Your Brain at Work

Using neuroscience to improve daily life

David Rock

4 Leadership Trends to Watch in 2022

Leaders need to stop hoping the COVID crisis will be over soon and instead activate what’s known as the Stockdale Paradox.

Stop Telling Managers to Be Empathetic, Try This Instead

When a leader is successful in recognizing a person's distress, taking their perspective, and responding with action, the result is that both people’s brains receive reward signals.

One Controversial Idea That Could Fix the Flaws in Hybrid Work

If you have even one person who works remotely, you should design meetings and the general culture around everyone being virtual.

Why Diverse Teams Outperform Homogeneous Teams

Decades of research have demonstrated that diverse teams tend to be smarter and more creative than homogeneous teams. Understanding why can help us focus diversity efforts and drive more meaningful change.

Why This Spring Could Be a "Human Spring"

We have an amazing, if fleeting, chance to create a better normal. Here's how we can make the most of it.

3 Cognitive Barriers to Allyship and How to Overcome Them

Allyship could drive enormous change in organizations. Here's what's holding us back, and how to overcome it.

What Leadership Needs to Look Like in 2035

Leadership needs a grand commitment; a vision for the future. Leaders can set themselves apart, and ahead, by embracing these truths and building these skills.

COVID’s First Birthday: What We've Learned

What we've learned about organizational changes, culture shifts, and most importantly, brain science one year into the pandemic.

3 Ways to Hack Your Calendar for Better Focus

We're busier than ever, but less able to get our own work done. Here's how science says we can make the most of our days.

How to Make Virtual Learning Better Than In-Person Learning

With so much in flux and many employees working from home, now is the time to leverage the moment and make virtual learning more effective. Here's how.

Follow the Science of Culture Change to Transform Diversity and Inclusion

Many organizations are taking a renewed—or perhaps unprecedented—interest in reshaping their D&I efforts. Let's make sure we follow the underlying science to create real change.

Leaders Need to Listen Deeply, Unite Widely, Act Boldly

For leaders everywhere, it’s time to listen deeply, unite widely, and act boldly. It’s time to lead.

The Framework All Leaders Need to Build a Better Normal

Forget the "new normal." Here's how to build the *better normal" in your organization.

The Science of Virtual Work

Here are 3 things we tend to get wrong about virtual work—and how to get them right—across organizations of any size.

5 Ways Science Shows Us How To Work Better Virtually

As remote work becomes increasingly necessary, here are five science-backed tips to make it more brain-friendly, inclusive, and productive.

The NLI Interview: Soledad O’Brien

Soledad O'Brien and I discuss the power of storytelling to create connections and foster inclusion.

The Fastest Way to Change a Culture

Leaders rely on any number of theories to change their cultures. But without a strict focus on the science of habit formation, it's often hard to make things truly stick.

How to Have Conversations That Make Employees Stay

Improve workplace interactions and engagement in three steps.

How to Be a Boss That People Can Speak Up To

Raising voices around your organization can lead to greater collaboration and fewer instances of questionable behavior.

Performance Management Needs to Become Feedback Management

Creating a culture of feedback is the most critical driver of positive organizational and financial outcomes.

The Hidden Leverage of Feedback

Feedback is essential for growth, whether it's a single-celled amoeba or a multinational company. Neuroscience shows how to do it right.

Why the Typical Performance Review Is Overwhelmingly Biased

A manager can look for patterns in feedback rather than relying on his or her own singular, biased view.

The Brain Science That Could Help Explain Sexual Harassment

How power changes the way people process their worlds, in ways that explain not only corporate greed or erratic executive behavior, but sexual harassment.

Killing Your Performance Rankings? How to Ensure Success

Want to kill your performance rankings? These tips, rooted in neuroscience, can help you do it the right way.

Is Your Company’s Diversity Training Making You More Biased?

Corporate inclusion programs often create an "us versus them" mindset. But establishing shared goals can help get teams on track.

Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter

Striving to increasing workplace diversity is not an empty slogan. It's a good business decision.

How to Frame Company Response to Election Using Neuroscience

How to frame outreach efforts to make the most of your company’s talent, and of people’s commitment, in these times of uncertainty.

Why We Select Toxic Leaders

Humans evolved in social hierarchies, and as a result we have significant cognitive resources devoted to identifying and then empowering potential leaders.

A Bias Against Bias

Implicit bias is an everyone problem, because it is a brain problem.

Five Big Discoveries About Personal Effectiveness in 2013

In 2013, we continued to push the boundaries of what we know about ourselves; going boldly into questions no researcher has gone before. Like, what should we do when we need a little lift – take a run, have a coffee, or grab a beer? Here are some of the year's bigger findings about how we can be more effective at any kind of work.

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