About this item
Highlights
- Rethinking leadership through a scientific approach to human connection and performance Built on a dual foundation of rigorous research and real-world application, Biohacking Leadership: Leveraging the Biology of Behavior to Maximize Your Impact explores how leaders can apply biohacking principles to understanding and leverage the biological and behavioral drivers of decision-making, influence, and impact.
- About the Author: SCOTT HUTCHESON, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at Purdue University specializing in technology and engineering leadership.
- 256 Pages
- Business + Money Management, Leadership
Description
Book Synopsis
Rethinking leadership through a scientific approach to human connection and performance
Built on a dual foundation of rigorous research and real-world application, Biohacking Leadership: Leveraging the Biology of Behavior to Maximize Your Impact explores how leaders can apply biohacking principles to understanding and leverage the biological and behavioral drivers of decision-making, influence, and impact. The first in a three-part series, this book discusses how to optimize your leadership by using neuroscience and biomechanics to enhance your mental and physical state, fostering more effective communication, emotional regulation, and collaboration.
Each concept and strategy in this book is informed by science, but the insights are presented in an accessible, actionable way, discussing topics including:
- The concept of leadership biodynamics as a set of three channels and the 18 biometric signals that represent the essential dimensions of effective leadership: warmth, competence, and gravitas
- How insights from nature's keystone species--beavers, wolves, and sea stars--illustrate the impact of creating balance, inclusivity, and shared value
- How to deliver results with clarity and credibility by mastering complexity, decision-making, and alignment with strategic goals
- The critical role of creativity, adaptability, and play in fostering innovation, resilience, and team cohesion
Biohacking Leadership: Leveraging the Biology of Behavior to Maximize Your Impact is an essential guide for all professionals seeking to harness cutting-edge scientific research and developments and to bring their organizations to new heights.
From the Back Cover
PRAISE FOR BIOHACKING LEADERSHIP
"Biohacking Leadership is an essential, step-by-specific-step guide to the 21st century's most needed MBA: mindfulness, behavior, authenticity."
--DOUGLAS K. SMITH, Author, The Wisdom of Teams
"Leadership isn't just a skill--it's a biological process that can be optimized, fine-tuned, and biohacked. In Biohacking Leadership, Dr. Scott Hutcheson unveils a groundbreaking approach that merges neuroscience, behavioral biology, and leadership strategy to help you become a more adaptive, influential, and high-impact leader."
--GREG SATELL, Author, Cascades and Mapping Innovation
"In Biohacking Leadership, Dr. Hutcheson offers a unique, refreshing, and intriguing take on leadership success that is equally applicable to public, private, and nonprofit sectors. In examining leadership from a biological perspective, he identifies its core elements upon which successful leaders can build."
--ROSS C. ALEXANDER, PhD, President and CEO, Texas A&M University-Texarkana
"Biohacking Leadership is a must-read for anyone wanting to be better in leading their teams. This book is a welcome contribution that will help leaders make meaningful connections that will prompt high performance."
--SEBASTIAN HAMERS, CEO, Human Insight
"Biohacking Leadership is a masterpiece. An essential book for leaders seeking an evidence-based approach, grounded in science, to optimize their impact. Scott Hutcheson combines his vast expertise in leadership and organizational behavior with practical and actionable strategies. Additionally, he integrates real-life examples from biology as comparative analogies to human behavior, helping us understand how leadership transforms the way we perceive influence and decision-making. An innovative book that redefines leadership for the modern era. You'll want to read it over and over again."
--ELIA GUARDIOLA, Speaker, Storyteller, Motivational Communicator and Mentor of Leaders
About the Author
SCOTT HUTCHESON, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at Purdue University specializing in technology and engineering leadership. He is the co-founder of Hutcheson Associates, a consulting and corporate training firm helping leaders across industries build high-performing teams and resilient organizations through science-based insights and practice-proven tools.
MATTHEW D. JONES is a doctoral student in organizational leadership at Purdue University, where he studies creative problem-solving, cognitive diversity, and agile strategy. His research explores how play fuels leadership and drives serious strategic outcomes. A Certified Master Facilitator in LEGO(R) SERIOUSPLAY(R) methods, Matthew has spent the last nine years teaching and training international audiences in creativity and innovation. He and his wife, Allyse, own Cereset(R) Lafayette, a wellness franchise that helps the brain restore its natural rhythm and balance. They live in Indiana with their three daughters.