Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

» When Workers' Brains Refuse to Act on Great Change Ideas from BrainBasedBusiness
Do your best ideas ever spring into actions that improve your workplace? If not you’ll enjoy seeing how the human brain builds new neuron pathways for change that lasts. Human brains can adapt for change at work, but they... [Read More]

» Where are You When It Comes to Change and Growth? from BrainBasedBusiness
WILLIAM C. TAYLOR at the NY Times retold the MICHAEL L. CHASEN’s success story today  as the “young entrepreneur with a fast-moving start-up, a highflying stock, and far-reaching growth plans. They described his company, Blackboard In... [Read More]

» Technical Inclusion and Application from BrainBasedBusiness
When 85 of the world’s brainiest people predicted the next 50 years for NewScientist.com, many included advanced technology as the driving force behind changes they saw. From Arthur McDonald’s elucidation of dark matter, to Ray Kurzweil&rsq... [Read More]

» Creativity into Concrete Details from BrainBasedBusiness
Leaders in innovative and creative ideas, are likely leaders of everything else where you work. Once you spark more creative approaches, projects begin to vibrate to strokes of your imagination. With the help of art and of your intelligence, you... [Read More]

» Talented People Require Less Pressure Research Suggests from BrainBasedBusiness
You’ve likely noticed that open, talented people use their brains differently, and new research shows how talented people need more serotonin settings and how they problem solve poorly under pressure. How so?Highly accomplished and talented leade... [Read More]

» Comfortable or Curious ... Ruts or Renewal? from BrainBasedBusiness
Seth Godin wrote recently, that the brain looks for coincidences wherever it can find them. Ann Michael added that we’re all pattern seekers … it’s how we learn. From a brain based perspective this creates both beneficial a... [Read More]

» Think You're Smart? Survey Brainpower in Your Workplace from BrainBasedBusiness
Think you’re smart? Here are 25 questions ... each with revolutionary new facts about the human brain ... that can benefit your workplace.How many questions can you answer from the following survey about brainpower in your organiza... [Read More]

» Questions College Faculty Asked About Brain Based Learning from BrainBasedBusiness
Recently a progressive higher education community asked key questions  during a MITA symposium on brain based learning, teaching and assessing for college level learners.  All questions could not be addressed due to time constraints... [Read More]

» Lead with the Working Memory in Mind from LeaderNotes
Watch for leaders where you work - who use more of their working memory – and you’ll see people with solutions where others see only problems. No wonder working memory and working memory problems are a hot topic in today’s scienc... [Read More]

» Busy Works Against Business from BrainBasedBusiness
It’s quite simple when you stop to think about it. The problem is that today’s rip roaring business pace … fails to let people stop and think. What’s the result? Check out how some of the busiest people you know... [Read More]

» Brains Give Preference to Pain Over Productivity from BrainBasedBusiness
 If asked about potent battles between pain and work productivity –  how would you respond? Would it surprise you to learn that that pain literally slows down performance?  New research shows why it’s so. You’ve likely ... [Read More]

» Lectures Work Against the Brain from BrainBasedBusiness
Have you ever wondered why people look so bored when leaders talk too much or lecture? I'm not sure why we still equate talking with teaching ... when research shows us that lectures actually work against the human brain. A... [Read More]

» Chimps Beat College Students in Computer Games from BrainBasedBusiness
The finals are in for working memory tests between chimps and college students and overall the chimps won. Yikes! Researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa showed how 5 and 7 year old chimps scored better in memory tests than humans … on several... [Read More]

» Wired Against New Year Resolutions from BrainBasedBusiness
Most 2008 resolutions will fail us. For those who make promises every New Years that won’t come as a shock. After all … we are socialized to believe if we resolve it … we’ll do it. Right?So say revelers every... [Read More]

» Turn Talk into Tasks Through Questions from BrainBasedBusiness
Imagine yourself listening to  long … intensive … conversations where words tumble into your brain as fast as rice spills into a crock pot. Ever felt bored when a person pours out more words than you can respond to from... [Read More]

» What I Learned from Bureaucracy from BrainBasedBusiness
 An interesting challenge came today from Bob Hruzek’s Middle Zone Musing. In response … I laid out bareboned lessons I learned from bureaucracy’s effect on the human brain. Not pretty ... you'll likely agree. I came up... [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]

» Memory's Often A Choice from BrainBasedBusiness
 Interested in remembering more? It’s a matter of bypassing your brain’s basal ganglia ... which holds long term memories, and using more working memory to draw from new research. Since memory’s often a choice, why not choose mor... [Read More]

» Build Brainpower into Cubicles from BrainBasedBusiness
Pack into your workspace  more brainpower punch … and enjoy dividends that only the most successful workers take in. How so? To optimize human brainpower in your workspace … start small and incorporate one new brain based tool weekly... [Read More]

» Brain Survey Scores from BrainBasedBusiness
Ready to check your survey scores … to see if your brain leans toward solidarity or if it chases more after adventure? 1. A yes answer equals basal ganglia lean. No = working memory.2. A yes answer equals basal ganglia... [Read More]

» Plan a Brain Fitness Week at Work from BrainBasedBusiness
Care to zap your brain into shape for a new mental adventure today? It’s the difference between feeling trapped in routines or ruts … and challenging your brain for higher productivity. Brain fitness often involves doing daily routines in ... [Read More]