MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'brainpower'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1945422&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F446779537%2Fthe_opposite_of_regret_is.html More and more people express regrets for failed finances. They regret they started late, worked too little, spent too much, failed to plan, or trusted the wrong people. How do you let go of regret? Not much I hope. Why so? Research shows how regret stops mental growth,  triggers potentially dangerous chemicals and shuts out any new shoots of opportunity that could be yours. Think of regret as the dam for fresh flowing waters finances, or sudden roadblocks across well travelled highways opportunities. Can you see regret now from your brain’s perspective? The opposite of regret that stops your progress, is ... that begins to rejuvenate your situation.   Because of our unique mix of intelligences, answers differ for different people, but your brain can transform regret int... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1945422 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:54:30 +0100 1945422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1911499&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F433057287%2Fbrainpower_eludes_victims.html Two forces powerfully at work in global markets also work within each workplace, so that an urgency exists for a human response. People line up on either side of these two divides, creating a sort of mental tug-a-war between courage and fear. It's also combat between seritonin and cortisol. On one side you'll find progressive innovators and on the other side, victims vent. Two polar ends remain at odds, in that innovators stand courageously and take new risks, while victims create anxiety and spread victimhood within their words. Have you heard it lately?Victims tell how some  pollute the planet. Innovators seek sustainability plans. Victims describe poorly met health needs. Innovators seek healthcare change. Victims dwell on who caused market to crash. Innovators re-invest fo... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911499 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:04:20 +0100 1911499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1734233&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F374225767%2Fwhen_brainpower_goes_green.html  With the new surge in conservation of resources at the best business sites, I’d like to see mental power go green too. Recycled brainpower can keep business alive far longer than most firms realize. How so?  Conserve these brain related riches and watch your company grow: 1. Curiosity is conserved by simply asking and wondering… “What if?”2. Perspective is preserved through engaging more imagery into solutions.3. Fitness is harnessed for mental energy through certain foods and exercise. 4. Opportunity is sustained by engaging working memory more.5. Resources are prolonged through drawing on multiple intelligences.What mental conservation takes place where you work? (Source: BrainBasedBusiness) BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1734233 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:10:52 +0100 1734233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1696421&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F361519334%2Fburning_out_or_burning_strong.html If you’d  answer yes to common complaints increasingly found in current workplaces … you’re likely short-circuiting  your brainpower in ways that hold you back unnecessarily. Can you identify with any of the following? 1. Lost sight of life’s challenges?2. Anxious for your financial future?3. Dealing poorly with problem people?4. Worrying about health?5. Struggle with organization?6. Concerned for family?7. Stopped using talents? 8. Sleep problems? 9. Feeling sidelined?10. Bored?11. Losing autonomy?12. Lonely?13. Is time wasting away?14. Lack fulfillment?15. Fearful?16. Lost your legacy?17. Sitting on the shelf?18. Misunderstood?19. Problem relaxing?20. Feeling out of shape?21. Missing business engagements?22. Not getting ideas across?23. Burning out?24. ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696421 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:42:05 +0100 1696421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1640362&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F341128836%2Fgaining_from_global_brainpower.html How far beyond your workplace do networks expand in a day? Not surprisingly, Jane Clark, editor at USA Today, reminded us that some Americans hope to change our global image. In her feature, “That Ugly American Image is Getting a Makeover Guide,”  Clark shows global practices that could improve your bottom line.  For some firms a starting place is merely the practice itself … of networking on a wider scale. Many people I speak to see global brainpower as good for business, as well as for mending broken US-international relationships. They’re not alone either.The Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) is solidly behind improved global exchanges... “The American-image problem is of primary concern to TIA, says spokesman,... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1640362 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:23:50 +0100 1640362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1640481&cid=t_123879_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F340936244%2F As promised in my previous post (10 Brain Training Tips To Teach and Learn), here are some of the resources that inform my understanding of the brain: books, conferences, and websites. BOOKS There are a multitude of books about the brain. For educators, the best of these are books that demystify the language of neuroscience while providing information applicable to the teaching/learning process. Among the more prolific or well-known authors of this type include Jeb Schenck, Robert Sylwester, Barbara Givens, Robert Marzano, Marilee Sprenger, and Eric Jensen. I have found books by Sprenger and Jensen to be immensely helpful. Both write about the brain in understandable terms, provide practical suggestions, discuss sensible ideas, and include innumerable references to supportive research. Thr... