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Brain, Body, & Business Want to be Fit to Thrive in Any Economy? © The BestWork People 2009
We’re living in an extraordinary moment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
We humans make our living in exchanges ,[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
Commerce is based in vulnerability ,[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
Commerce and the brain  evolved together © The BestWork People 2009    Brain Body Business Lucy  3,200,000 yrs 160,000 gens 500 cc Male 5’  100# Female 4’  50# Walking upright, arched  foot Sloped forehead Cooperating and Coordinating Primitive tools Language? Communities in Africa 1,000,000 years 50,000 gens 1000 cc Heavy brow ridges Less sloping forehead Good cutting edges Communities in Asia, Africa, maybe Europe 25,000 years 1,250  gens 1500 cc Modern Pre- Frontal Cortex (PFC) Male 6’  150# Female 5’5”  120#  Fully modern  Trading over thousands of miles  Art Elegant tools Herding Communities in Asia, Africa, Australia, and maybe the Americas 10,000 years 500 gens X X Horticulture, towns 5,000 years 250 gens X X Cities, warfare, taxes, writing 600 years 30 gens X X Italian Renaissance, banking Can exchange without seeing each others’ eyes  230 years  11 gens X X Industrial revolution, modern cities  People become ‘consumers’ & ‘pairs of hands’
Commerce is as old as the first human community ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
The brain’s powerful wiring ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
Brain, Body, And Business
The brain can enable/disable us from responding effectively ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
In our world, we are called upon to  design  important exchanges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
Peoples’ concerns are continually shifting ,[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
We are able to take on new challenges  (…invariably demanding new exchanges)   © The BestWork People 2009
Reality – as processed by our brains -  is social  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
(c)  Matthew Lieberman, UCLA, 2008
The basis of sociality and the basis of commerce are the same ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
Social animals thrive together –  not separately © The BestWork People 2009
We become ingenious when ‘our people’ are vulnerable ,[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
But the vulnerability we face in modern life is not what the brain is built for ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(c)  The BestWork People 2009                                
Whatever business you may be in… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
© The BestWork People 2009
At it’s best, the PFC is capable of extraordinary feats ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
© Kevin Ochsner, Columbia University, 2008
Be aware: brain fitness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009 Enables  Impairs PFC function
Want a brain fit for any economy? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
At its best the PFC generates powerful interpretations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
Leaders can optimize PFC function ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
Curiosity is the silver bullet ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
What makes a question powerful? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© The BestWork People 2009
What might be possible if you could leverage the brain’s powerful wiring? © The BestWork People 2009
With gratitude for the teachers and researchers who illuminated the path   Marsha Shenk  is a veteran consultant, one of the pioneers of Business Anthropology.  Her syntheses of the cultural, biological, and historical influences that impact modern commerce have empowered business leaders for 3 decades.  www.BestWork.biz   http://twitter.com/marshashenk   © The BestWork People 2009 39

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Brain, Body, And Business

  • 1. Brain, Body, & Business Want to be Fit to Thrive in Any Economy? © The BestWork People 2009
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  • 5. Commerce and the brain evolved together © The BestWork People 2009   Brain Body Business Lucy 3,200,000 yrs 160,000 gens 500 cc Male 5’ 100# Female 4’ 50# Walking upright, arched foot Sloped forehead Cooperating and Coordinating Primitive tools Language? Communities in Africa 1,000,000 years 50,000 gens 1000 cc Heavy brow ridges Less sloping forehead Good cutting edges Communities in Asia, Africa, maybe Europe 25,000 years 1,250  gens 1500 cc Modern Pre- Frontal Cortex (PFC) Male 6’ 150# Female 5’5” 120# Fully modern Trading over thousands of miles Art Elegant tools Herding Communities in Asia, Africa, Australia, and maybe the Americas 10,000 years 500 gens X X Horticulture, towns 5,000 years 250 gens X X Cities, warfare, taxes, writing 600 years 30 gens X X Italian Renaissance, banking Can exchange without seeing each others’ eyes 230 years 11 gens X X Industrial revolution, modern cities People become ‘consumers’ & ‘pairs of hands’
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  • 20. We are able to take on new challenges (…invariably demanding new exchanges) © The BestWork People 2009
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  • 22. (c) Matthew Lieberman, UCLA, 2008
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  • 24. Social animals thrive together – not separately © The BestWork People 2009
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  • 31. © Kevin Ochsner, Columbia University, 2008
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  • 38. What might be possible if you could leverage the brain’s powerful wiring? © The BestWork People 2009
  • 39. With gratitude for the teachers and researchers who illuminated the path Marsha Shenk is a veteran consultant, one of the pioneers of Business Anthropology.  Her syntheses of the cultural, biological, and historical influences that impact modern commerce have empowered business leaders for 3 decades. www.BestWork.biz http://twitter.com/marshashenk © The BestWork People 2009 39

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