Steve Farber

AUGUST 7, 2017

Neurohacking, Schmachtenberger explains, is the “use of any technology to affect the brain, nervous system, and body in a way that affects cognitive capacity or psyche.” Physical activity frees the brain from stress because it creates favorable chemical reactions and because it restores a sense of power and control to the mind.

Constraint 79

Constraint Entrepreneur Delegation Chemicals 79

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

When we multitask, our mind switches back and forth between different tasks, which hurts our productivity, creativity, and accuracy by increasing cognitive load and impairing memory. It is associated with increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol in our bodies. Stress results from tasks not being completed or done well.

Stress 14

Stress Chemicals Learning-by-Doing Report 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

Siri is super, Alexa is awesome, and Cortana’s quite clever, but better bots and digital assistants aren’t going to determine personal productivity’s data-driven future. Tomorrow’s most effective executives will merge and marry workplace data and analytics to digitally design more-productive versions of themselves.

KPI 8

KPI Directory Human Capital Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Automobile manufacturers, for example, create products that rely on metals, chemicals, oil, and gas, which are among the most energy- and water-intensive industries. Others, including technology and telecommunications companies, are major customers of — and suppliers to — those industries.

Energy 8

Energy Price Telecommunications Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

While most of the discussion revolved around reducing emissions targets, global leaders also discussed the need for a circular economy , which essentially involves decoupling economic growth from the extraction and consumption of scarce resources with negative footprints and making existing resources productive for as long as possible.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chemicals Engineering Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A potentially catastrophic technological problem, an incomplete crisis response plan, misleading early information, divided private and public authority, ineffective initial actions. The possibility of a well blow-out was explicitly addressed by systems, processes and technology. Yet, neither BP and the U.S.

Crisis Management 15

Crisis Management Crisis Management Chemicals 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

They also stressed organizational learning (meaning, capturing the methods of Lean so that other parts of the organizations could adopt them). Most missionaries of the BPM religion come from a heritage in information technology. Adding another religion helped these companies embed continuous improvement into their DNA.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14