In the five years since NLI began the Your Brain at Work podcast, we’ve sat down with award-winning scientists, respected journalists, and leaders of some of the world’s largest and most successful companies — all to bring you the best brain-friendly solutions to challenges today’s leaders face. We recently celebrated the milestone of 1 million podcast downloads, so we compiled a list of the top 12 Your Brain at Work episodes. Add these to your playlist to absorb the latest thought leadership on making organizations more human through science.
Arianna Huffington (author and CEO, Thrive Global) has made it her mission to infuse more humanity into how work gets done. In this episode, Arianna sits down with Dr. David Rock (Co-founder and CEO, NLI) to explore the problem of being “always on” and offer leaders strategies to make their own organizations more human.
Microsoft has undergone a massive culture transformation in recent years, with a growth mindset being the driving force behind every major decision and change they’ve made. In this episode, Priya Priyadarshini of Microsoft joins us to share the amazing story of this journey.
In this episode, we explore the deeper neuroscience of empathy and the role it plays in making organizations run effectively with special guest David Gelles, author of the bestselling book, “How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America – and How to Undo His Legacy.”
Leaders from HP and Patagonia are dealing with different challenges at their organizations. But what you’ll hear from each leader echoes the same point: During a crisis, it’s people — not business goals or numbers — that need to come first.
Dr. David Rock joins Evynn McFalls (VP of Marketing, NLI) to reveal the origins of the SEEDS bias mitigation model and how we put that science to work — transforming thousands of leaders and teams over the past decade. Catch the insights and get a sneak peek at what’s next in conquering unconscious bias.
Leaders at DTE Energy describe their approaches to giving employees a sense of certainty, autonomy, and relatedness in the way leaders focus their teams.
Bob Johansen, distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future, and Amy Edmondson, Harvard professor and expert on psychological safety, discuss what we can do today — for ourselves and others — so that tomorrow we’ll be in the best position to stay healthy and successful.
Leaders from Gartner and IBM discuss the growing importance of inclusive habits at work: respecting people’s capacity to get things done, the challenges of playing multiple roles, and helping teams see they really are in this together.
A panel of NLI experts, including Dr. David Rock, Khalil Smith, and Ester Neznanova, walk us through the science and importance of listening deeply, uniting widely, and acting boldly. Along the way, they address challenges leaders have been facing and offer science-based solutions to keep teams feeling heard, included, and empowered to effect change.
Dr. Amy Edmondson joins Dr. David Rock for a wide-ranging conversation about organizational climate, role modeling, and, of course, the neuroscience of psychological safety. If you’ve been hearing the buzz about psychological safety and are keen to understand what it’s all about, this episode will provide you with definitive answers.
Dr. David Rock and Janet M. Stovall (Global Head of DEI, NLI) investigate what it takes to zeitgeist-proof DEI. Together, they explore how to build objective, measurable strategies that can stand firm in tough times and realize true business impact.
Why do so many business transformation initiatives fail — sometimes before they’ve even launched? What does the science of behavior change tell us about how to turn change management initiatives into successful movements? In this episode, we answer these questions and more with the help of NLI experts Rachel Cardero, Dr. Ryan Curl, and Mary Toomey.
