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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

THE 2010 NEUROLEADERSHIP SUMMIT PROGRAM IS HERE

This years theme is 'Rethinking Leadership.'

Presenters include researchers from Harvard, MIT, Columbia, NYU, Cambridge University, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame and more.

New features of the Summit include:
Better integration of neuroscience and leadership research
More leadership thought leaders
Greater practitioner focus
Free audio of breakout sessions so you don't miss a thing
New lunchtime 'Meet the scientist' sessions
Full 3 day program (for the price of 2.5 days previously)
More time for fun and informal networking

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Friday, October 30, 2009

NeuroLeadership Summit 2009 - Day Two Update

Here's what happened on Day Two at the Summit...


Leadership Greats
Warren Bennis and Werner Erhard, two of the greats of leadership development opened day two with two very energetic and inspiring keynote addresses.
Warren spoke about stories of great
leadership and the importance of respect. Werner spoke about how language creates our world.

Listen to Warren speak about the importance of respect as leaders (4.07 min.):

Decision Making
Jonah Lehrer, a leading neuroscientist and best selling author of 'How We Decide' spoke about decision making and the cognitive struggle between the rational and other functions of the brain.

Listen to the first few minutes of his presentation here (5.
Creating Change
The breakout sessions after lunch focused on creating change. Art Kleiner and Cynthia Scott Ph.D. spoke about how organizational change happens. Evian Gordon Ph.D. took us through the emerging technologies for measuring and improving brain functioning at work and John Joseph and Dr Al Ringleb talked about change in schools.

Listen to Art Kleiner talk about what neuroscience brings to organizational change (2.27 min.):
Listen to Cynthia Scott talk about creating sustainability at Walmart using neuroscience (2.07 min.):

Getting Along with Others
Our final keynote of the day was with Marco Iacoboni Ph.D. a leading neuroscientist and neurologist and Professor at UCLA. Marco talked about how we know each other - social neuroscience and how the 'smart' cells in our brain allow us to understand others.

Listen to Marco talk about why knowing about social neuroscience and mirror neurons is important for leaders (0.54 min.):

Big ideas after dinner
There were two salons after dinner for those eager to learn even more. Dr Jeffrey Schwartz and Art Kleiner ran a discussion on neuroscience and spirituality and Lone Frank Ph.D. explored the influence of the brain research on our understanding of self, ethics and other big issues.

Listen to Jeffery and Art talk about neuroscience and spirituality (2.24 min.): <
To hear all the presentations at this year's Summit, pre-order the audio recordings
If you couldn't make it, but would like to hear from some of the world's thought leaders in neuroscience and leadership, then pre-order your copy of the Summit recording now for only US$195. Available December.

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