by Franklin Wordsmith | Jul 14, 2020 | Neuroscience, Video
Know What’s Happening in Your Brain and Short Circuit It There’s lots of advice out there on thinking happy thoughts and keeping yourself busy during the pandemic: some better than others. You know you can rely on me to come at it from a neuroscience...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 30, 2020 | Neuroscience
Take the Bad News Quiz and Find Out The CEO of an industrial parts manufacturer told me about a previous job he held: leading an Italian subsidiary for a Fortune 500 firm. He said it was the most frustrating post in his career. “I was there to turn around a division...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 22, 2020 | Neuroscience
Be Aware of Your Unconscious and Casual Racism A friend—another white woman businessowner—and I were talking about racial inequality. It’s true: we believed we knew something about unfair treatment in the business world. For me, it was being offered a lower salary...
by Franklin Wordsmith | May 19, 2020 | Communication Silos, Neuroscience
Be Willing to Open a Window in Your Mind According to Investopedia: “A communication silo occurs when teams talk exclusively amongst themselves at the expense of big picture company goals.” (OK: who says “amongst”?) Of course you’ve experienced this nearly every place...
by Franklin Wordsmith | May 6, 2020 | Neuroscience, Video
Your Brain, Your Heart and Your Body Will Thank You — and So Will All Your People We are watching the COVID-19 body count rise every day, looking around the house at the ones we love (who are now getting on our nerves), and stressing about the future of work....
by Franklin Wordsmith | Apr 28, 2020 | Neuroscience
What Your Brain Does to Try to Keep You Safe—and When You Need to Redirect It My friend is an outgoing, funny and wise small business owner. She also is in the high risk group for COVID-19 and hasn’t left her home for almost two months. The only exception is...
