Update for June 2009
NEUROLEADERSHIP NEWS
The early bird for the Summit in LA in October closes June 30. Click here for a complete program. There is an amazing line up of speakers and topics, with salons recently added, including Neuroscience & Spirituality. We have Warren Bennis, Daniel Siegel, Werner Erhard and other fascinating minds together for two days. Learn more.
Also, there's a whole new website now up for the NeuroLeadership field,
check it out.
The first NeuroLeadership formal Graduate Certificate is going ahead as planned, we're planning to start the first program in September this year.
If you are thinking of writing a paper to put into the NeuroLeadership Journal, you have till end of July to submit. Find out more here.
BLUESCHOOL UPDATE
The first BlueSchool gala was amazing! We raised over $500,000 at a time when no one was raising any money, to help the school achieve it's mission. Already some very interesting projects are in the works that will involve the school being a 'vision of what's possible' in education. It's exciting to be involved in creating a new school from the ground up. Learn more about the school here.
There are three job opening at the school: we are looking for a Development Director (fund raising), as well as a business manager, and a part time teacher of two year olds with Music experience. Contact humanresources@blueman.com for more info on either role.
The video by BlueSchool board member Sir Ken Robinson is one of the most popular at the TED conference website, check it out, it's quite amazing. It's called 'how schools kill creativity'.
NEW BOOKS
Your Brain at Work and my text book with Linda Page Coaching with the Brain in Mind are now available for pre-order. Am working on some open public events in NYC to launch Your Brain at Work in October. Am very excited about the feedback about this book, see what Warren Bennis had to say about it...
RCS NEWS
I just had a wonderful weekend in Prague with people running RCS regions around the world. I was reminded of how important it is to regularly step out of everyday thinking and leave space for 'higher level' thoughts. It's much easier to do when you are in a new place, without work filling your mind. Subtle thoughts require a quiet mind. RCS continues to run Brain-Based Coach Certification programs worldwide, now in 15 countries, and deliver wide scale programs for large organizations. We recently opened in Finland and shortly in Brazil. RCS has a whole new website in the last few months too.
PERSONAL UPDATE
Have recently given talks in Tokyo (at the first TED in Tokyo), Singapore, Oxford University, in Prague with a senior Czech economist and the leadership team of a large bank, and at several large corporations across the US. It's wonderful being able to share insights about the brain and help people learn about themselves. I get very energized seeing people uncover important and unexpected findings, and am seeing the SCARF model have a big impact. Am working on a paper on this to come out in strategy+business magazine soon.
My favourite topic is teaching the neuroscience of mindfulness, both with theory and exercises. We did this in Oxford with people out on the lawn one afternoon.
Also we recently started a 'family blog' (actually Lisa Rock did all the work) for people who want to know where we are, what the kids are up to etc. Be warned, it's all a bit too cute!
Finally, I have decide to regularly use my Twitter account now to stay more in touch with people, you can find me at davidrock101 on twitter. I will post each week on research, events, ideas of interest.
That's plenty for now!
The early bird for the Summit in LA in October closes June 30. Click here for a complete program. There is an amazing line up of speakers and topics, with salons recently added, including Neuroscience & Spirituality. We have Warren Bennis, Daniel Siegel, Werner Erhard and other fascinating minds together for two days. Learn more.Also, there's a whole new website now up for the NeuroLeadership field,
check it out.
The first NeuroLeadership formal Graduate Certificate is going ahead as planned, we're planning to start the first program in September this year.
If you are thinking of writing a paper to put into the NeuroLeadership Journal, you have till end of July to submit. Find out more here.
BLUESCHOOL UPDATE
The first BlueSchool gala was amazing! We raised over $500,000 at a time when no one was raising any money, to help the school achieve it's mission. Already some very interesting projects are in the works that will involve the school being a 'vision of what's possible' in education. It's exciting to be involved in creating a new school from the ground up. Learn more about the school here.
There are three job opening at the school: we are looking for a Development Director (fund raising), as well as a business manager, and a part time teacher of two year olds with Music experience. Contact humanresources@blueman.com for more info on either role.
The video by BlueSchool board member Sir Ken Robinson is one of the most popular at the TED conference website, check it out, it's quite amazing. It's called 'how schools kill creativity'.
NEW BOOKS
Your Brain at Work and my text book with Linda Page Coaching with the Brain in Mind are now available for pre-order. Am working on some open public events in NYC to launch Your Brain at Work in October. Am very excited about the feedback about this book, see what Warren Bennis had to say about it...RCS NEWS
I just had a wonderful weekend in Prague with people running RCS regions around the world. I was reminded of how important it is to regularly step out of everyday thinking and leave space for 'higher level' thoughts. It's much easier to do when you are in a new place, without work filling your mind. Subtle thoughts require a quiet mind. RCS continues to run Brain-Based Coach Certification programs worldwide, now in 15 countries, and deliver wide scale programs for large organizations. We recently opened in Finland and shortly in Brazil. RCS has a whole new website in the last few months too.PERSONAL UPDATE
Have recently given talks in Tokyo (at the first TED in Tokyo), Singapore, Oxford University, in Prague with a senior Czech economist and the leadership team of a large bank, and at several large corporations across the US. It's wonderful being able to share insights about the brain and help people learn about themselves. I get very energized seeing people uncover important and unexpected findings, and am seeing the SCARF model have a big impact. Am working on a paper on this to come out in strategy+business magazine soon.
My favourite topic is teaching the neuroscience of mindfulness, both with theory and exercises. We did this in Oxford with people out on the lawn one afternoon. Also we recently started a 'family blog' (actually Lisa Rock did all the work) for people who want to know where we are, what the kids are up to etc. Be warned, it's all a bit too cute!
Finally, I have decide to regularly use my Twitter account now to stay more in touch with people, you can find me at davidrock101 on twitter. I will post each week on research, events, ideas of interest.
That's plenty for now!
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10:23 AM
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