Neuroscience And Business

Richard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz talk about exercise  from their recent interview with psychologist Dr John Arden. For more on this topic get John’s amazing book The Brain Bible: How to Stay Vital, Happy, and Productive For A Lifetime. You can learn more about John, one of our resident experts, here. For more neuroscience and business, go to Neuroscience and Business.

Richard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz talk about sleep from their recent interview with psychologist Dr John Arden. For more neuroscience and business, go to Neuroscience and Business.

Today Richard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz have a quick chat about anger at work and what to do about it. Here are 7 tips on how to manage your anger...   What to do with Anger in the Office?   1) If you are the one with the anger - remove yourself from the situation and give yourself some cool-down time and space. Controlling the physical aspects of anger is important and separation is the first step if it's possible. You probably need to burn off some stress chemicals surging through your body! So run that errand down the street or do something to move your body and burn some cortisol, loosen your muscles, take some deep breaths or do a deep breathing exercise!   2) Get yourself into a different frame of mind (be curious)- distract yourself from the situation, go for a walk, do something else, so you can come back to the situation with your prefrontal cortex fully engaged - you'll likely see things a bit differently. Even writing it all down can help you process what's going on in a more thoughtful and measured

Welcome to our first neuroscience and business podcast! My name is Matthew Dahlitz and we are your experts in how your brain works and human behavour and we are here to help you get the best performance in business and life. And I'm here with my colleague and good mate Richard Hill.   In this first episode we are asking the question "What makes a good business?" - A question that will underpin all of our episodes as we move forward with this podcast. From a brief Google search many articles suggest that successful companies have the following things in common...   A company culture that attracts the right people for that particular job Great customer service Understanding that business is all about people Well thought out and executed business strategy Discipline - staying focused and on course A sound financial plan Solid business processes Use of effective technology Effective marketing and sales - i.e. knowing how to communicate to people Training and support for staff Trusted advisors Work/life balance f