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Presented by:
Robert J. Corbitt, Jr.
16 June 2015
PMI Silver Spring Actionable Intelligence Symposium
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Administrivia
• Please silence all electronic devices
• No dozing off
• All images are used with permission
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The Conversation
• Neuroscience: The study of the brain,
Emotional Intelligence and Emotional
Quotient
• Systems Thinking: A discipline for understanding
the interrelationships of all things
• Transformation: The process of evolving
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The Goal
• Through conversation, provide information
and tools you can use tomorrow, to assist
in your transformation
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5. Neuroscience
The Brain
• A muscle
• Weighs about 3 pounds
• Is the consistency of tofu
• Uses 20% of the blood and oxygen in our bodies
• Forgetting is good for the brain: deleting
unnecessary information helps the nervous
system retain its plasticity
• Is 75% water
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• The most advanced computer known to man
6. Neuroscience
The Brain
• Is part of the Nervous System
• The human body has how many systems? 9
Lymphatic
Nervous
Circulatory
Skeletal
Endocrine
Muscular
Reproductive
Respiratory
Urinary
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7. Neuroscience
The Brain
Keeping it healthy and in good working order
7 – 8+ hours sleep
Hydrate
Eat whole foods
Exercise the mind and body
Love
Quiet time
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8. Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient
EI / EQ
“Your EQ is the level of your ability to understand
other people, what motivates them and how to work
cooperatively with them.”
Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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10. Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient
EI / EQ
Personal competence: Your ability to stay
aware of your emotions and manage your
behavior and tendencies
Self-Management - your ability to use awareness of your
emotions to stay flexible and positively direct your behavior
Self-Awareness - your ability to accurately perceive your
emotions and stay aware of them as they happen
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11. Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient
EI / EQ
Social competence: Your ability to understand
other people’s moods, behavior, and motives in
order to improve the quality of your
relationships
Relationship Management - your ability to use awareness of
your emotions and the others’ emotions to manage
interactions successfully
Social Awareness - your ability to accurately pick up on emotions
in other people and understand what is really going on
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14. Systems Thinking
System Thinking
http://www.merriam-webster.com
• A regularly interacting or
interdependent group of items
forming a unified whole
• A group of interacting bodies
under the influence of related
forces
• A form of social, economic, or
political organization or practice
<the capitalist system>
• The action of using your
mind to produce ideas,
decisions, memories, etc.
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What is systems thinking?
15. Systems Thinking
“Understanding the interrelationship of everything”
Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. Transformation Center of Excellence, LLC
What is systems thinking?
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16. Systems Thinking
Everything in the universe is:
Connected
Relational
Integrated
Dependent
Inter related
Simple
Complex
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17. Systems Thinking
Question?
?What structure is a
combination of three
geometric shapes, each
shape has equal sides and/or
all sides are equal from it’s
center ?
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Pyramid
18. Systems Thinking
Applying a systems thinking discipline improves:
Performance
Understanding
Clarity
Critical thinking
Empathy
Personal and social competence
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19. Transformation
“The process of evolving”
Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. Transformation Center of Excellence, LLC
Life long learner
Employee to owner
Infant to adult
Caterpillar to butterfly
Invention of the printing
press by Gutenberg
around 1450
Aging
Social media
Parenthood
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What to do tomorrow
Apply systems thinking
Begin your transformation!
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