The world is changing rapidly and profoundly. If we want to be part of shaping the future, we must change too. Otherwise, we will simply be left behind.
The Brain Innovation Project turns cutting-edge insights from modern cognitive neuroscience into practical tools and techniques to help individuals and forward-looking organisations develop their sense of agency to innovate, adapt and thrive in uncertain times.
Our brains are responsible for everything we think, feel, perceive, say, create, do, imagine, invent or believe. They are the drivers of either stagnation or transformation at every level.
Modern neuroscience shows that far from perceiving and responding to reality as is, our brains are extraordinarily complex ‘prediction machines’, constantly generating and testing hypotheses about the world around them. Left unchallenged, our internal models of the world act as self-fulfilling prophecies, actively working to bring about the very predictions and expectations they generate. Individually and collectively, this has profound and far-reaching consequences for how we perceive, understand and react to change at all levels.
Through understanding the brain’s basic operating principles, we can ‘hack into’ its functioning, generating the novel connections, solutions, sense of agency and self-directed change which are at the heart of personal, professional, organisational, technological and societal innovation and creativity.
While our brains are astonishingly complex, our tools and techniques are simple and practical.
They enable you to move beyond your current perceptions, mental models and paradigms and access new ways of thinking and acting.
It’s not that one mode of thinking is superior to another. Rather, it is about having the agility to be able to switch between different approaches according to the task at hand.
After all, if you only have a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. In a rapidly changing world, wouldn’t you rather have the versatility of a Swiss army knife?
No ‘gadgets, substances, super-natural powers or magical thinking’ are required; just a curiosity to explore how your extraordinary natural, biological brain works.
While our brains are astonishingly complex, our tools and techniques are simple and practical.
They enable you to move beyond your current perceptions, mental models and paradigms and access new ways of thinking and acting.
It’s not that one mode of thinking is superior to another. Rather, it is about having the agility to be able to switch between different approaches according to the task at hand.
After all, if you only have a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. In a rapidly changing world, wouldn’t you rather have the versatility of a Swiss army knife?
No ‘gadgets, substances, super-natural powers or magical thinking’ are required; just a curiosity to explore how your extraordinary natural, biological brain works.
The Brain Innovation Project offers innovation training and coaching for individuals, progressive companies, civil society organizations, international bodies and the public sector. Workshops are in-person or online and last from a few hours to a few days.
We do not introduce a costly new and time-intensive innovation process or framework. Rather, we support your existing approaches by exploring and exploiting the brain mechanisms which underpin cognition, discovery and decision making.
While most of our work falls under a few broad categories (see below), our approach is entirely flexible and modular. Thus, our tools and techniques can be adapted to suit any topic, theme or sector. Afterall, we use the same brain whatever we are doing.
An Innovation Mindset
Discover tools and techniques to train your brain to naturally seek out new inputs, make novel connections and create fresh insights as a way of life.
Science & Technology
Explore tools and techniques used by visionaries in science and technology to enhance their creativity and imagination.
Social Impact & Innovation
The world needs some new ideas right now. Discover approaches to envisage a common future for us all and maximise impact.
Leading Change
Overcome resistance to change by understanding how and why our brains respond to and process uncertainty, along with tools to utilise.
Well-being & performance
Explore powerful techniques to stay focused, motivated and resourceful even in the face of setbacks, multiple demands and pressure.
Individual Coaching
For individuals and teams who want to gain new insights, perspectives and breakthroughs around specific issues and challenges.
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