The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier by Neuropsychologist Friederike Fabritius and leadership expert Dr. Hans Hagemann.
They collaborate combining expertise in both neuropsychology and management consulting to present a series of powerful brain strategies for organizations and individuals to gain peak performance.
I was very impressed with this book. There is much to learn about recent neuroscience technology revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. There are certainly a lot of business books addressing peak performance. Most seemingly appear to be based upon well intentioned goal setting and had limited access to scientific data to support their theories how organizations can thrive.
However this book reveals how science and recent technology advances can now enhance the following brain abilities: Sharpening focus, Achieving the highest performance, Learning and retaining information more efficiently, Improving complex decision-making, Cultivating trust and building strong teams.
Light touch of science
Everyone will certainly discover a unique introduction to dopamine, acetylcholine, and noradrenaline. But worry not there is no test, only learning about how technology advancements in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machines can now identify specific brain conditions due to understanding of quantum physics that impact performance. Seemingly legacy approaches were simply well intentioned wild guessing.
With this new understanding of how the brain behaves during various workplace scenarios and stress levels we see examples. The first chapter story of how US Astronaut Gordon Cooper handled stress (gentle reminder he fell asleep in the capsule) of the Mercury Atlas 9 during several delays prior to launch.