The Working Brain: Optimize Your Workday Performance (Paperback or Softback)

Realize a more productive workday by understanding and using your brain better.

As news outlets buzz over AI and supercomputers, many professionals feel doomed to fall behind. The most complex, adaptive, and impressive computing technology still ever known exists inside you: your human brain. But how well do you truly understand or use this amazing asset? Popular brain myths and corporate lore have probably held you back from fully leveraging this powerful technology, leaving your professional potential latent. By busting brain myths and relaying the latest insights, Dr. Brynn L. Winegard wants to help you use your brain better to unlock your full potential and realize your most productive self, day, and work life.

In The Working Brain, Dr. Brynn draws on her academic research in neuroscience, positive psychology, and corporate career to show you how to get more from your brain while asking less of your willpower. This science-backed practical guide is the missing manual for using your brain better at work and makes the latest brain insights accessible, tangible, and actionable. Understand how to tap into the brain’s natural rhythms and use Dr. Brynn's MERIT Framework (Move, Eat, Rest, Interact, Think) to customize your workday for optimum productivity and performance. Discover the best times to work, focus, zone out, and rest, and collect the tips and techniques to fuel, excite, replenish, and stimulate your brain in vital ways at work.

With its practical tips, The Working Brain gives you the potential to be more productive, feel more motivated, and perform at your peak all workday long.

Dr. Brynn Winegard is an award-winning professor, professional speaker, and expert in applied neuroscience and positive psychology for professionals. Dr. Brynn has helped clients such as Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Google use the latest brain discoveries to improve employee performance. She teaches at several institutions including University of Guelph and Schulich Executive Education Centre, and is active with Harvard/McLean Institute of Coaching.