The Neuroscience of Identity & Belonging

by IE Center for Health & Well-being

Online Culture Diversity Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy and Leadership UN2030 Well-being Wellness / wellbeing Wellness / wellbeing - Mental We... Wellness / wellbeing - Physical ...

Mon, Jun 6, 2022

3:30 PM – 4:50 PM (GMT+2)

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What makes you you? What makes you different from me? Identity is a widely used term but ever so hard to define. For that very reason, it has long charmed philosophers but was somehow loathed by neuroscientists. This session will take you on a journey in search of a biological interpretation of the concept of identity, through the lens of cultural and social constructs to the core of the physical brain. As the brain morphs and adjusts exquisitely to the ecosystem, the cultural challenges of the twenty-first century with its screen-based technologies mean that we are facing unprecedented changes to identity itself, and therefore to how our brains rewire themselves.

Session objectives:
  1. Explore the current social backdrop of exclusion
  2. Understand the key principles of developing conscious inclusion and driving social change
  3. Raise awareness of unconscious bias, understand how it is part of human nature, what evolutionary and biological purpose it serves, and how it plays out in our everyday behaviours, colouring our realities
  4. Understand how culture shapes our brain and sense of self
  5. Build a personal action plan for developing more inclusive behaviours and promoting social justice.

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Sam Hernandez

Cognitive Neuroscientist & Biopsychologist

Sam has over 15+ years of experience in Organisational and People Development and delivers inclusive leadership and management development programmes across the globe.

A Cognitive Neuroscientist & Biopsychologist, Sam juggles brain research with corporate consulting. Passionate about the intersection of neuroscience, personal development, and physical/mental health, she leads personal strategy retreats across the planet and lectures in women universities in Saudi Arabia. She is a frequent speaker on applied neuroscience, leadership and high performance. She holds an MBA (ESCP), a MSc (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) and BA (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), is accredited in Behavioural Assessments with the British Psychological Society, is an Accredited Coach and a Practitioner of Applied Neuroscience. She is continuing her research and study of the field of neuroscience through Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and King’s College, London.

Sam’s titanic volumes of energy coupled with her diverse background and cross-cultural lived experience (6 languages, 7 cities, 4 continents and counting!) allows her to galvanise and motivate to achieve personal and shared goals. These attributes have served her well in delivering success and creating brain-friendly cultures across a wide breadth of industries ranging from FMCG, financial services, academia, oil & gas through to elite sports clubs. Her long-lasting partners include LVMH Group, Northern Trust, Arsenal Football Club, Fédération Française du Rugby, Samsung Electronics and the Walt Disney Company.

When she is not hacking brains (or attempting to), she can be found in far-flung destinations mentoring vulnerable children, jumping out of planes (with a parachute on!) or scanning the seabed for the next big thing 40 metres underwater

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