Neuroscience Systems Thinking Transformation + = Presented by:

Robert J. Corbitt, Jr.

16 June 2015 PMI Silver Spring Actionable Intelligence Symposium

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Administrivia

• Please silence all electronic devices

• No dozing off

• All images are used with permission

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The Conversation

• Neuroscience: The study of the brain, Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Quotient

• Systems Thinking: A discipline for understanding the interrelationships of all things

• Transformation: The process of evolving

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The Goal

• Through conversation, provide information and tools you can use tomorrow, to assist in your transformation

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Neuroscience

The Brain

• A muscle

• Weighs about 3 pounds

• Is the consistency of tofu

• Uses 20% of the blood and oxygen in our bodies

• Forgetting is good for the brain: deleting unnecessary information helps the nervous system retain its plasticity

• Is 75% water

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• The most advanced computer known to man

Neuroscience

The Brain

• Is part of the Nervous System

• The human body has how many systems? 9

Lymphatic

Nervous

Circulatory

Skeletal

Endocrine

Muscular

Reproductive

Respiratory

Urinary

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Neuroscience

The Brain

Keeping it healthy and in good working order

7 – 8+ hours sleep

Hydrate

Eat whole foods

Exercise the mind and body

Love

Quiet time

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Neuroscience

Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient EI / EQ

“Your EQ is the level of your ability to understand other people, what motivates them and how to work cooperatively with them.”

Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Neuroscience

Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient EI / EQ

Travis Bradberry, Co Author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0

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Neuroscience

Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient EI / EQ

Personal competence: Your ability to stay aware of your emotions and manage your behavior and tendencies

Self-Management - your ability to use awareness of your emotions to stay flexible and positively direct your behavior

Self-Awareness - your ability to accurately perceive your emotions and stay aware of them as they happen

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Neuroscience

Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient EI / EQ

Social competence: Your ability to understand other people’s moods, behavior, and motives in order to improve the quality of your relationships

Relationship Management - your ability to use awareness of your emotions and the others’ emotions to manage interactions successfully

Social Awareness - your ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people and understand what is really going on

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Systems Thinking

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What is systems thinking?

Systems Thinking

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What is systems thinking?

Systems Thinking

System Thinking http://www.merriam-webster.com

• A regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole

• A group of interacting bodies under the influence of related forces

• A form of social, economic, or political organization or practice <the capitalist system>

• The action of using your mind to produce ideas, decisions, memories, etc.

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What is systems thinking?

Systems Thinking

“Understanding the interrelationship of everything” Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. Transformation Center of Excellence, LLC

What is systems thinking?

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Systems Thinking

Everything in the universe is:

Connected

Relational

Integrated

Dependent

Inter related

Simple

Complex

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Systems Thinking

Question?

?What structure is a

combination of three

geometric shapes, each

shape has equal sides and/or

all sides are equal from it’s

center ?

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Pyramid

Systems Thinking

Applying a systems thinking discipline improves:

Performance

Understanding

Clarity

Critical thinking

Empathy

Personal and social competence

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Transformation

“The process of evolving” Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. Transformation Center of Excellence, LLC

Life long learner

Employee to owner

Infant to adult

Caterpillar to butterfly

Invention of the printing press by Gutenberg

around 1450

Aging

Social media

Parenthood

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What to do tomorrow

Apply systems thinking

Begin your transformation!

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Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. 202.722.4775

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