solvers suited to changing business horizons … why not…1. ... [Read More]

» Technical Growth When the Brain Protests from BrainBasedBusiness
At some point the best in technological development will likely mesh with what you already know in many other fields. Einstein said it this way … “After a certain level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to... [Read More]

» What Makes Up an Intelligence? from BrainBasedBusiness
While only eight intelligences have been identified for certain in Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligence list, there could be more, and likely are. Here are six basic requirements for an intelligence’s validity. To be called intelligence t... [Read More]

» Feeling Overwhelmed? Five Mind-bending Tactics that Punch out Panic from BrainBasedBusiness
Have you ever hit the ground running in all directions at once for another busy day? Forget where you are driving midway? Feel overwhelmed by information, people, to-do lists and increasing demands for your attention? The overwhelmed brain plays h... [Read More]

» Stress Shrinks the Brain, and Shuts it Down from BrainBasedBusiness
It’s much worse than they thought, but solutions work better than most realize. It's stress, and new research found that it can literally shrink areas of gray matter in your brain, or even kill a person.  It also spee... [Read More]

» Verizon and Joe Selvaggio's Service with the Brain in Mind from BrainBasedBusiness
Today, Robyn McMaster, senior VP at the MITA Brain Based Renewal Center, and I upgraded cell  phones at Verizon Wireless.  Joe Selvaggio sold us the phone and then stuck around until we had the pieces assembled. Turns out that this... [Read More]

» Rotterdam Empowers Learners as Leaders from BrainBasedBusiness
 A few days ago, I received a delightful email and request from Lennard van Vloten - a gifted young leader, currently studying International Business in Rotterdam. With a design for improved benefits for college students, Lennard hopes t... [Read More]

» When Art Comes to Work in Multiple Intelligences from BrainBasedBusiness
What art is in front of you when you look up from this post? Your unique spatial intelligence to solve problems at work calls for art and Liz Strauss' Successful and Outstanding Blog shows many new kinds.  The discussion over there... [Read More]

» Move Multiple Intelligences into Driver Ed (MITA Series 4) from BrainBasedBusiness
Change directions for changed results. That was Einstein’s motto and I hear it from many in the blogosphere. I’m sold from what I observe in workplaces that excel too. What changes have you seen in driver edu approaches?  In the... [Read More]

» Enter Your Blog to Create a Book from BrainBasedBusiness
Earlier this month I plucked One Word Inspirations From 100 Sites.Over the past week I retuned to your snippets of “inspiration” in order to expand the one word list into action plans that move your business mind forward in a... [Read More]

» Why We Hold On and How to Let Go from BrainBasedBusiness
A few days ago I sat in on a meeting where a new leader took over a major project – that the former leader clearly could not let go. The project pace slowed to grinding halts each time the past... [Read More]

» Top 10 Perks You'd Have in Brain Based Workplaces from BrainBasedBusiness
The top 10 perks of a brain based workplace …  10. Universal Health Care where people are considered higher currency than workplace politics … and where healthcare costs come back to firms through success and profitability. 9. Fair a... [Read More]

» Mental Advantages of an Early Start from BrainBasedBusiness
My A team is invited to create an alliance … two weeks from now… between MITA Brain Based International Center … and a major New York organization. In spite of the fact that we are far too busy to think... [Read More]

» Daniel Sitter Leads the Way to Profit for Learners from LeaderNotes
When Benjamin Franklin said … An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest…” he could have been describing Dan Sitter’s  book Learning from Profit. To learn new skills faster, easier and with more applications... [Read More]

» Color and Shape Presentations with More than Words from BrainBasedBusiness
Visualize a presentation that piques your curiosity … and you’ll not likely come up with a lecture or even a staff meeting you've attended lately. Why is this?  Interestingly, your unique spatial intelligence to solve pr... [Read More]

» Why Women Avoid Math and Science from BrainBasedBusiness
Fortune tells us that women have come a long way in business and they show proof by listing the 50 most powerful women. At the same time though ... concern grows from both men and women, over the unfortunate fact that... [Read More]

» 10 Habits of Highly Effective Brains in Flow from BrainBasedBusiness
Ten habits of highly effective brains in flow1. Dance to tunes of a different drummer – and focus on wonder that inspires top performance. Check out video of world renowned dancing mare and rider. 2. Outsource details to free up... [Read More]

