UNLEASH YOUR SUPER COMPUTER
UNLEASH YOUR INNER SUPER-
COMPUTER :
OVERRIDE THE FACTORY SETTINGS
ZOOMING DOWN a Los Angeles freeway , a Tesla operating on autopilot crashes into a fire truck parked in a lane to attend to an accident . The “ driver ” walks away stunned . Wired magazine reported the Tesla manual clearly stated the autopilot “ cannot detect all objects and may not brake / decelerate for stationary vehicles … especially … driving over 50 mph .”
The Tesla ’ s autopilot programing makes assumptions so that it can operate in the real world . It uses a bias that stationary objects are not likely to be encountered on an uncongested freeway . Your brain is wired to utilize its own nonconscious autopilot to process eleven million bytes of information per second while it only consciously processes forty bytes . Using your own biases , your brain ’ s autopilot is faster than a supercomputer , but for leaders under stress , it often dismisses important information . The brain doesn ’ t come with a manual and warnings . Now , leaders can learn how to unleash the power of their supercomputers before their brain ’ s autopilot slams their company into a stationary object .
Of all the business concepts and books that I have investigated , the Brain-Based Leader Certificate course ( BBL ) is the one I recommend you start with first . It is the real starting line . This course explains the neuroscience of why we are predisposed to have a poor relationship with feedback . In my book , Transform Your Company , I describe how an unhealthy relationship with feedback prevents business improvement concepts from working . It is a learned skill to update the brain ’ s
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