Explore Further

This section provides a range of additional materials. They range from light hearted videos, to TED talks to science articles. Use this material to explore the topics further and to understand different points of view.

Books

• Brain-savvy Wo+man: How women can overcome bias and succeed in the work place. Jan Hills and Francesca Hills. Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brain-savvy-Wo-man-overcome/dp/099290076X/
• Brain-Savvy Business, 8 Principles from Neuroscience and How to Apply Them, Jan Hills. Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brain-savvy-Business-principles-neuroscience-apply-ebook/dp/B01AWJSZC8
• A User’s Guide to the Brain, John J. Ratey. Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Users-Guide-Brain-John-Ratey/dp/0349112967
• Brain Rules, 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School, John Medina. Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brain-Rules-Updated-Expanded-Principles/dp/098326337X/
• The Power of Habit, Why We do What We Do in Life and Business, Charles Duhigg. Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Habit-Business-Charles-2012-02-28/dp/B01JXUIIO2/
• Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman. Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0141033576/
• We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Should-All-Be-Feminists/dp/0008115273/
• Lean in, Work and the will to lead. Cheryl Sandberg. Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lean-Women-Work-Will-Lead/dp/0753541645/

 Articles, blogs and podcasts

• Brain Diaries, Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Article that tracks brain development over human lifecycle. http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/braindiaries/
• Project 28 to 40, Opportunity Now. 28-40 is a critical age for career development – the danger zone where women are not promoted at the same rate as men – a problem not just for women but for companies too. This survey, the largest ever undertaken, gives invaluable insights into how to tackle this. https://gender.bitc.org.uk/system/files/research/project_28-40_the_report.pdf
• When talking about Bias Backfires, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. Interesting piece about how you talk about stereotypes can encourage or discourage them. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/adam-grant-and-sheryl-sandberg-on-discrimination-at-work.html
• Inclusive Leadership, Stereotyping and the Brain, A Research Symposium presented by The Program on Social Intelligence and the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co Centre for Leadership and Ethics.  After decades of efforts within corporations to reduce prejudice and encourage diversity, why is it still so hard to keep discrimination out of the workplace? https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/leadership/sites/leadership/files/bernstein_inclusive_leadership_report.pdf
• Are you having trouble focusing, these strategies will help you Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter. December 2017 Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2017/12/are-you-having-trouble-focusing-these-simple-strategies-will-help

Videos and Webinars

• How the Brain works, University of Bristol.  Introduction to the structure of the brain and how it works (5 mins, 15 secs). https://youtu.be/9UukcdU258A
• What Percentage of Your Brain Do You Use? Richard E Cytowic. Ted Ed. (5 mins, 15 secs).  Two thirds of the population believe the myth that we use only 10% of our brain.  Our neuron-dense brains have evolved to use the least amount of energy while carrying the most information possible. http://www.brainfacts.org/Thinking-Sensing-and-Behaving/Thinking-and-Awareness
• What is so special about the human brain? Susana Herculano-Houzel. Ted Talk.  How exactly does the brain – a three pound snarl of nervous tissue – create inspired inventions, the feeling of hunger, the experience of beauty, the sense of self?  (11 mins, 23 secs). https://www.ted.com/playlists/1/how_does_my_brain_work
• The tale of two brains. In this entertaining film, marriage expert Mark Gungor explores the differences between men and women. (13.34 mins) https://youtu.be/3XjUFYxSxDk
• We should all be feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ted Talk.  In this classic talk Adichie asks that we begin to dream about and plan for a different, fairer world — of happier men and women who are truer to themselves.  (29 mins, 28 secs) https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_we_should_all_be_feminists#t-9441
• If you have a daughter you need to see this, Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo.  Looks at characters in children’s books and asks how many are role models for females?  (3 mins, 18 secs). https://youtu.be/Z1Jbd4-fPOE
• Equal Future, ANZ.  ANZ has partnered with award winning Director Jane Campion to highlight the need for systems to better support women. While neuroscience shows girls’ brains develop ahead of boys, this advantage is not maintained through life, with women too often falling behind.  (1 min, 40 secs). http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3lbq4k
• The illusion of inclusion, Tanvi Gautam, Ted Talk.  Our left-brain approach to inclusion isn’t working.  Tanvi Gautam suggests that we need to make it personal to move people to action.  (15 mins, 36 secs). https://youtu.be/VlhRbn2S7jM
• Inspiring the future. Primary school children reveal the reality of gender stereotyping.  This video seeks to highlight ongoing gender stereotypes by asking kids to draw firefighters, surgeons, fighter pilots.  (2 mins, 7 secs).  https://youtu.be/qv8VZVP5csA
• Meet Eva a feminist icon. Extract from the TV show, The secret life of 5 year olds. Watch what happens when stereotypes are not absorbed. https://www.facebook.com/Channel4/videos/10154091774452330/