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Research by neuroscientists suggests that writing has an effect on your brain that changes you. Here’s 3 reasons to take up the lost art of writing;
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1. Handwriting increases neural activity in certain sections of the brain, similar to meditation. According to a study performed at the Indiana University, the mere action of writing by hand unleashes creativity not easily accessed in any other way.
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2. Handwriting sharpens the brain and helps us learn. Writing is good for keeping one’s grey matter sharp and may even influence how we think, as in “more positively,” studies show. Apparently sequential hand movements, like those used in handwriting, activate large regions of the brain responsible for thinking, language, healing and working memory.
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So make use of a notebook and make time to write. Hopes, dreams or gratitude - they can all be important reminders as we move into a New Year. #newyear #2021
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Human potential is being wasted, but an important shift is occurring in organisations - moving from job descriptions to talents and mastery has become a clear differentiator between traditional and pioneering organisations.
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Traditional organisations focus on fixed job roles, and linear career moves. Progressive organisations focus on talents & mastery, crafting jobs and development opportunities around employees to utilise their capabilities.
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Only 33% of employees feel they are able to make full use of their abilities at work. This means a staggering 67% (!) feel they can’t contribute what they know they‘re capable of.
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The first step is to understand what our talents are. While this sounds so sensible—even essential—it is frequently overlooked, assumed and unexplored by both individual’s & the organisation. The result is that employees, teams and companies are unclear about what talents they have on board.
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Short of being assessed - here’s 5 questions to ask yourself: 
1. What was a moment in your work when it felt very natural to do what you did?
2. For what projects or activities is your advice regularly sought?
3. What aspect do your parents/friends highlight when talking about you?
4. When did you feel energised? When did you lose track of time?
5. What did that look like? What did you do? #talentmanagement
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I’m sure you’ve heard "Think positively!" many times. Think it and it will happen. But this is the Dorothy of Oz approach. Click your red shoes and think great thoughts - but sadly your destination may not materialise like magic before you as expected, because ultimately, change requires more.  Thinking positively is a needed emotional element to change, but positive thinking alone is just not enough.
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Being emotionally ready, can’t get us where we want to go if it’s unaccompanied by the actions necessary to get you there. We not only have to think positively - we need to use it as our fuel to act with positive intent, combining thought and action.
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Thinking positively keeps us going when facing overwhelming obstacles, but without rationale planning, daily behaviours and actions, we’re essentially gripping our lucky rabbit’s foot and hoping for the best. Think positively, but to invite change - you must first change. #wisdom
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If you want to firm up your body, head to the gym. If you want to exercise your brain, listen to music.
 “There are few things that stimulate the brain the way music does,” says one Johns Hopkins otolaryngologist. “If you want to keep your brain engaged throughout the aging process, listening to or playing music is a great tool. It provides a total brain workout.”
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Research shows that listening to music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain as well as improve sleep quality, mood, mental alertness, and memory.
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“Music is structural, mathematical and architectural. It’s based on relationships between one note and the next. You may not be aware of it, but your brain has to do a lot of computing to make sense of it.”
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When 13 older adults took piano lessons, their attention, memory and problem-solving abilities improved, along with their moods and quality of life.   The takeaway? Don’t put off learning something you’re interested in, because of something arbitrary like your age. Take a few lessons & see where it goes - dabbling is perfectly acceptable. #ageisjustanumber
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Three flamingo’s walk into a room - an introvert, an extrovert and an ambivert, but how do you know which is which….?
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It’s a trick question, but one that often pops up when discussing psychometric testing- labelling individuals & placing them in boxes.
 There are so many dangers that surround this way of thinking.
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The ever popular Myers-Briggs test is a great example. Categorising people into 16 personality types, citing its roots in the untested theories of Carl Jung (the father of modern analytical psychology). It was developed by a mother-daughter team with no psychological background.  Its 90+ questions create artificial boundaries & the characteristics it claims to be able to ‘predict’ actually have no predictive power on performance whatsoever.
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Instead the test is designed to make us feel good: INTJ = The Architect (Imaginative, strategic planners)
ESTJ = The Executive (organised, punctual, leader)
ESTP = The Entrepreneur (smart, energetic, perceptive)
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Speak to any psychologist and this is the equivalent of getting your horoscope read. It also never produces the same result twice - for the same person. Carl Jung once said “Every individual is an exception to the rule.”
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The lesson is that no one person is entirely one thing or the other. We are each constantly evolving, changing and managing to surprise ourselves & each other. Thank goodness!
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Overuse of technology can lead to digital dementia. 
A term coined by German neuroscientist Manfred Spitzer describes how the overuse of digital technology is resulting in the breakdown of our cognitive abilities in a way that is more commonly seen in people who have suffered a head injury or psychiatric illness.
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Individuals who rely heavily on technology may suffer deterioration in cerebral performance such as short term memory dysfunction.
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“Over-use of smartphones and game devices hampers the balanced development of the brain,” explains Byun Gi-won, a doctor at the Balance Brain Centre in Seoul. 
