The Innovation Show

The Innovation Show


The Neuroscience of Fear with Friederike Fabritius

May 10, 2020

Our bonus guest is a neuroscientist and pioneer in the field of NeuroLeadership. She trained at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and is a McKinsey consultant, she delivers brain-based leadership programs to Fortune 500 executives and organisations around the globe to transform how they think, innovate, and navigate change.

Her book “The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier” has been translated into several languages and received numerous awards and that book was the focus of episode 86 of the Innovation show.

Neuroscientist and author Friederike Fabritius shares how fear makes us think less effectively and changes both our physiology and our neurochemistry.

We discuss:
The Neuroscience of Fear
The neurochemistry of fear
How our thinking is less effective
How the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting us
Concerns for the post Covid-19 world

More about Friederike
https://www.fabulous-brain.com/