Collaboration
When Mentoring Goes Wrong
When an opinionated senior engineer and a hesitant junior engineer clash, the real problem isn't attitude; it's two brains doing exactly what evolution designed them to do.
Social Co-Regulation
Stress & Regulation
Your Manager Can't Fix Your Anxiety (And That's Not Her Job)
When a project is in crisis, employees instinctively look to their manager for reassurance, but the relief they're seeking is something only they can provide for themselves.
Social Co-Regulation
Your Mood Is Contagious (And So Is Your Stress)
Drawing on the neuroscience of mirror neurons and emotional contagion, this post explains why a manager's emotional state spreads to the whole team — and what to do about it.
Self-Awareness
Your Coworkers Are Mirrors (And You Won't Like What They Reflect)
The coworkers who frustrate you most are often reflecting disowned parts of yourself, and understanding that dynamic through psychology and neuroscience is more effective than any conflict resolution technique.
Collaboration
Your Boss's Nervous System Is Running Your Meeting
A leader's emotional state is neurologically contagious, and the most effective thing a manager can do is regulate their own nervous system before trying to lead anyone else.
Stress & Regulation
You Can Care Without Being Consumed
True emotional maturity at work means staying fully present with others' struggles without losing yourself in them, a balance Buddhism calls equanimity and neuroscience calls empathic clarity.