Your Brain at Work
Neuroleadership Institute
In organizations around the world, leaders are facing a deluge of urgent issues: a crisis in employee engagement, the need to make workforces more diverse, and the challenge of making workplaces feel human in an era of increasing dependence on technology and remote communication.
At the NeuroLeadership Institute, we believe brain science can help provide solutions. Join us on Your Brain At Work, the official podcast of the NeuroLeadership Institute — where top researchers and thought leaders share breakthroughs in brain science and industry leaders reveal the strategies behind their success.
By helping them understand how the brain works, we equip leaders with the tools to transform their organizations — building new habits and changing how people work, communicate, and make decisions. Combining research and practice, brain science and business leadership, Your Brain at Work explores how insights from the lab can provide solutions that work across industries and at any scale.
Season 1 guests include broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien; Dean Carter, Director of Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Shared Services at Patagonia; Deb Bubb, Vice President of Learning and Inclusion at IBM; and FD Wilder, Senior Vice President of Go-To-Market Strategy and Innovation at Procter & Gamble.
Your Brain At Work. Helping make organizations more human.
At the NeuroLeadership Institute, we believe brain science can help provide solutions. Join us on Your Brain At Work, the official podcast of the NeuroLeadership Institute — where top researchers and thought leaders share breakthroughs in brain science and industry leaders reveal the strategies behind their success.
By helping them understand how the brain works, we equip leaders with the tools to transform their organizations — building new habits and changing how people work, communicate, and make decisions. Combining research and practice, brain science and business leadership, Your Brain at Work explores how insights from the lab can provide solutions that work across industries and at any scale.
Season 1 guests include broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien; Dean Carter, Director of Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Shared Services at Patagonia; Deb Bubb, Vice President of Learning and Inclusion at IBM; and FD Wilder, Senior Vice President of Go-To-Market Strategy and Innovation at Procter & Gamble.
Your Brain At Work. Helping make organizations more human.
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Oct 17, 2022 • 45min
Make it Stick Essentials of Sustainment
You've identified a need for change, have defined your key habits to build that change, and deployed a great change program. Now, what? Join us to learn more about making change stick and the essentials of sustainment. In this episode, we'll discuss what sustainment is, how to scale your sustainment efforts, and examine how clients have used sustainment to manage change over time.
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Oct 17, 2022 • 55min
Stepping Forward - A Juneteenth Exploration of Inclusion
On June 19th, 1865 enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas were told they were free. A century and a half later, people in cities and towns across the US continue to celebrate the occasion. But what does it really mean for us today in Corporate America? In this episode, our panelists of esteemed guests offered three Juneteenth takeaways for African-Americans and Corporate America today.
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Oct 17, 2022 • 51min
Using Growth Mindset to Build Your Flexible Workplace Strategy with Guest Akamai
As companies navigate the complex world of hybrid work, our research shows that cultivating a sense of autonomy and fairness across your organization can significantly improve employee commitment and performance. But while it can be easy to understand this in theory, in practice, many leaders find it difficult to adjust to new management habits.
In the next installment of our growth mindset series, we'll connect with leaders from Akamai Technologies to explore how they've harnessed growth mindset to build out their global flex-based talent strategy providing a case study in how to make hybrid work at your organization.
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Oct 7, 2022 • 55min
25 Years of Brain-Based Coaching, Pt. 1
Learn more about our Brain-Based Coaching programs by visiting https://individuals.neuroleadership.com/
Sep 6, 2022 • 56min
Approaching the Return to Work – Best Practices
Jyoti Mehra (CHRO, Gilead Sciences) joins Frank Gonzales (Deputy Director - ODEO NASA) to discuss key factors to consider in mulling a return, as well as the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
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Sep 4, 2022 • 54min
Disrupting DEI – Reconstructing the Path Forward
The past four years haven't just changed where and how we work; we've also seen significant change in how we're thinking about diversity, equity and inclusion. Increasingly, leaders and teams expect workplace cultures where every contributor can speak up, thrive and feel they truly belong.
In this episode, Dr. David Rock is joined by Janet M. Stovall, our newly-minted Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. They explore the neuroscience science of DE&I, its historical underpinnings, and how we can harness neuroscience to pave the way forward.
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Sep 3, 2022 • 51min
The SCARF Model: Origins, Applications, and Future
Strange but true: google the SCARF model and you find more links online than Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. NLI co-founder David Rock walks through how the model was developed, what it does, why it is so sticky, and what’s next for this impactful framework.
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Sep 2, 2022 • 50min
Mastering Change with Intuitive Design
When driving organizational change, it’s key to consider approaches that will resonate widely and stick with people for the long term. Fluency, amount, coherence and time (F.A.C.T.) are the critical drivers of sustained and inclusive growth.
In this episode, NLI’s experts share perspectives on building organizations from first-hand experience, while answering questions to highlight best practices to ignite learning initiatives at-scale for teams.
Sep 1, 2022 • 51min
Shifting Toward Sustainability – Mind Meets Action
In this special episode, recorded on Earth day 2022, we explore regenerative mindsets with Jaime Cloud (of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education) and learn actionable ways to make sustainability habitual.
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Aug 31, 2022 • 50min
From Guessing to Gauging: Measuring Change Initiatives
In this episode, experts from across our organization assembled to illustrate how organizations can execute impactful culture change at speed and scale.
