This is Your Brain on Power
Warning: it can cause symptoms similar to brain trauma, including increased impulsivity, decreased awareness of risk, and, perhaps most...
Nightmare Boss: The Dangers of Sleep-Deprived Leadership
Let’s say you’re a sleep pro. You’ve learned the key role of REM cycles in encoding new memories, and the troubling statistics linking...
The Three Things Every Leader Needs
What is a leader? The simplest and perhaps most literal definition is “someone with followers.” But the presence of followers alone...
Transference Bias: A Tale of Bloody Wars, Baby Kings, and Bad Bosses
There was a time, and it was not so long ago, that conventional wisdom said if you were born into nobility, you possessed a set of...
The Unbalanced Brain: a Cautionary Tale
Last week, I talked about whole brain strategy. This week, a look at what happens inside a workplace when a company or organization tries...