by Franklin Wordsmith | Mar 10, 2020 | Neuroscience
Understanding Your People’s Brains Can Make You a More Engaging Leader Maybe this has happened to you. I was looking forward to hearing a presentation. Instead, it beat me up and stole my lunch. “The Emperor’s New Clothes” in Speech Form This was a fancy-shmancy...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Feb 11, 2020 | Neuroscience
How this Affects You and Your Team and What to Do about It For years I’ve bastardized that children’s rhyme to remember the days in the month: “30 days hath September, April June and November. All the rest of 31—except January and February, which have 80.” For we in...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Feb 4, 2020 | Neuroscience
What Is Amygdala Hijack and What Can You Do about It? I’m one of those “get crap done” kind of people. Show me a problem: I figure out the alternatives, usually find the best ones and make solid suggestions. There are times when none of this is...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jan 28, 2020 | Leadership
How This Makes Everyone Happier, Healthier and Better Versions of Themselves Kathy was my first assistant, when I was working at a public relations agency in my twenties. I made a point of writing thank-you notes to her when she finished something for me. Walking...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jan 14, 2020 | Leadership
Neuroscience research shows the best way to learn is to fail.Sometimes I hate neuroscience!Of course we get this. If I make a bad choice, the consequences are enough of a deterrent that I’ll never do that again.But I’m embarking on something I’ve never done...
