Emotional Contagion – Are Your Emotions Worth Catching?
- Posted on 22nd April 2009
- in Blue Zone, emotions, red zone
- by Andrew Mowat
Intuitively we all know that emotions are contagious. How else do evocative stories have impact on us? Neuroscience seems to have uncovered the biomechanism for the catching of another’s emotions: mirror neurons. These neurons allow us to understand the emotional state of others and to adopt to some degree those [...]
Continue reading...The Question Is…
- Posted on 6th April 2009
- in Blue Zone, coaching, conflict, questioning, questions
- by Andrew Mowat
Last post I discussed the Red and Blue Zones, and linked each to ineffective and effective communicators respectively. Reactive Red Zone people use their limbic systems to manage communication and conflict, while those who can deal with conflict and communication with equanimity and care use far more of their prefrontal [...]
Continue reading...So how are your Red Zones…?
- Posted on 3rd April 2009
- in Blue Zone, brain, change, emotions, leadership
- by Andrew Mowat
Using our concept of Blue and Red Zones, take a moment to consider your default state. If the Red Zone is based on the limbic/reptilian part of your brain (reactive, threat aware, rapid, self-aligned) and the Blue Zone ‘points’ to your prefrontal cortex (compassionate, creative, collaborative, reflective, goal oriented, slow, [...]
Continue reading...Introduction to the Blue and Red Zones
- Posted on 2nd April 2009
- in Uncategorized
- by Andrew Mowat
Group 8 Education has developed a framework for understanding particular aspects of behaviour and the brain. Based on two ‘zones’, the Blue Zone and the Red Zone, this framework builds self awareness and self management, the two cornerstones of emotional intelligence according to Daniel Goleman. Hear more in this short [...]
Continue reading...Back to the Blog…
- Posted on 2nd April 2009
- in Thought Leaders
- by Andrew Mowat
It’s been some time since I’ve managed to add something here, though this has been in part to do with some massive reorganising in my brain around the whole web 2.0 phenomenon. Seeing a real use for blogging, having clarity on the content and knowing how it integrates into the [...]
Continue reading...Unified experience, many brain sub-systems…
- Posted on 1st July 2007
- in Uncategorized
- by Andrew Mowat
The way that we experience the world, internal and external, provides a somewhat false sense that a singular mind is responsible. Significantly, we remain largely unaware of the operation and impact of any of the many ‘sub-systems’ in the brain responsible for our ‘singular experiene’ of the world. Some of [...]
Continue reading...Social Neuroscience and Coaching
- Posted on 26th June 2007
- in Uncategorized
- by Andrew Mowat
The impact of social neuroscience on the world of communications and education is growing in significance. Two interesting articles worth reading: “Talking the Pain Away”http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct06/talking.html “Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain”http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-06/uoc–pfi062107.php Group 8 Education 2009 var addthis_language = ‘en’;
Continue reading...Listening is the Key
- Posted on 30th March 2007
- in coaching, education, leadership, listening
- by Andrew Mowat
Most of our listening hard-wiring is set to interact autobiographically. In other words, when we listen, we are listening for ourselves, not for the speaker. Our listening for ourselves could be still noble in intent – listening to detail to solve the problem and help the speaker by telling them [...]
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