There is no Minneapolis PEN breakfast in May — attend PENworks 2018 Conference instead!!
When it comes to working across differences effectively, does your brain work for you or against you? Neuroscience is providing tremendous new information on how the brain can trip us up, despite our good intentions to be inclusive. We can now better understand and override these base instincts and strengthen the brain’s capacity to engage care, compassion, and kindness across differences, even with differences that are not familiar or make us uncomfortable.
The Performance Excellence Network is pleased to welcome Shannon Murphy Robinson Principal & Co-Founder of BrainSkills@Work LLC, to our May 9 St. Paul PEN breakfast discussion: “The Neuroscience of Inclusion: Overriding the Brain’s Base Instincts.” Shannon is also author of the new book “Neuroscience of Inclusion: New Skills for New Times.”
Come join us in this interactive session and learn how recent neuroscience research can help us learn how to work with the brain to override the mechanisms that feed into exclusion and the polarization of differences, and see differences through the lens of appreciation. You will be introduced to a new brain-based framework for developing inclusion skills more effectively, including understanding how brain states impact communication, self-awareness and the ability to notice and manage unconscious bias. You will also learn the importance of strengthening the positive brain and appreciation, which is not the brain’s natural inclination, making it easier to stay in curiosity and learn about differences. Learning to engage the positive brain is critical in building trusting, collaborative relationships and in communicating effectively across differences — and it is good for business too, as creating appreciation-based work environments boosts performance and innovation.
The discussion is at Metro State University in the Student Center (details provided at registration). Continental breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 8:00 with the presentation from 8:00 to 9:30 am. No cost for members; $30 for non-members.
Livestreaming (free) and video-on-demand ($20 for members) are now also available (discounted annual subscriptions are available and Premium/Sponsoring Members are free).
To register to attend in person or view livestream or on-demand:
Speaker Bio
Shannon Murphy Robinson, M.A., is a highly sought after organizational consultant, trainer and keynote speaker. She brings a wealth of experience in global diversity and inclusion, intercultural management, leadership development, and executive presentation skills. She has successfully created and implemented large-scale diversity and inclusion training initiatives (20,000+ employees) with clients such as Deloitte, Deluxe, Boston Scientific, SwedishAmerican Hospital, Aetna, Cargill, Mayo Clinic, University of Michigan, and Medtronic, so she knows how to execute results.
In 2012 Shannon achieved Advanced Certification as a NeuroBusiness Coach at Harvard with Dr. Srini Pillay (Harvard Medical School). She now applies the latest neuroscience research to more effectively develop leadership effectiveness, diversity and inclusion and cross-cultural competencies.
Shannon is co-author of the new book Neuroscience of Inclusion: New Skills for New Times, the BrainStates Self-Awareness Profile, and white paper on The Neuroscience of Inclusion: Managing Unconscious Bias. She is on the faculty of the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland, OR, teaching neuroscience of inclusion.
