Category: Mind

We offer a slate of science-backed solutions for organizations including: GROW: Helping your team achieve a growth mindset DECIDE: The science behind better team decisions INCLUDE: Help unlock the performance of diverse, smarter teams ALLY: How to advocate for others in your workplace CONNECT: Increasing the quality of communication across your org FOCUS: How to navigate through major workforce crisis…

2020 and 2021 have been some of the most remarkable years for work on record — certainly in the last century. As a wholly unique two years comes to a close, with COVID still not fully under control and workers consistently reconsidering their options, here’s some of the biggest areas we’re focusing on. The Public…

A good deal of our work at Neuroleadership Institute is about finding easily-conveyable, sticky approaches rooted in brain science to help explain core aspects of work, such as motivation, feedback, and more. We want organizations and individuals who attend our training(s) to come away with something easy to recall. Ideally, this easy recall — plus…

There is much in the news these days about companies using technology to keep tabs on their employees, and it’s worth addressing because three out of four remote workers are concerned about it. Some companies may be monitoring to maintain data security—to protect client information or prevent fraud, for example. Others may be using technology…

In June of 2021, President Biden continued his series of executive orders designed to strengthen the largest employer in the nation, with this one focusing on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA). Noting the depth of research and the importance of DE&I in organizational success, the order includes requirements for action, a timeline for milestones,…

Defining “insights” NLI’s research has found that organizations should be designing learning programs to maximize the insights that participants generate. Insight, here, is defined as that moment during which the learner goes from no-solution to solution — from “I don’t understand this” to “Aha! I got it!” Insights are essential for sparking long-term learning because, as neuroscience…

NeuroLeadership Institute is excited to share with you our newest product: FLEX: The Neuroscience of Hybrid Leadership. FLEX is, like all our solutions, rooted in science.  FLEX, though, is also deeply rooted in our internal experiences. The NeuroLeadership Institute has been a hybrid workplace since 2017 (not a typo) with sixty percent of our client…

This post originally appeared on Federal News Network in June 2021. The moment for government agency diversity initiatives is now. The State Department recently created a chief diversity officer position, reporting directly to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. This is a sea change, because the previous administration had directed federal agencies last year to end programs deemed…

Much has been written, much has been said… … about various aspects of the “Grand Reopening,” or the “Return To Normal,” or the “We Were This Close and Then Came The Variants,” or whatever you want to call this period. We’ve been writing on it, exhaustively, for the last 3-4 months. Here’s a look at…

Dogs and conference rooms In September 2020, I bought my first home. It’s on a nice little tree-lined street four minutes from downtown. A few doors down is a man who, I came to learn on some dog walks and casual hellos, is a leading North American expert on post-pandemic office design. (Architect by trade.)…

A version of this post appeared in late June on David’s LinkedIn, and also on Medium. How to approach research on different working models Seen this over the summer in New York Times Upshot? “There’s no evidence of innovation being boosted in the office.” We keep hearing the opposite, however, and it’s arguably been the…

Working together, physically, in person, is the way we’ve always done it. That is, until many of us were suddenly sent home — at least those of us who could work remotely. Now, after more than a year of working from home, restrictions are easing, employees are getting vaccinated, and some leaders are ready to get…