How a little bit of brain science could have saved Will Smith (and Chris Rock!)
By now, much of the world has seen it. The Slap. When comedian Chris Rock told a joke about actress Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss,...
How to get the best out of your training budget
Well-intentioned but poorly thought out training programs can actually wind up demoralizing employees instead of empowering them. Consider the young man who was terrible in...
Daylight Savings – a disaster for your brain
How does the time change impact our mental and physical health? Accidents go up by 6 percent after daylight savings Stroke rates are 8 percent...
Das glückliche Gehirn
Eine Studie zeigt, dass Mitarbeiter in einem Acht-Stunden-Tag durchschnittlich nur knapp drei Stunden wirklich produktiv gewesen sind. Was können Unternehmen dagegen tun? Drei Tipps 1) Weg...
Sleep – your brain’s superpower
My clients love to respond to my urging them to get more exercise by enthusiastically setting their alarm clocks an hour earlier, so they can...
Reading – a powerful antidote to our times
We’re told from childhood that reading is good for us. Neuroscientist Friederike Fabritius confirms that a simple book can make you more empathetic, improve your...
Gut feelings – bias or intuition?
Most gut feelings are merely superstitions. But in the mind of an expert, a gut feeling can be a highly efficient, largely unconscious product of...
The Power of Surprise
You possess a super power that you may not even be aware of. It’s the power of surprise. Most of us know the role that...
Öfter mal ans Gehirn denken
Wir brauchen mehr Respekt davor, wie andere Menschen ticken, sagt Friederike Fabritius. Im Interview erklärt die Hirnforscherin, warum es durchaus hilfreich sein kann, sich auch...
Group flow
Is there anything better than the feeling you get when you’re “in the zone”? Although I imagine that some of you can think of a...