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1640481 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:43:03 +0100 1640481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1640363&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F340782043%2Fsustainable_brainpower_or_expe.html The more I consider the brain at work, the more I see unique approaches to workplace challenges that inspire, prosper, and win! It takes sustainable brainpower though, at a time when many firms downsize workers as highly expendable.Consider 5 linchpins for sustainable brainpower at any workplace:1. Race relations splash vibrant new hues when we appeal to multiple intelligences. In contrast, people speak of broken systems where workers take potshots at rivals. The brain is equipped to build goodwill with others – especially those who disagree. Can you see the value added to any firm? 2. Attendance improves when workers develop and use more mental acumen. Boredom overwhelms far fewer people who begin their day with a brain based question … “What could I invent?” Beca... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1640363 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:00:51 +0100 1640363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1536771&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F317205746%2Fcoffee_aromas_jolts_brainpower.html Pause at the door of your kitchen momentarily before you bolt off to work and breathe in the  fresh aroma of coffee beans. It’s well worth your time,  according to new research on aromic brainpower in coffee. Who’d believe that coffee scents hold enough voltage to power you past stresses you’ll face during the day.Listen to NPR’s latest interview from neuroscience about how coffee activates several genes that help people past workplace pressures. Not bad when you think of 22 stressors hitting against your brain on an ordinary day. We’ve known for some time that odors - from smelly runners to fresh cut roses – can impact how people feel and act. Some workplaces even promote scents for well-being. Now  brain scans show how dif... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1536771 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:28:40 +0100 1536771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1518950&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F311575422%2Fstop_talking_save_brainpower.html Whenever you lecture or ramble on at meetings, you’ll likely want to warn listeners to lower their expectations about any lasting benefits gained.Better still – stop talking and save brainpower! If we labeled lecture halls as HAZARDOUS TO THE HUMAN BRAIN, people would likely consider increasing neuroscience discoveries that show:1. Lectures work against the human brain.2. Universities lose their relevancy whenever lectures dominate.3. Creativity and invention come  from active learning.4. Retention is higher from teaching dogs than listening to  talks.5. Facts fail firms when delivered in talks without guidance to engage.It only makes sense when you consider that people each come into a learning situation … with at least 8 intelligences … while lect... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1518950 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:00:38 +0100 1518950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1509008&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F308968332%2Fbuild_brainpower_into_cubicles.html Pack into your workspace  more brainpower punch … and enjoy dividends that only the most successful workers take in. How so? To optimize human brainpower in your workspace … start small and incorporate one new brain based tool weekly. For instance:    1. Add a comfortable seat for colleagues. People tend to draw on more interpersonal intelligence for alliances in welcoming work settings. Think of one empty seat as an opportunity to share and collaborate that project idea you’d been cooking.2. Showcase visuals that spark curiosity. Winning ideas tend to come from inspirational art, colorful graphics, innovative mock-ups, or meaningful illustrations. 3. Display target reminders for the day … week … and month. When human brains move t... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1509008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:55:28 +0100 1509008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1484864&cid=t_123879_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F06%2F01%2Fthe-sunday-sidebars-list-of-lists%2F Lists, lists, and more lists. Whether you are looking for the informative or the bizarre, there’s a list here for you. All About Sex… 27 Ways to Create a Greener, Healthier Sex Life 10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex All About Wellness… Top 10 Nutritional Facts for Coffee 10 Foods that Build Healthy Bones 20 Common Cooking Ingrediets that Act Like Medicines 10 Natural Ways to Save Your Teeth The Poison Ivy Cure…and 9 Oter Weird Uses for Vodka 8 Simple Strategies to Boost Your Brainpower 50 Habits of ‘Naturally Thin’ People All About Diseases… 5 Crazy Diseases 10 Craziest Facts About the Human Body Top 10 Bizarre Mental Disorders Top 10 Weird Anomalies in Medicine All about Everything else… 8 Medical Terms Your Doctor Uses to Insult You Kill... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1484864 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:53:46 +0100 1484864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1464159&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F296276080%2Flook_at_whats_not_there_and_pa.html  If you’ve heard people tell endless stories about a parent who left home … and yet rarely mention one who remained to raise them … you’ll get where this post is going.The human brain is a bit of an odd ball when it comes to what we choose to see and emphasize. When people forget they are free to focus on what they have … or when they outright ignore what is … they also tend to pass over or devalue what they most desire.Sadly, profits … well-being … and rich relationships waste away in the wings … as a result. How would you respond to these five  flawed focal points: 1. Do you fret about lagging profits yet fail to see valuable unused resources? 