Friday, April 19, 2013

Making Education Brain Science
LAST month, two kindergarten classes at the Blue School were hard at work doing what many kindergartners do: drawing. One group pursued a variation on the self-portrait. “That’s me thinking about my brain,” one 5-year-old-girl said of her picture. Read more...

NIH Record

Author David Rock Applies Brain Research to Change Management

Your team gets downsized, you’re relocating members to smaller offices, you’re shuffling their pet projects and your way of doing business has got to change.

How do you make it work when change is perceived as a threat? What makes an organizational-change event succeed? Read more...

The Washington Post

The Corporate Kabuki of Performance Reviews
Among the hundreds of reasons to hate performance reviews, here’s another: They dull certain parts of our brains. Temporarily, at least. Read more...

Monday, March 25, 2013

The New York Times

A Boss's Challenge: Have Everyone Join the 'In' Group
This interview with David Rock, director of the NeuroLeadership Institute, was conducted and edited by Adam Bryant. Read more...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

SHRM India

"Start thinking about your thinking," says Dr David Rock as he reveals the secrets of the brain at work.

In an interview with Jyoti Singh Visvanath, Managing Editor at SHRM India, David talks about how neuroscience is helping us understand and optimize the brain at work. Read more...

Thursday, February 21, 2013

CNN Fortune & Money

How to heal our smartphone- addled, overworked brains

The biggest casualty of everyone being so connected is productivity. No one is getting much done at the office. A few ways you can maintain a healthy brain at work...Read more

Thursday, February 07, 2013

The Mint & The Wall Street Journal

The Concentration Crisis
Looking for strategies to overcome distraction and work smarter all day long? Then David Rock’s bookYour Brain at Work will help you understand why your brain feels taxed and what you should do to take full advantage of your mental resources. In the following excerpt, three common problems we all face in a work setting are outlined, with the solutions the book has to offer. Read more...

Monday, February 04, 2013

Entrepreneur

How to Train your brain to stay focused
Staying focused can be tough with a constant stream of employees, clients, emails, and phone calls demanding your attention. Amid the noise, understanding your brain’s limitations and working around them can improve your focus and increase your productivity. Read more...

The Economic Times

Guru Speak: An Insight into your mind

David Rock has a simple agenda - to make people think about how they think. Read more...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

925 Design

Dr David Rock on Science Behind Leadership

Published on Jan 24, 2013
by 925 Design www.925design.com

It's all in the brain. Dr. David Rock from NeuroLeadership Institute talks about why it's important to understand how we think to improve our working culture. Watch the video...