» 5 Tips to Brainy Resolutions for 2008 from BrainBasedBusiness
Here are five practical access points to more extravagance from your brain … and life-changing opportunities in the coming year. 1. Question to reboot your brain daily. Keep curiosity alive by stimuli you stir up through questions such as &helli... [Read More]

» Beyond Illegal Immigration to Cultures as Currency from BrainBasedBusiness
I’m a bit bothered by our growing resentment toward legal immigrants. It's time for a change of focus. Why so? As weapons mount to nab undocumented workers … so does anger seem to grow toward those who simply differ. Have... [Read More]

» Support Soliders to Rewire for Work after War from BrainBasedBusiness
When troops return from war ... fellow workers can often help them to readjust … far more than many realize. It’s rarely easy ... as violence literally changes a soldier’s brain … yet armed with a few brain based&nbs... [Read More]

» Business Intelligence at the Consumer Electronics Show from BrainBasedBusiness
When it comes to electronics … I still have a long way to go. And it seems that whenever I take time to read the manuals or figure out the buttons … the knowledge is very short lived … before... [Read More]

» Now's the Time to Land a Job! from BrainBasedBusiness
According to Chris Russell … at Secret of the Job Hunt … today is the big start of the job hunting season. Are you looking for a hire or seeing to get hired?According to Russell … HR has lots of... [Read More]

» MITA Brain Based Manifesto (Part 4 of 5) from BrainBasedBusiness
If you hope you run all eight cylinders at work … check out the segues to do just that … listed below. Similar to other article in this series … the brain based theses in this post suggest practical approaches... [Read More]

» The Entire MITA Manifesto from BrainBasedBusiness
Here’s the entire MITA manifesto. Which theses below would turn your business around this week?1. People of every race contribute solutions faster when asked key questions with solutions in mind.2. To transfer winning ideas into profitable practi... [Read More]

» Grassroots Leadership from BrainBasedBusiness
I was interested in the progressive leadership model at The Agenda - Grassroots Leadership used by navy commander D. Michael Abrashoff. Abrashoff commands the USS Benfold … the world's most advanced computer-controlled combat system; revolut... [Read More]

» 50 Smart Skills for Brain Based Business from BrainBasedBusiness
 How many of these 50 smart skills … which combine traditional hard and soft skills … does your firm use? 1. Diverse.2. Transferable.3. Collaborative. 4. Innovative.5. Relevant.6. Intelligent.7. Efficient.8. Communicative.9. Progress... [Read More]

» Autism is Teachable from BrainBasedBusiness
It started out like any other high school basketball game and ended up as national news at WROC TV, ABC News, and other stations. The Greece Athena basketball student team manager, J-Mac, who’s autistic, achieved a dream of his lifetime --... [Read More]

» http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/2008/03/when_he_scored_125_on.html from BrainBasedBusiness
 When he scored 125 on an IQ test a man was refused the job of police officer. In what appears to be unfair discrimination ... the courts once again opened the great debate ... and considered  controversies that still... [Read More]

» Race and Ethnicity - Progress or Decline? from BrainBasedBusiness
Discrimination often comes from flawed notions of race and ethnicity … and it’s recently been discovered that biases tend to be hardwired into the human brain  itself. Add to that the fact that race and ethnicity constantly evolve ...... [Read More]

» Human Brains Spike or Stunt Learning from BrainBasedBusiness
Within your brain lurks five pinch points that stomp out learning success …  and stomp on skill development.Sadly, since dangerous mental triggers often mask as diligence … mental toxins go undetected.Only re... [Read More]

» Lectures Block Brainpower from BrainBasedBusiness
While science is shedding light on the brain at work … practice is far from benefiting from these dynamic insights. Take the simple fact that too much talk works against learning or growth. Here’s the skinny:1. Lectures and staff  mee... [Read More]

» Action Awakens A University from BrainBasedBusiness
Science is shedding light on how brains learn best through doing and how to transform complex concepts into doable actions. Yet when higher education ignores the wonders of acting on or applying ideas … entire education systems soon struggle fro... [Read More]

» Could Brain Fitness Boost Universities? from BrainBasedBusiness
Can you imagine a center for more effective learning, teaching and assessment growth – more in line with the brain’s real capabilities? New discoveries at the University of Michigan, now affirm that brain training can improve memory and pro... [Read More]