2. Does it distract you if somebody shuns you …  so that you mi... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1464159 Fri, 23 May 2008 04:17:06 +0100 1464159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1450398&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F292877359%2Ftwo_words_to_win_brainpower_co.html  We need two hot words that showcase brainpower in action at work. There’ll be a draw to celebrate the book’s release of The Age of Conversation 2008 in August.  And for two words … you could be the winner of my 2005 book on brainpower … at Pearson Publishers. Catch Ryan Barrett’s prepublication excitement of snippets from the upcoming book The Age of Conversation 2008. Then toss back two words that inspire more brains in business. If you did not write a chapter in the book … check out highlights from somebody who did. Then toss two words into the winner’s circle for our big draw. Ryan’s been cataloging book excerpts here. Check what authors’ highlighted and then toss in your own brain related inspiration. It’s a... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1450398 Sun, 18 May 2008 15:12:54 +0100 1450398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1399350&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F277587827%2Flost_brainpower_at_work.html   On first glance 5 useful forces in most organizations – look more like benefits than IQ killers. Check again though … and see these workplace dangers disguised as profits.1. Competition – When not guided – rivalry invites manipulation and false promotion. Check out Annalee Newitz’s  story of how she bought easy votes at Digg to falsely raise a ridiculous blog onto Digg’s preferred page. Have you ever competed fairly and found the results were fixed? 2. Achievement – Since we now know that intelligence is not fixed … but grows and changes … achievement is lost when it ignores people’s multiple intelligences.3. Communication – When people vent we’re told … they release pressures. Not ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1399350 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:54:47 +0100 1399350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1237628&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F236230847%2Fthe_tale_of_mens_and_womens_br.html Men’s brains come hardwired for faster take control … according to Cambridge researcher, Simon Baron-Cohen. Women, on the other hand,  tend to use more indirect  take control tactics. Do you agree? Check out details here.Scientists saw a very different picture of men and women's brains in the 1960’s. Not that either is better or worse … but both genders show  more complete solutions to common problems when they spot their differences. Look at  emotional intelligence as tools for workplace solutions for starters. Or you may have noticed that men and women tend to laugh at different jokes?Speaking of brains, genders, and  laughter -   Seriously though ... we can play to strengths from bot... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1237628 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:55:33 +0100 1237628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1204760&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F229344288%2F10_top_ways_technology_robs_br.html Did Albert Einstein describe your firm when he warned … Our technology has exceeded our humanity? Some workers tell you that technology has atrophied human brainpower. Or perhaps where you work, it has simply provided workers … as Aldous Huxley predicted … with more efficient means for going backwards.Are mental problems surfacing where you work while technology increases its mechanical grip?I’ve tracked 10 growing concerns  heard and seen lately as possible danger signs:1. People pass up human contact or miss interactions with colleagues … while they chase emails, set up online conferences, and respond to customer concerns on computers.2. Changing demands increase while requirements to update and advance skills grow faster than employees ca... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1204760 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:34:21 +0100 1204760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1146704&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F215014157%2Fis_your_brain_on_music.html  If you’re interested in a good read … without the jargon on the brain … you’ll enjoy Daniel Levitin’s book … This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding the Human Obsession.It shouldn’t surprise readers to see how the brain culls and processes sounds we call music … if you consider his own expertise with words and music, sound engineering, and neuroscience.Levitin builds a good case for the fact that we are all more musically equipped than we think … because our brains are hardwired for music. In fact … he shows how music is even more central to the human brain … than is language.   For some time now at Brain Based Business … we’ve been discussing the power of music to draw on hid... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146704 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:27:11 +0100 1146704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1140006&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F214023807%2Fmita_brain_based_manifesto_par_1.html If you run on all eight cylinders at work … you likely already do many of the MITA theses … listed below. Similar to other articles in this series … the brain based theses in this post suggest practical approaches to move multiple intelligences into action where you work.31. Successful organizations move more intelligences into the mix … as tools to solve daily problems. 