The Science of Optimizing Productivity and Performance

Key Learnings:
- Leading research on the three biggest mistakes of productivity and performance and the scientific reasons WHY people commonly make these mistakes
- Unnecessary daily drains on our cognitive capacity and how to optimize your digital hygiene
- How to prioritize your most important and valuable tasks, even in the face of urgent demands, by using "Daily MIT Setting"
- Training on Focus Sprints^(R), a research-backed way of working that helps individuals get more done, in less time, with less energy expended

Practical Strategies to Enhance Productivity and Performance

Two months of trial and error with using AI collapsed into one practical training session. Includes LIVE prompts generated by the audience. Whether you are brand new to generative AI tools or a power user already, you will walk away with immediately actionable strategies that can save you at least 5 hours/week in your role.

Key Learnings:
- A simple, human-centric explanation of AI, emphasizing generative AI and tools like ChatGPT
- How AI currently performs compared to humans and recent findings on how AI can quickly boost productivity and creative insights by 30%+
- The three fundamental limitations of the human brain, and how AI can fill in for our weaknesses
- Live, practical demos of how to use AI in everyday work scenarios and the primary use cases where AI can help you save time, generate ideas, and make better decisions
- How to use "custom instructions" to automatically increase the quality of all AI outputs and how to talk to AI effectively to minimize frustrating back-and-forths

Managing the Self Through Times of Rapid Change

Key Learnings:
- Why humans are biologically resistant to change and why we can change
- What stress really is in the brain and body and when stress is healthy vs. toxic
- Mental contrasting and how to reduce the anxiety associated with big changes
- How the US Navy uses short, guided conversations to quickly build resilience
- Taking care of your brain: how to accelerate neuroplasticity

The Neuroscience of Creativity and Accelerated Insight

Key Learnings:
- Busting the myth of "left-brained" vs. "right-brained" and the real neurological underpinnings of creativity
- How to reliably get into a creative brain state to increase the likelihood of new insights
- Acquire the tools and principles to consistently generate, prioritize, and implement new ideas
- How to create and nurture a culture of risk-tasking/experimentation to make a more innovative business
- Research-based best practices for effective individual and team brainstorming

The Science of Energy Management:
Understand Your Biological Chronotype and Increase Your Daily Stamina

Key Learnings:
- New research on the four primary causes of "video fatigue" and their simple fixes
- Discover your biological chronotype and how to optimally schedule your day for peak productivity and creativity
- The most effective "brain breaks" according to science and strategies for avoiding the afternoon dip
- How you can use light, temperature, or short breathing exercises to quickly increase your energy levels
- Caffeine myths and practical strategies to optimize caffeine's effects

The Science of Influence and Persuasion:

Key Learnings:
- How to reliably regulate yourself into an ideal brain-state to communicate effectively and maximize executive presence
- The neurobiological basis of trust and human connection and how to maximize psychological safety
- The factors that influence how, why, and when people say "yes"
- The science of verbal and non-verbal communication: new research on mirroring, gestures, eye contact, virtual backgrounds, humor, and what changes when influencing remotely vs. in-person
- Counterintuitive tactics from former intelligence and hostage negotiators

The Leader's Brain:
The Science of Emotionally Intelligent Communication and Feedback

Key Learnings:
- The science of self-awareness and the benefits of attention regulation training (ART)
- Cognitive listening profile assessment to measure an individual's predominant listening style
- The science of psychological safety and high impact strategies to enhance trust and communication effectiveness
- Four-step process for how to give constructive feedback without triggering defensiveness in others
- The ideal positive-to-negative feedback ratio and the start-stop-keep framework for soliciting specific and actionable feedback from others