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#1assetI happened upon some interesting studies regarding how the brain reacts to different situations.  In particular, about our capacity to make decisions, solve problems and collaborate with others.  The information has a profound impact on the performance of a team.  When individuals have a threat response, capacity to perform and reason diminishes and it is increased under a reward response.

Our brain is constantly evaluating whether a situation is a threat or a reward.  In social settings (working with others) there are five areas of human experience:  status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness and fairness.  These… Continue reading