It may seem like an easy way out, but can lead to development of the rational, linear, fact-finding skills of the left side of the brain at the expense of the right side which is more intuitive, imaginative and emotional.
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A growing number of adults, are susceptible to this constant connection and overuse of technology. Damage to the right side of the brain is associated with deficits in ability to concentrate, short attention, memory span, and emotional disturbances, such as depression.  The good news is that Digital Dementia can be reversed with active interventions that require more than switching off tech - read a book, test your memory, learn a new language, a new instrument or exercise.   The message from science is, “use it or lose it.”
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Jellyfish are one of the bioluminescent creatures on this planet - meaning they produce their own light. It’s a metaphor that doesn’t pass us by when discussing human potential.  We humans, have been gifted with a cerebral cortex (the part responsible for higher cognition) that is disproportionately larger than those of the rest of the animal kingdom, and accounts for more than 80 per cent of our total brain mass.
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Overall, our total grey matter is seven times the mass of similar-sized animals.
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And scientists are discovering that our ability to create new brain cells is continuous. It’s possible at any age, and only requires a little application.
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So in some ways, we too create our own light. #shinebright
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Research in a growing scientific field called ecotherapy has shown a strong connection between time spent in nature and reduced stress, anxiety, and depression with improved cognition.
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Calming nature sounds and even outdoor silence can lower blood pressure & levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which calms the body's fight-or-flight response.   Being in nature allows the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s command centre, to dial down and rest, like an overused muscle. And If you can't make it outside, listening to nature sounds can also have a similar effect.
 Biophilic design is increasingly being used to bring the outdoors into the workplace. How does it affect employee performance?
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6% more productive,  15% higher levels of wellbeing,  15% more creative than other office workers. 
#natureenabledwellness
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Change is hard for us all. It takes concerted effort and a constant commitment to the new world order.
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Why is change so hard?
Whenever we act or think in ways we have done in the past, we reinforce neural connections in our basal ganglia & those behaviours are made into our habits because they no longer require us to ‘think,’ they become part of our automatic response system.
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Changing a habit or embedding a new behaviour takes effort and focused attention. This can feel physiologically uncomfortable & draining.  We are also hyper-vigilant to detect and act on changes in our environment—and we like to get back to what is familiar as soon as possible. It helps us to create certainty and feel in control - on Maslow’s hierarchy, it creates ‘safety,’ one of our primal instinctual needs. Even the act of trying to fix an ‘erroneous’ behaviour can send a message that something is wrong.  It’s no wonder people often avoid change or find it hard to maintain commitment. When we’re under pressure, tired, distracted & can’t see the personal benefit in change, our pre-frontal cortex can’t keep us focused and we relapse to earlier behaviours and habits.
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It takes more effort to think about and do something new than react out of instinct or habit - an important point to be aware of when implementing organisational change. #changeyourmindset
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A giraffe’s spots are much like human fingerprints. No two individual giraffes have exactly the same pattern. But did you know that no two people have the same brain anatomy either?   A study by researchers of the University of Zurich have shown the uniqueness is a result of a combination of genetic factors, individual life experiences & interests/passions.
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But even events of shorter duration can leave traces behind in the brain: If, for example, the right arm is kept still for two weeks, the thickness of the brain’s cortex in the areas responsible for controlling the immobilised arm is reduced and so on.
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This is most interesting when discussing diversity within an organisation, function or team - different brain anatomies make for different viewpoints which make for an interesting vantage point.
#teamdevelopment
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Type the words “why am I...” into Google and the first autocomplete suggestion, based on popular searches, reads “why am I so tired?” This is the most common question with those first three words asked on Google.
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Adults and teens, worldwide are feeling perpetually tired. But how did we become so drained, fatigued and worn out? One of the causes is certainly our relationship to sleep.
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Thanks to neuroscience, today we know much more about sleep and its role in health and disease. Deprivation of it, is linked to an increased risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes—and can even shorten lifespan. Not getting enough of it, can also affect learning, memory and mood as well as diet. Perhaps even more alarming, sleep deprivation is now linked to a risk for dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative disorders.
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Our bodies and minds rely upon good quality sleep, consisting of about eight hours each night to maintain health & wellbeing. Neglecting it, might cost you more than you think. #sleepscience
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Today more than 70% of organisations consider people analytics a high priority.
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Celebrated case studies like Google’s Project Oxygen, which uncovered the practices of the best manager’s to improve the work of low performers. Show the potential data holds if aimed and applied correctly.
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Despite the hype around people analytics, stats show that only 5% of big-data investments go to HR & only 9% of companies have a good understanding of which talent dimensions are driving their performance.
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Relational Analytics is the new frontier - looking at how groups of people interact, counteract and influence one another is further widening the data pool.
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Behavioural Analytics (what we use) is an interesting combination of all the above plus the physiology and the psyche. It helps to better understand the organisation as a whole, as well as the total sum of its parts.
