i4 Tales: Creating Brain Friendly Cultures

Lisa is a dynamic facilitator & coach. She provides creative & fun learning experiences that develop leadership effectiveness, empowering people to add value at work whilst feeling valued in that process. Lisa founded Life Learning Co. to provide formal and informal ways to open conversations with leaders about ‘growing up’ across ‘all of life’ topics relating to transition and transformation.

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: Outreach & An Ego’s Retreat
Within two months of Lisa’s father becoming seriously ill, her mother was diagnosed with vascular dementia. She quickly adopted the carer’s role and divested herself of her workplace commitments. Her father passed first, then her mother joined him some 4 years later and all the while her children grew up, completing their schooling without her support. In her darkest times, when she thought she could not go on, it was the outreach of people that kept her going and a quieting of her ego that helped her to live fully again.

Join Lisa on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Alison Pate is an executive coach and mentor with over 25 years of global leadership experience. With specialist expertise in leadership development, team effectiveness and client service delivery, she has assisted major corporations in numerous industries to elevate their leadership teams and operations to exceptional standards. She uses her learned skills and holistic approach to increase self-awareness and enhance both performance and wellbeing to ensure that the desired behavioural change and transformation becomes intrinsic to her clients’ success as leaders.

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: The Advantages of Adversity
Everyone has or will experience adversity at some point in their lives. Adversity is part of life and accepting it will help us better prepare for it and overcome it. How we deal with it depends on a myriad of aspects. Our sense of self and the strength of our internal resources - determination, resilience and persistence as well as the external resources in terms of our support system of family and friends all play a part. There are learning opportunities in every adverse situation. Depending on how we choose to perceive adversity, can significantly alter the outcome.

Join Alison on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Gus has been a passionate movement enthusiast since 1999. He has dedicated the last 12 years to rehabilitating injuries of the body and mind, through movement education. 

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: Fighting Sedentarism
The modern world is not well catered for a body that evolved largely on the african savannah. The potential and ease at which lifestyle becomes sedentary has become a plaster cast for a brain and body that is dependant on movement nutrition for health and optimal function. Join Gus Rickard to learn the tricks that can help our bodies maintain the flexibility and mobility we need to function effectively.

Join Gus on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Bernadette McClelland is a Keynote and Sales Kick-Off Speaker, Executive Sales Leadership Coach, and published author. As CEO of Sales Leaders Global P/L she ensures her clients create double digit revenue growth and marketplace differentiation through unique programs based on ‘The NeuroScience of Sales Leadership and Sales Process’.

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: The Power of the Reframe
Resilience is a quality we all have in spades. We all grew up on resilience and then somewhere along the path we opted for different answers to the way we viewed our vulnerabilities, to how we handled the uncertainty of those curved balls life decided to throw our way, to how we coped with the complexities of relationships and to how the ambiguous interpretations we placed on people, things and events has potentially clouded our vision for a better world. This inspirational and informative presentation teaches us to practise ‘The Power of The Reframe’. Doing this can help us refocus, regroup and reimagine all that our lives can become.

Join Bernadette on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Katie Hancock has over fifteen years’ experience delivering strategic HR solutions to clients in the private and public sectors in Canberra, Sydney and the UK. Katie has degrees in science and psychology, and is partway through a Masters of Neuroscience. She is passionate about helping leaders understand how the state of their brain impacts on their own health and performance, and on the performance and health of their teams.

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: Stronger After the Storm
Personal resilience is built not only by understanding how to stay strong in the face of adversity but also by learning how to be vulnerable and share our stories. In this inspirational talk, Katie Hancock will share how by sharing her own story, she has been able to heal and move forward while helping others do the same.

Join Katie on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Kaushik Ram holds a PhD in NeuroImaging and has a strong interest brain training and adaptive psychological processes. He also has a strong background in statistical and mathematical programing languages and “Big Data” mining. He has presented at international Brain Mapping conferences and published his work in peer reviewed journals. He now has his own business teaching psychological and physical health through movement.

