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Bernd Hufnagl. Brain Traps
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1: THE LOGIC OF OUR BRAIN
FROG, AGGRESSION, AND IMPULSE CONTROL
First impulse: Eat everything in sight – and when I say everything, I mean everything!
Second impulse: Reproduction
Third impulse: Aggression
SHREWS, MEMORY, EMOTION, AND MOTIVATION
Bonding
Security
Curiosity
CONTROLLER, CONSCIOUSNESS, REASON AND LANGUAGE
Consciousness
Understanding and Reason
Language
INADEQUATE MEMORY
The Take-Away
CHAPTER 2: STRESS AND INNER RESISTANCE
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
PROCESSING, STANDBY, OR OFFLINE MODE
Processing Mode
Standby Mode
Offline Mode
LINKED EXPERIENCES AND INNER CONVICTION
CONTROLLABLE AND UNCONTROLLABLE STRESS
Acute Controllable Stress
Chronic Uncontrollable Stress
STRESS AND AUTONOMIC CONTROL
What are the concrete symptoms of excessive stress?
INNER RESISTANCE: RESILIENCY OR VULNERABILITY?
RESILIENT ORGANIZATIONS
The Take-Away
CHAPTER 3: WORK AND OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM UNDER PRESSURE
IS JOB BURNOUT JUST A FAD?
DEFINITION AND CORE CRITERIA FOR BURNOUT AT WORK
SALUTOGENISIS
A FERTILE GROUND FOR EXCESSIVE STRESS
PRESENTEEISM
The Take-Away
CHAPTER 4: WORKING IN MULTITASKING MODE
A TYPICAL WORKING DAY
WORK DISRUPTIONS
MULTITASKING: SHOULD WE DO EVERYTHING SIMULTANEOUSLY, OR SHOULD WE DO ONE THING AT A TIME?
Fear and Information Multitasking
E-mail and Real-Time Communication
THE EFFECTS OF PERMANENT DISTRACTION AND CHRONIC MULTITASKING
Health and Performance Issues
The Systemic Effects of Multitasking Within Organizations
DOES MULTITASKING OFFER ANY BENEFITS?
The Take-Away
CHAPTER 5: BRAIN FRIENDLY EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT
THE EVOLUTION OF LEADERSHIP
MANAGEMENT AND HERD BEHAVIOR
ACCEPTANCE OF LEADERSHIP
PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMISM
COMMUNICATION
Experiences, Communication, and Learning
Credibility
APPRECIATION AND MULTITASKING
DELEGATING
The Take-Away
CHAPTER 6: MOTIVATION, DECISIONS, AND THE WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE. MOTIVATION AND MEMORY
Motivation
What drives us?
DECISIONS: A COMPETITION BETWEEN FROG, SHREW, AND CONTROLLER
FREE WILL
DO WE DECIDE WITH OUR GUT OR WITH OUR BRAIN?
BIOLOGICAL DECISIONS
THE WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE
EPILOGUE
LITERATURE
