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The Social Brain Book Launch Webinar
The Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Watch this virtual book launch, and hear from 'The Social Brain’ authors Tracey Camilleri, Robin Dunbar and Samantha Rockey as they are interviewed by Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Professor Sue Dopson.
How to Escape the Hell of Bad Meetings
Bloomburg UK
There’s a Goldilocks number for every group, one of many insights of evolutionary psychology that can help managers to build successful teams.
Brains, hormones and time - the invisible causes of better workplace culture
Are there forces at work that might impact the way work feels? Could we use those forces to make work better?This discussion with Robin Dunbar and Tracey Camilleri took me to places I hadn't expected to go. That hormones, our brains and time would play a part in the relationships we forge at work isn't something that you would expect to find in a company's culture document, but as you'll hear today they forge a vital component of better team work.Hormones are triggered by emotional interactions with other humans. Uniquely they only tend to work face-to-face. Hormones can help us build affinity with others in a powerful way that is often overlooked.Brain-size impacts the connections we have with those people. At the core of human experience is our closest one (or two) relationships. There’s a small circle of 4 or 5 people who sit at the heart of our lives, and up to 15 who make up the majority of our time.And that time is critical for the strength of those connections. We spent 40% of our time with our 5 closest relationships, and 60% with the top 15. By spending time we can become close friends with people in our lives.The Social Brain by Tracey Camilleri, Samantha Rockey and Robin Dunbar is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
RSA x THE SOCIAL BRAIN
Humans may be social creatures by nature, but we struggle to work together. Join three experts from Oxford and learn how to make group-work more productive and satisfying.
We all know how easy it is for a group dynamic to turn sour. Trust can prove elusive. Resentments build quickly. Standing out becomes more important than working towards a common goal. Even the greatest bands and the most dynamic start-ups of all time have been plagued by group division.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this groundbreaking talk, world-leading experts in evolutionary psychology and strategic leadership come together to offer a primer on how to get the best out of our teams.
With years of expertise, they will show how an understanding of our ‘social brain’ can help us build productive, successful relationships. Together, they will explain how group dynamics work and what size group is most suited to the task at hand. They will offer practical hints on how to diffuse tensions and encourage cohesion. Furthermore, they will demonstrate the vital importance of balancing a sense of unity with the need to encourage different outlooks and strengths.
Join us for what will be both a fascinating analysis of how our brains function in group environments and a brilliantly practical guide to creating collaborative, high-performing teams.
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The Social Brain Book Launch
23rd February 2023
We were thrilled to launch our book The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups in the glorious setting of the Lumley Library in the Royal College of Surgeons last Thursday. The evening was made for us by the company of so many clients, friends, contributors, collaborators and family – a truly ‘social brain’ gathering.
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The Social Brain – The Psychology Behind Successful Groups
Humans may be social creatures by nature, but we struggle to work together. Join three experts from Oxford and learn how to make group-work more productive and satisfying.
We all know how easy it is for a group dynamic to turn sour. Trust can prove elusive. Resentments build quickly. Standing out becomes more important than working towards a common goal. Even the greatest bands and the most dynamic start-ups of all time have been plagued by group division.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this groundbreaking talk, world-leading experts in evolutionary psychology and strategic leadership come together to offer a primer on how to get the best out of our teams.
With years of expertise, they will show how an understanding of our ‘social brain’ can help us build productive, successful relationships. Together, they will explain how group dynamics work and what size group is most suited to the task at hand. They will offer practical hints on how to diffuse tensions and encourage cohesion. Furthermore, they will demonstrate the vital importance of balancing a sense of unity with the need to encourage different outlooks and strengths.
Join us for what will be both a fascinating analysis of how our brains function in group environments and a brilliantly practical guide to creating collaborative, high-performing teams.