How the brain’s ability to adapt can allow for
better decision-making for social good
“Brain agility and neuroplasticity are attributes that make us more adaptable and resilient and also increase our sense of agency in an ever-changing world. As geo-political and psycho-social crises are impacting us and our children at unprecedented levels, we are mindlessly creating a dystopian future and future leaders ill-equipped to deal with this. Of all the elements of brain agility, including: mastering our emotions; understanding the brain-body connection; trusting our intuition; making decisions for social good; staying motivated to reach our goals; and reframing creativity to allow us to design a future we can feel good about; it is creativity that can harness the most from the power of neuroplasticity….”
Tara Swart had me at brain agility, and she sold me on social good. We can do this, but what got us here will not get us where we want to go. The good news is that the brains we used to get here are ready and eager to learn. And there are brand new brains being born every day.
Book excerpt: The Neuroscience of Creativity