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: The Heart of Co-Creation
As a child I often asked - where do our thoughts come from? After studying neuroscience, I still don't know the answer to this question. However, I have learnt that scientists have forgotten that science is a toolkit to contemplate possibility rather than formulate truth. Science is the craftsmanship of ideas and allows us to awaken possibilities that we never thought we'd imagine. In this talk, we will learn how to align our hearts and minds and bring our dreams to life. 

Join Kaushik on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Silvia Damiano's scientific background and curiosity about the human brain led her to a decade long journey of research into optimal brain functioning and the application of neuroscience in leadership and daily life. Her past and current roles have uniquely prepared her for the current undertaking, that of leadership activist & change agent.

She has a passionately held belief, that leaders in our 21st century global economy and their organisations must radically change long-held ideas of what constitutes effective leadership. In her ground-breaking book, Silvia provides both compelling evidence, the case for change and then a path forward for leaders to embrace a new leadership model - the i4 Neuroleader.

Silvia is the creator, thought leader and master trainer of the i4 Neuroleader Model, Assessment Tools & Methodology, founding The About my Brain Institute with the purpose of democratising leadership & neuroscience.

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: A Resilient Brian in a Digital Economy
In the past 10 years, educational institutions have shifted the focus to build digital skills to better prepare the next generation workforce. Building our digital capability is not only about knowing how to live surrounded by technology but also about how to develop our internal resourcefulness and adaptability so we can face a world that constantly changes. Shrugging off the uncertainty caused by the speed of change requires knowing how to maintain a healthy state of mind and how to truly connect with those who can support us through the up’s and down’s of this digital economy.

Join Silvia on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Ordinary guy, with an outstanding wife and 5 amazing kids, who has a passionate message to share about being authentic and living the life you were created to live. Grant uses the practical experience from his own journey of imperfection to coach you to escape the performance trap, cut yourself some slack, learn from your experiences and enjoy being whoever it is you are called to be in your life. Whether it is in the corporate boardroom, the business seminar, the conference venue or as a coach, Grant will inspire positive changes in mindset and behaviour that are sabotaging results. 

Join Grant on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Mark Hodgson comes from an international corporate leadership background. He is Head of Consultancy the About My Brain Institute and runs his own leadership practise. A natural disruptor, he helps executives and consultants to position themselves as leading influencers. He also volunteers as a Telephone Crisis Support worker for Lifeline. Mark is an Executive Coach, keynote Speaker and the Author. His first book is: ‘Time to Shine: Adapting who you are and what you know to succeed in the ideas economy’

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: Equipping Ourselves For Adversity
In our crazy world, it’s easy to become over-stretched. The gravity of ‘busy’ drags us away from nurturing vital parts of our lives. We need to regain balance. It’s about building strengths in five areas – Physical, Family, Social, Emotional and Spiritual – and developing the perspective to know what’s really important.

Join Mark on June 3rd at Billy Blue College of Design,
an event produced by the About my Brain Institute.

Jo Keen is a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, leader, mentor and coach. She is also a well respected senior executive and lawyer having been a General Counsel of one of Australia’s largest energy companies. She is also a not-for-profit director and currently sits on the Board of Australian Sailing.

As an engaging and inspiring storyteller, Jo has a unique ability to enable us all to see the unique talents and qualities which lie within each of us and helps us to recognise that we all are more than capable of overcoming adversity and achieving the impossible, provided that we simply believe in ourselves and look for strength from within.

2017 i4 Tales Conference Topic: Courgage From Within
When things do not got so well in our lives, it is easy to get our brain to notice all the difficulties, the negative situations and the obstacles. Learning to recognise how to turn our thoughts around and retrain our brain to focus on the positive aspects of a situation is a skill that we can all learn and apply in our personal and professional lives. In this incredible session, Joanne Keen will share her strategies to build the courage we need to face the adverse events in our lives so we can shine as brightly as we can.