What is the bio-chemistry of the organisation, community or family that you are influencing? Is it flooded with cortisol and fear or pumping with dopamine, trust and motivation? We now know that we can directly influence this chemistry, by managing our own.' - Dr Tara Swart Our brain...
Traditional wisdom has suggested that we have one brain. But neuroscience conclusively demonstrates that we actually have three brains: the head brain, the heart brain and the gut brain. The head brain is the mother ship, our data storage centre where information and memories are...
Humanity needs no reminder that our lives have become more and more frenetic - in multiple ways. Solitude is almost a lost art in these times of ultra-connectedness. We live in a fast-paced world of bombarding information and increasing expectations of instant connection, with less...
By Lindsay Braithwaite Ubuntu. ’A person is a person through connection with others.’ The above definition of the famous African concept of Ubuntu, applies aptly to the Lead with Humanity approach to Leadership. Simply put, we cannot lead if we are not connected to the people we...
A definition of humanity: “The quality of being humane and benevolent”. And qualities which make us human – the ability to love, have compassion, be creative, and have faith in the collective. We sit, as a human collective, on the cusp of enormous global change. What...
By Lindsay Braithwaite One of the greatest luxuries of life is the gift of time. Perhaps the pandemic has highlighted how frenetic and busy our lives have become. Whether through intention, or in complete unawareness, we pack in, take on and hurtle through the days, with...
Written by Lindsay Braithwaite There is a tsunami of information on the subject of human emotion circulating at this moment. Before I venture into the topic, I would like to bring your attention to a key distinction between other previously experienced global pandemics, and COVID-19 (“Covid”). These...