Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

This is of interest, I know we have better access to information, but since most of IQ is developed in the first 5 years of life does this imply poorer nations having better infrastructure to allow for things like tv and radio are having a postive trend? Is this study broken down, developed nations vs developing?
Regarding leaders, i have worked in companies where the workers were given a lot of respect and were somewhat empowered.As well, i have been in organizations where even at high levels you were told what to do and allowed little imput or respect. Employees grow more when their thinking ability is reconized and respected, thus the company does better

Your approach stimulated some left brain thoughts of mine.

If leaders are to make full use of the Flynn Effect, they would have to reach a conclusion about (at least) the following matters.

1) What are the precise causes of the Flynn effect?
2) Does this cause have an impact on my business success?
3) Is this cause worthy of further investigation, given the myriad other factors that may be causes of business success?
4) If it is how can I leverage this cause?
5) Based on my answer to 4)what do I need to differently as a result?
6) Do I have the capacity to make this change?
7) What are my next steps?

As I worked through the questions, it made be realise how beseiged some people may feel when faced with
"amazing new facts."

It follows that we need to guide people with behavioural, as well as factual information if we are to help them speed their path to success. In other words, we need to show people how they can "make meaning" in this age of information overload and discontinuity. Perhaps that's where EQ kicks in :)

I like JD's point on the impact of culture. In Jamaica, a lot of effort is being made on improving Early Childhood Education and I think even better based programmes exist in Barbados and Trinidad.

Thanks for your post. As ever, there are more questions than answers. I guess that's what makes learning such a necessity, as well as being fun :).

Great questions, Galba, and certainly looks like another post will come on this one Galba! Love the way you probe ideas to help us find and polish the gems!

Interestingly, learning at school tends to be held back more because of broken systems than because kids come to school with less intelligence. I've written several books for renewal at high school level -- but many of us remain sad at the systems which promote practices that work again human brains. What do you think?