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Not only are individuals important, but the environment they operate within, the formal and informal structures they move within and the social groups they weave together.
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Culture is a complicated symphony of people, patterns, behaviours and interactions all layered together. Without intelligent tech, it would be near impossible to analyse this data for 10k+ employee‘s, across multiple geographies. But today we can.
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However, let’s not forget, that the goal for data is positive, impactful change. #growbeyondbarriers
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Creativity vs Intelligence
The correlations between intelligence & creativity are surprisingly low. Having one does not lead to the other, as was previously thought.
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According to neuropsychologist Rex Jung, although intelligence is seemingly under tight genetic control, we can all learn to increase our creative capacity.
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Because creativity is a kind of reasoning without all of the information present. You have to use abstraction to hypothesise. It’s divergent thinking, an ability to go beyond what we know, into the realms of what could be.
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Out of the number of core qualities or indicators for high creativity, one of the primary expressions is humour - because humour has to be socially relevant whilst also unexpected and novel. It requires an ability to think ‘differently.’
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Another surprising hindrance is ‘group thinking,’ and social conformity. Creativity spikes when it’s pursued individually rather than traditional group brainstorming sessions. *The only caveat being that when a group isn’t centred on cooperating and there’s a slight antagonistic but constructive critical interplay, then creativity also thrives.
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A third element is to avoid being “stovepiped.” Meaning to have too narrow a field of view - it’s incredibly stifling. Instead, broaden your horizons, learn about different things that catch your attention and interest you and explore them. This will help you make the connections that only you can make! #beindividual
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Leaders have a key role to play in learning what motivates their staff & linking it with the organisation’s business strategy.
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Moreover, in learning to communicate effectively, it can contribute significantly towards employees feeling more connected not just with this strategy, but also with their colleagues too.
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If leaders get it wrong, however, the impact can be negative. For example, if done badly, performance reviews can unintentionally generate a threat to an individual’s status, which not only makes it difficult to encourage behavioural change, but will also lead to disengagement.
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According to David Rock there are 5 domains of threat & reward:
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1. Status - our relative importance to others.
2. Certainty- our ability to predict what lies ahead.
3. Autonomy - a sense of control over events.
4. Relatedness - a sense of connectedness & safety with others.
5. Fairness - a perception of fair exchanges between people.
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Although neuroscience is no panacea for engagement, psychological context can have a huge impact on culture & behaviour.
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Emotional Contagion is real - studies have shown that emotions can be “infectious.”
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The mood of others, especially those in positions of power can have real and lasting effects on individuals, groups and teams.
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Leaders play a key role in spreading certain types of emotions over others.
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Evidence also shows that while all emotions can be contagious, “negative” emotions have greater power to influence.
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Why? Because when we’re negatively triggered emotionally, the amygdala in the brains limbic system is activated (where emotions are given meaning and condition our responses) the fight or flight mode kicks in, draining energy from the pre-frontal cortex (the reasoning part of the brain) handicapping us to the whims of our emotional state.
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All of this can happen subconsciously unless we develop the tools to bring it into awareness and learn to mitigate the response. #employeehealth
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EQ or social intelligence has never been more important but perhaps how we view it needs to change?   Some neuroscientists believe the better we are at understanding ourselves the better we are at understanding others and there’s a basic logic to this theory that makes sense and holds true.  However, neuroscientist Antonio Damasio’s work shows that emotions and feelings, are not in fact the same thing; they are entirely different processes, and often the emotional activation of the brain is over by the time conscious recognition of the emotion (the "feeling") begins. Damasio argues that rather than higher functions controlling emotions, emotions are essential to higher functions such as decision making. For example, what if you didn’t have a favourite type of food, how would you decide what to eat?
 The implications for leadership and organisations is notable. How do you ‘model’ the right behaviours and how do you decide what behaviours are not ‘right.’ It’s an important consideration since suppressing emotions costs us physically and mentally.
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Is the usually stoic, but kindly leader the most efficient or effective model? Is stifling the expression of your team by discouraging expressions of displeasure, disagreement or any other negative emotions beneficial?
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What’s clear is that creating communities of compliance stifles thinking & performance. Managing emotions to get the best result is far more effective. #emotions
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Divergent thinking is unstructured, spontaneous & non-linear.
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Convergent thinking is linear. It applies logic to arrive at a single solution from many ideas.
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Both routes solve problems though the two thinking processes are vastly different.
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Successful teams and problem solvers will use both - beginning with divergent thinking to ask the heresy questions then use convergent thinking to streamline the ideas and choose what’s viable.
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While both of these concepts are undoubtedly related, the words are not synonymous.
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Creativity is the ability to utilise original ideas to solve problems - this also means identifying the problematic aspects of any given situation, process, product or course of action.
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Divergent and convergent thinking are two sides of the same coin - they are both needed for creativity and innovation.
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It’s important organisations don’t create echo chambers of compliance and enable curiosity to thrive. #cherishyouroutliers
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