Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life

Speaker Dacher Keltner

Awe is mysterious.

How do we begin to quantify the goose bumps we feel when we see the Grand Canyon, or our utter amazement when we watch a child walk for the first time?

Fortunately awe awe is not limited to rare or extraordinary experiences.

It is something we can find in everyday life.

In this webinar author and professor Dacher Keltner will provide guidance on how to cultivate a greater awareness of awe-inspiring moments and incorporate them into daily routines.

You will also learn how to use awe to achieve the following (Learning Objectives):

  • Reduce stress and improve well-being.
  • Foster a sense of purpose and meaning.
  • Enhance kindness and prosocial behavior.
  • Improve cognitive function and creativity.

About the Speaker: Dacher Keltner

Dr. Keltner is one of the world’s foremost emotion scientists. He has written for many popular outlets, from The New York Times to Slate.

He is a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and the director of the Greater Good Science Center. He has over 200 scientific publications and six books, including Born to Be Good, The Compassionate Instinct, and The Power Paradox.

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awe and wellbeing, creativity boost, kindness and empathy, purpose and meaning, stress reduction

Hustle and Float: Reclaim Your Creativity and Thrive in a World Obsessed with Work

Speaker: rahaf harfoush

As we struggle to keep up in a knowledge economy that never sleeps, we arm ourselves with life hacks, to-do lists, and an inbox-zero mentality, grasping at anything that will help us work faster, push harder, and produce more.

There’s just one problem: most of these solutions are making things worse.

Creativity isn’t produced on an assembly line, and endless hustle is ruining our mental and physical health while subtracting from our creative performance. Productivity and Creativity are not compatible; we are stuck between them, and like the opposite poles of a magnet, they are tearing us apart.

When we’re told to sleep more, meditate, and slow down, we nod our heads in agreement, yet seem incapable of applying this advice in our own lives.

Why do we act against our creative best interests?

WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO FLOAT.

The answer lies in our history, culture, and biology. Instead of focusing on how we work, we must understand why we work―why we believe that what we do determines who we are.

This webinar will explore how our work culture creates contradictions between what we think we want and what we actually need, and points the way to a more humane, more sustainable, and, yes, more creative, way of working and living.

About the Speaker: Rahaf Harfoush

Rahaf Harfoush is a Strategist, Digital Anthropologist, and Best-Selling Author who focuses on the intersections between emerging technology, innovation, and digital culture.

She is the Executive Director of the Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture and teaches “Innovation & Emerging Business Models” at Sciences Politique’s school of Management and Innovation in Paris. She is currently working on her fourth book.

Her third book, entitled “Hustle & Float: Reclaim Your Creativity and Thrive in a World Obsessed with Work,” was released in 2019. She has been featured by Bloomberg, The CBC, CTV, and Forbes for her work on workplace culture.

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creativity boost, mental wellness, productivity myths, resilience, self care, sustainable work, work-life balance