This brain resource is your most valuable and your most scarce...

In our commercial world commodities that are high in demand and low in supply command great value. Internally, we have a resource that is the basis for engagement, learning, respect, felt empathy and even love. This resource is also under huge demand, internally and externally - we are bombarded minute by waking minute with opportunities to spend this resource, often without our conscious awareness. Yet the high-demand and low-supply ‘rule’ does not apply to this resource, for it remains massively undervalued.

Brain, Conversations That Matter, MetacognitionAndrew MowatAugust 13, 2019Attention, Brain, Bandwidth, mindfulness, Listening, Metacognition, MetalearningComment

The one question to ask after giving feedback...

Feedback is a conundrum and a contradiction. It is absolutely necessary for growth, yet it triggers the threat-based pathways in the brain that prevent acquisition and deep learning. Particularly feedback done poorly.

One question alone can help shift a feedback conversation from being awkward to gifting a real opportunity for learning…

Conversations That Matter, The Success ZoneAndrew MowatJuly 31, 2019quality conversations, feedback, brain, SCARF, coaching, BrainComment

Change - the battle between brain and strategy

Ever wondered why change can be so difficult? Many wonderful change models exist, yet all but a few truly consider the brain and neuroscience. This missing element from change management often explains change success stories, as much as the disasters. If you are a change agent (i.e. a teacher, leader, parent, manager...) ignore the brain at your peril!

Brain, Technology, MetacognitionAndrew MowatMarch 9, 2015change, Brain, Leadership, Professional Learning, teaching, strategy, Metacognition, MetalearningComment

10 great questions that get powerful results - Part 1

The Success Zone, BrainAndrew MowatSeptember 4, 2014Coaching, Questions, Brain, Education, Leadership, Blue ZoneComment

10 common behaviour engagement mistakes teachers make

Teaching is a complex social activity, and while teacher training prepares teachers well around content expertise and delivery, very little is done to skill teachers in behaviour engagement. Behaviour engagement/management, in what is already a high-stress profession, remains one of the most significant stressors for teachers, yet little has been done systematically to solve the problem.

Brain, The Success ZoneAndrew MowatAugust 10, 2014Teaching, Education, Engagement, BrainComment

Attention - the currency of change

BrainAndrew MowatJuly 18, 2014Brain, NeuroscienceComment