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Erika Garms works with leaders who need their teams to work, manage, and innovate smarter. As CEO of WorkingSmarts (www.workingsmarts.com), she uses her gift for translating powerful scientific theory to everyday workplace practice. Erika has played a number of consulting and leadership roles in her 26-year career, including serving as an internal consultant, an organization development unit manager, and an organization development/change/executive management consultant with two large, global management consulting firms. She also helped to establish start-up HR and IT consultancies. Erika has worked for and with public sector and private sector organizations across many industries – from food to finance, education to energy. She earned a BA and an MA from the University of Colorado, a PhD from the University of Minnesota, and completed a post-graduate program with distinction from the NeuroLeadership Institute/Sussex University.  Garms is the author of, “The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Five Big Ideas from Neuroscience That Address Organizational Challenges” (ATD Press, 2014) and is a regular speaker at conferences, company meetings, and management retreats across the U.S. and abroad.

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What is a "brain-friendly workplace," and how might you play a role in developing brain-friendliness in your organization? Applying recent neuroscience research to management practices, process and system design, and organizational culture, Dr. Erika Garms will introduce the concept of brain-friendliness, compare it to other organizational improvement methods, and offer recommendations for both evaluating the current degree of brain-friendliness in a work group or organization and embarking on an effort to leverage pertinent neuroscience to improve your workplace. Examples of "quick hits" for immediate improvement will be shared, as will possible approaches to increase brain-friendliness over a period of time. This approach works at the cognitive and emotional level, assuming that behavior change cannot occur unless thoughts and emotions are tapped and reframed.

Join us for an eye-opening (and mind-opening) session during which you will learn:

what a brain-friendly workplace is
why learning and development professionals are uniquely positioned to drive and support brain-friendliness at work
how brain-friendliness compares to high engagement or productivity cultures
ways to implement small changes quickly for the beginning of a culture shift
how to apply principles of brain science to your work.


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