Explore the amazing potential of your mind.
This promises to be a glorious 3 days - all about the brain and the mind and what you can do with it. Some of the world’s leading experts in their fields - and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

I am running Whole Brain Thinking as a half day workshop on Friday morning.

Sydney, Darling Harbour, December 2-4, 2009

This week is all about risk. I am working with a large superannuation firm on the issue of risk.
We will be using the Whole Brain Model as the framwork to look at risk from 3 levels.
The first is from an individual level. What do our unique thinking preferences say about our appetite to risk?
The second is how do we react under pressure - and we usually are under pressure.
The third level is what happens to us when we work and make decisions as part of a team or group. Are we truly a team? Are we just a group in individuals who happen to be in the same room?

Am I taking a risk? Not really as the Whole Brain Model provides a powerful way of understanding and dealing with risk.

We met in the cool of the Greenwood - a hotel/pub made from what was once a school. Big stone walls, high ceilings and paved courtyards.

A small but select group of HBDI practitioners talked about:

The new HBDI Interpretation package on the way in early 2010
HBDIinteractive and how that really helps organisations that are spread geographically
2 new case studies showing the impact that Whole Brain Thinking can have on organisations
The HBDI Master Class being held in Melbourne in January 2010

A great night with great company.

The next Sydney network meeting will be in March 2010

Michael

173 people from 8 different countries tuned into our Couples webinar today.
82% of them said they lived with someone who thinks differently to them.
92% of them said they knew at least one person with whom they found it almost impossible to communicate with.
Alec Gardner, a clinical psycho-therapist with 20 year experience using the HBDI, gave some insightful examples of using the HBDI and thinking preferences to help couples relate and deal with unresolved issues.

He summarised these session by recommending that we all:
Understand how we communicate
Support diversity, understand your partners strengths while using yours
develop a collaborative approach
Understand where your frustrations come from
Develop a sense of humour.

The full recording of the Couples Webinar is available on our website.

And the next webinar will be ” The Whole Brain Christmas Survival pack.’ Coming in December.