32. Avoid all lectures and run from too much talk at all costs  if you want higher results from people’s brainpower at work. 33. Figure out your strengths and then begin to awaken new intelligences in people across your organization. 34. Shadow people who perform at the peaks mentally … to identify and then try to emulate something these people do best. 35. Inventory ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1140006 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:46:15 +0100 1140006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1103594&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F202288075%2Fdrawer_stuffed_with_change_ide.html Whenever crisis strikes an organization, exceptional leaders tend to coalesce their allies, recognize a sense of urgency, and use mental tools needed to navigate the storms that come with change. Why then are lasting improvements so rare? Timothy Clark tells the story of change initiatives that never materialized ... in his recent book, Epic Change. In Clark’s words:I met with a CEO once who showed me a drawer in his filing cabinet. Pointing to the overstuffed folders that filled the drawer, he exclaimed with mock pride, “This is my million-dollar drawer.” He went on to explain that the drawer was filled with plans for change initiatives that never materialized. Over the years the organization had literally paid more than a million dollars to commission stu... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1103594 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:59:43 +0100 1103594 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1085957&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F198648768%2Ffrom_stress_to_learning_advent.html How do you spark stress free conversations that are both interesting and informative. Research shows that we each get hit with about 22 stressors each day. Were you aware, though, how good tone turn stressors into learning adventures.People who tend to ask 2-footed questions that draw from humanity as much as from the topic they speak to, help transform stressors into learning. Watch them engage and reflect on other viewpoints, and you also learn the value of tone in the face of conflict.On the opposite side … have you noticed how one opinionated person, without much desire to learn or grow, can suddenly change investigations into wars? No need to panic when that happens, luckily.Recent research shows how stress  makes people fail to reverse,  “I can’t&rdq... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1085957 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:40:24 +0100 1085957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1079851&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F196683468%2Fwill_your_brain_burn_out_or_bu.html Before you answer the question about burning out or burning strong … check out the lists below - and choose one of the two that describes you best.Would colleagues, for instance,  see you most today in the top or bottom list? Burning out Instructions: 1. Criticize any failures you spot in your day.2. Vent to somebody who’s kind enough to listen.3. Rewire your brain for chemicals that refuel.4. Shrink your brain with stress that shuts it down.5. Speak meta messages that hide what you mean.Burning strong Formula:1. Create one solution to a stubborn problem.2. Improve one routine response to a challenge at work.3. Diminish your day through cortisol chemicals.4. Laugh at yourself and get others laughing too.5. Engage others rather than talk at them.Which of these tw... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1079851 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:29:48 +0100 1079851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1064934&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F193976614%2Fhigher_education_shifts_brainp.html How much college tuition did you spend to expand your mind and increase your chances? If costs came out of your own pocket ... you'd be interested to know how pillars of pedagogy stand under new scrutiny. Simply put, new questions are being asked with the brain in mind, and answers are turning headsRecent research affirms troubling news that college classes can create mental decline in later years. The research also seems to support that fact that lectures clearly work again the human brain.If college degrees seemed a no-brainer … and if higher education promised a bonus in business … you may wish to take another look.Research now suggests that college actually tends to trigger mental decline when people comes to fumbling for words and ideas later... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064934 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:25:11 +0100 1064934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1057456&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F191929001%2Fnew_web_search_mapped_to_your.html A Canadian graduate student is mapping brainpower to computer image searches. It’s expected to be a novel way to empower search engines for visual images … and should be available this summer.According to the  University of Ottawa graduate student,  Kris Woodbeck,  Canadian government officials at Technology Transfer and Business Enterprise (TTBE)  will help him secure a patent on his innovative computer search approach.The invention earned Woodbeck the university’s Innovator of the Year award last week. His search engine copies the brain’s approaches to process visual information.  How does it work? “The brain is very parallel. There’s lots of things going on at once,” he said. “Graphics pro... