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Back on the nutrition front, I listened to a podcast yesterday that made the claim that Diet Coke contains chemicals that kill brain cells.  So I checked it out....and here's what I found. Whilst being calorie free, the sugar substitutes in diet sodas play a trick on...

I read a really interesting article this week about the emergence of the sharing economy - also referred to as the peer-to-peer economy.  Three historical economies Essentially we have progressed as a society through three major phases of economy... 1.  The...

We know that exercise is good for us. However, as with much of our humanness, it’s not that simple. When it comes to exercise, the process of Cortisol secretion presents us with a Cortisol Conundrum. We need Cortisol – it helps us wake up our body after sleep, and it...

Yesterday I attended a Business Chicks breakfast with guest speaker Alyssa Camplin. What a wonderful morning...besides meeting and having a coffee with two lovely business chicks from my table, Alyssa was quite the inspirational speaker. In sharing her journey to...

When I work with teams, I refer to Patrick Lencioni's work from the  Five Dysfunctions of a Team where he talks about the difference between Consensus and Commitment. Consensus requires everyone on the team or around the table to agree on an issue. Whilst this is a...

The human brain is an amazing thing (stimulating a single second of human brain activity would require almost 83.000 processors), but it has it's foibles! It tends to be biased. It focuses more on it's perception of a situation rather than the facts behind it and uses...

Do you find that even though you exercise, you find it difficult to lose the kilos? And that this could be because the more you exercise the more you want to eat? Finally, the answer we’ve been looking for! To lose weight, you have to stop exercising and start having...

I read an article this week by Neil Smith. He is suggesting that the reason for many of our failed change projects that aim to reduce cost are focusing on the wrong thing. Some great points made... He makes a number of points and my take on them is.... 1.  Without...

Did you know that continually 'resisting' your favourite naughty snack actually reduces your capacity to resist it! Did you know that cognitive 'brain' training can counteract seven to fourteen years of age-related cognitive decline! Did you know that the human brain...

Alzheimer's is a disease that damages the brain, resulting in impaired memory, thinking and behaviour. The biggest risk for having Alzheimer's disease is increasing age, though it can affect anyone of any age. It causes brain cells to die, and hence a shrinking of the...

Well, you would assume that with what I do, that I would have total control over my brain and my emotional state. Think again! I work hard to implement all the stuff I talk about, and have been doing well, but I had a set-back today which serves as a perfect example...

Neuroscience is the new black! You see it everywhere - Neuro-Selling, Neuro-Marketing, and of course Neuro-Leadership - the neuro- most relevant to this blog and this little duckie! So what is Neuro-Leadership? It is.... "A field of study that explores the processes...