[TLDR: Adaptability in the face of change is paramount for leaders seeking long-term success. Yet, a cognitive bias known as “target fixation” can inadvertently obstruct the ability of business leaders to spot crucial signals of necessary—even lifesaving—change in the business environment.]
Posted 1 month ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Business Corporate Culture Disruption Entrepreneurship Innovation Leadership Strategy Technology Transformation
The ‘private lawn’ is the ability to have the time and space to plan, think and grow. For some of us, daily survival consumes all our time and energy, leaving no room for strategic thinking or planning. Few organisations carve out the time to plan, strategise and think about long-term goals and objectives.
As business leaders, creating an environment where everyone can access their ‘private lawn’ – a space for growth, planning, and forward-thinking is crucial. However, we must also plan by priority.
Posted 2 months ago Tagged Affective Neuroscience Aidan McCullen Business Disruption Feelings Leadership Mark Solms The hidden spring Transformation
Feelings are difficult to research because they are inherently subjective, but If we exclude feelings from our account of the brain, we will never understand how it works. You tell us, to a fantastic degree, neuroscientists searching for an explanation of consciousness have ignored feelings. Mark Solms takes us on an exploration of Feelings and te work of his friend and collaborator, Jaak Panksepp.
Posted 2 months ago Tagged Adhd Autism Business Charles Conn DEI Entrepreneurship Equity Friederike Fabritius Helen Edwards Innovation Neurodiversity Neuroscience Resilience Strategy Transformation
Hire For Neurosignature, Train for Skill: The Brain is Like a Waterbed. Audio version of our popular article.
Posted 2 months ago Tagged agi AI Aidan McCullen Artificial Intelligence artificial intelligence (AI) Business Corporate Culture Disruption Gods and useless Yuval Noah Harai Innovation Leadership Robots Strategy Transformation
While scams and fraud have been around as long as human society, what happens when a scammer is no longer a person but an AI? As in Esperanza’s case, trust is often the scammer’s most potent weapon. This elderly woman, driven by her religious obsession, gave her life savings to someone she believed was divine. With its capacity to learn and adapt, AI could potentially exploit that trust on a much larger scale.
Posted 2 months ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Brain brainwellness Business Consciousness dopamine empathy Innovation Leadership Mark Solms MarkSolms Neuroscience The hidden spring thehiddenspring Transformation
Join Mark Solms and I for Part 2 of The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness
Posted 2 months ago Tagged AI and the Problem of Privilege Ai Ethics Aidan McCullen Business Corporate Culture Disruption Entrepreneurship Innovation Leadership Phaedra Boinodiris Transformation
AI has a Problem of Privilege.This week’s Thursday Thought draws an unlikely parallel between Woodstock ’99 and the burgeoning issue of AI’s privilege problem, warning of an oncoming “Tr-AI-wreck.
Posted 2 months ago Tagged AI for the Rest of Us Aidan McCullen Corporate Culture Innovation Phaedra Boinodiris AI Ethics Phaedra Boinodiris IBM Transformation
I was MC for the tech stage at the Fifteen seconds Festival in Graz, Austria. I had the pleasure of meeting the brilliant Phaedra Boinodiris. She is the author of the book “AI for the Rest of Us”, and is a co-founder of the Future World Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to curating K-12 education in AI ethics.
Posted 2 months ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Business Corporate Culture DEI Disruption Diversity and Creativity Diversity Good for Profits Entrepreneurship Friederike Fabritius Helen Edwards Innovation Leadership Neurodiversity Strategy Technology Transformation
Hire For Neurosignature Train For Skill. In a changing workplace, rather than hiring solely based on skill, we might consider a candidate’s neurosignature. Each neurosignature brings unique strengths to the table. Hiring for neurosignature and training for skill might lead to higher workplace happiness, higher revenue and lower employee turnover.
Posted 2 months ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Corporate Culture Entrepreneurship From Marginal to Mainstream Helen Edwards Innovation Leadership Marketing Marketing Strategy Strategy Technology Transformation
Helen Edwards joins us for part 2 of a 2-part episode on her book, “From Marginal to Mainstream Why Tomorrow’s brand growth will come from the Fringes – and How to get there first.”