by Franklin Wordsmith | Nov 23, 2021 | Neuroscience
Use Three Neuroscience Tools to Save the Day “Hey everybody: let’s have a virtual meeting!”—said no one ever. But the time spent in meetings in general—and online ones in particular—had been growing at a rate of 10% a year since 2000. This increased 24% since Covid...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Oct 12, 2021 | Leadership, Neuroscience
How My Mother Still Teaches Me about This My mother has Alzheimer’s. I don’t tell you this for sympathy or a donation, but because it sparked my need to better understand kindness. Most people struggle to define kindness—ending up with “I know it when I see it.” After...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Sep 28, 2021 | Leadership, Neuroscience
Why This Leads Us to Make Bad—or No—Decisions You walk into a restaurant, looking forward to a good meal. Your server hands you a menu the size of the Bible. You stare at pages of options, and your eyes glaze over. There’s too much information, and you’re having...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Aug 10, 2021 | Neuroscience, Video
What Giving and Receiving Advice Does to Our Brains My friend “Mary” has a daughter going through the sudden and unexpected end of her marriage. Mary is a loving mother. “I want what’s best for her,” she explained. “But my daughter...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jul 21, 2021 | Leadership, Neuroscience, Uncategorized
Three Ways to Make it Safe for Others to Fail When was the last time you or your people took a chance on being innovative, and it didn’t work out? That happened to me in March 2020. I created a program called “The Remote Leadership Series.” It featured virtual...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jul 14, 2021 | Leadership, Neuroscience
What Happens BEFORE a Conversation Affects Your Choices You’re walking down the hall to a meeting. You pass a colleague who is berating one of his direct reports about being late on a project. You pick up your pace because the negative energy is making you...
