Using Neuroscience To Build High Performance Teams
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Summarises current neuroscience for teams with concrete claims and practical levers: a baby’s brain starts with 600 million neurons (about 250,000 nerve cells produced per minute in utero), rapid limbic reactions follow a three-second limbic rule and stress hormones peak around 90 seconds, mirror-neuron experiments and robotic prostheses show empathy and thought-controlled arms are real, stroke rehab benefits from early retraining, and team design uses a modified SCARFS (Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness, Success) model to raise intrinsic motivation.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction to neuroscience
- 1:26Evolution of the brain
- 3:50Brain structure and function
- 7:18The role of the cortex
- 10:48Overriding reactions
- 13:19Neuroplasticity and stress
- 17:02Relatedness and bonding
- 20:40Tribe dynamics and conformity
- 24:22Empathy and identity
- 28:39Motivation and behavior
- 33:13The SCARFS model
- 41:14Q&A and closing
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