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1057456 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:58:26 +0100 1057456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=966983&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F172974844%2F10_mental_problems_or_power_pa.html  Have you considered hidden workplace benefits packed into well balanced lunches? Simply put, what people eat at noon plays a far greater role in landing regular raises, promotion to better jobs, favor from peers, or big boosts in business … than many realize. Or have you seen food’s wallop to human brainpower? Lunches either enhance a person’s ability to be innovative … with added zip for the afternoon …  or that fast food grab can zap one’s focus, shorten memory, and plain put workers to sleep on the job. How does it work from inside business brains?  Here are 10 problems that limit brainpower in most workplaces … all with potential solutions that come packed into some people’s lunch bags.1. Energy appears low, so de... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=966983 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:19:00 +0100 966983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=912160&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F162529221%2F5_learning_stoppers_that_shut.html Here are five surefire ways to stall learning and shut down brainpower at work. 1. Demand attention and criticize every mistake you spot along the way, so that people around you run to keep up with your demands … and hide to avoid your criticism. 2. Come to work stressed to the gills and pass anxiety around freely by the way you communicate, and demand and worry, so that brains literally shrink in and around you. 3. Spout many meta messages so that people can never really take what you say as truly what you mean. Confuse people and communicate back with insincerity that stunts growth with you and prevents any learning adventure. 4. Describe how overwhelmed you are, but don’t make any efforts to organize your day for change or adventure or generosity to yourself ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=912160 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:57:45 +0100 912160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=711965&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F130135457%2Fratchet_up_brainpower_on_route.html Regardless of the events you enjoyed or suffered through yesterday – each new day raises fresh opportunities well beyond most people’s expectations. The rested brain is more than ready to take advantage of benefits than most people realize. From the moment a person sets off to another workday your brain works in your favor. How so? Let’s say you get a call on the car phone … The auditory cortex activates to take in the question asked  - after which your frontal cortex processes the question in relation to what you already know in order to help you make an informed response.Say the person asks you to pick up copies of a whitepaper at another firm on the way to work. Can you see how the new information is processed together with a previous notion of whitepaper, ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=711965 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:14:38 +0100 711965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707214&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F129348306%2Ffive_faces_of_effective_facili.html Recently, I facilitated a group of leaders in Upstate New York -- where I laid out and modeled five principles of facilitation. Quite frankly I expected this rather set leadership group to be more skeptical …  or expect a lecture about our topic - the human brain in today's worplace.Instead - people showed amazing openness to the facilitation method, where we developed practical plans together to use more brainpower in their workplaces. Over years of facilitating and learning from leadership groups of all sizes and purposes – I discovered what I call …  Five faces of effective facilitators … 1. Curious and open to new angles of any topic raised. Facilitators follow an agenda with space reserved under each topic for part... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707214 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:22:08 +0100 707214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=677479&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F122646677%2F5_zaps_to_more_brainpower_wher.html Yesterday I highlighted 5 Surefire Ways to Zap Brainpower from Any Room.  Here are 5 equally workable ways to kick-start more brainpower in the same room with trouble makers at work. 1. Ask two footed questions that draw out another people’s many intelligences. For example a terrific leader in my community recently asked me… How could a driver education program in Europe be brain based? What a cool question – and in fact I answered it with a six-blog series to respond. Who’s imagination have you propelled in the direction of their talents lately? 2. Stand as peacemaker between people who disagree – so that instead of Tone as a blatant silent killer you use Tone to turn disagreements into organizational growth. It starts quite simply – each time we ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=677479 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:50:35 +0100 677479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=659393&cid=t_123879_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F122382825%2F5_surefire_ways_to_zap_brainpo.html Here are 5 surefire ways to zap brainpower from any room you enter. 1. Tell people how great you are and how much experience you have in any topic they raise. Why learn new skills or make spaces for other people’s multiple intelligences when you have so many of your own already in operation? 2. Snap at pretty much anybody who disagrees with any of your great ideas. Tone is a blatant silent killer you can use in any circle and is bound to shut down opposition and pretty much everything else. 3. Lead people to think you like things you hate - just to keep them quiet. Meta messages are sure to confuse people so they don’t know what you are saying or thinking any longer – or even how to respond with any sincerity. 4. Tell people about all the problems you face daily and never... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=659393 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:18:45 +0100 659393