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Unlock Peak Performance with Neuroscience

Friederike Fabritius

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Wall Street Journal bestselling author and neuroscientist, Friederike Fabritius, transforms leadership with brain-based insights that drive innovation and change.

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It's clear that the modern workplace isn't working for many people and that changes are imperative. Friederike outlines some practical science-based steps to get us from here to there: to cultivate a world that works well for all of us.

Riaz Shah, Senior partner, EY (Ernst & Young) See all references

Why you should book Friederike Fabritius for your next event

  • Friederike Fabritius delivers brain-based strategies that equip leaders to drive innovation, increase engagement, and create lasting organizational impact.
  • Learn proven neuroscience techniques to enhance focus, productivity, and decision-making, transforming your team’s approach to leadership and performance.
  • Friederike has delivered impactful keynotes for Fortune 500 companies, including Google, EY, and Deloitte, transforming leadership at the highest levels.
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Friederike Fabritius, a Wall Street Journal bestselling author and neuroscientist, empowers Fortune 500 companies with brain-based leadership strategies that drive innovation, engagement, and retention. Her dynamic keynotes, trusted by top brands like Google, EY, and Deloitte, deliver actionable insights that transform how executives lead. Elevate your organization’s performance with proven neuroscience-based solutions.

Why you should book Friederike Fabritius for your next event

  • Friederike Fabritius delivers brain-based strategies that equip leaders to drive innovation, increase engagement, and create lasting organizational impact.
  • Learn proven neuroscience techniques to enhance focus, productivity, and decision-making, transforming your team’s approach to leadership and performance.
  • Friederike has delivered impactful keynotes for Fortune 500 companies, including Google, EY, and Deloitte, transforming leadership at the highest levels.

Keynote Speaker Friederike Fabritius is an internationally recognized expert in neuroleadership, known for delivering engaging and transformative keynotes that blend neuroscience with practical leadership strategies. Her talks are built on cutting-edge brain science, offering leaders actionable tools to drive innovation, boost performance, and create a high-performing workplace culture. Friederike’s insights are especially relevant for organizations aiming to adapt to change, improve team dynamics, and enhance employee engagement through brain-friendly approaches.

As a Wall Street Journal bestselling author and award-winning neuroscientist, Friederike Fabritius has captivated audiences at leading global organizations, including Google, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, BMW, and SAP. Her keynotes address critical issues facing today’s businesses, from leadership development and talent retention to fostering creativity and improving decision-making. By providing brain-based insights, she empowers leaders to understand how the brain works under pressure, make better decisions, and enhance overall productivity.

Friederike’s deep understanding of neuroscience, combined with her experience working with Fortune 500 executives, makes her keynotes highly relevant for any organization looking to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced business environment. Her motivational speeches offer a unique perspective on leadership that helps leaders rethink traditional approaches and adopt science-backed methods to inspire their teams and drive lasting success.

When you book Friederike Fabritius for your event, you are bringing in an expert who can help your organization solve complex leadership challenges and create a brain-friendly environment that fosters innovation, engagement, and resilience. Friederike’s engaging, high-energy presentations deliver not only motivation but also practical, neuroscience-based strategies that can be applied immediately to improve leadership and organizational performance.

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Fun, Fear, and Focus®

How does the brain work? And how can you use this knowledge to transform your well-being and performance? Your brain needs a cocktail of three neurochemicals to get into flow: Dopamine, noradrenaline, and acetylcholine. Or in short: Fun, fear, and focus.

Learn how to leverage fun, fear, and focus to reach peak performance, enhance your well-being and create a high-performing team.

By showing you how to put these science-based insights into practice in the right way, Friederike guides you on the path to thriving within your unique neurosignature. When you embrace Neurosignature Diversity and utilize the fail-safe combination of Fun, Fear, and Focus ®, you will learn what it means to truly live and work in a Brain-Friendly way, and to excel in the hybrid world!

Key Takeaways

  • Performance culture and growth mindset
  • The neuroscience of the flow state
  • The value of neurosignature diversity
  • Finding optimal stress levels
  • Why fun matters and how to harness its power at work
  • Accessing Flow and how to be 5 times more productive
  • How much fear should there be in the workplace?
  • How the prefrontal cortex, the limbic system and the basal ganglia interact
  • Learning to focus in a world full of distractions
  • How a team can reach social flow
Keynote by speaker Friederike Fabritius

The Social Brain: The Ten Commandments of Great Relationships

What is the single most important thing that your team needs for continued growth and success? Trust.

The way we work and how we relate to our teams has changed dramatically in recent years and with the rise of the hybrid world, trust and collaboration have never been more critical. As high-level executives and corporate professionals, understanding how our brains are wired for social interaction is key to unlocking the potential of these hybrid work environments.

This keynote explores the neuroscience of trust, how to enhance team collaboration, and why a psychologically safe workplace is of utmost importance. Gain valuable insights into how human brains are inherently wired to be social and how this knowledge can be harnessed to increase trust, innovation, and high-performance teamwork.

Key Takeaways

  • Why your brain needs social connection and simple tips for connecting to anyone
  • Why trust is linked to profitability and longevity
  • Learn about the inner workings of your social brain: oxytocin, mirror neurons, and tachykinin
  • How to foster psychological safety and effectively manage hybrid teams
  • How to overcome – and leverage – similarity bias
  • The link between empathy and stress, and overcoming “us versus them” silo thinking
  • Vulnerability – when it works and when it backfires
  • The neurohacks to use for succeeding in hybrid work
Keynote by speaker Friederike Fabritius

Jumpstart Your Learning With Neuroscience

Did you know that there is a science to how we learn?

In this keynote, I will share with you exactly how you can harness neuroscience to learn better! It’s easy to pick up new habits and learn new things once we have the right tools.

By making your learning Brain-Friendly, you can learn five times faster. Neuroplasticity shows us that you teach can old dog new tricks, and you can apply these learnings right away. It’s easy.

Key takeaways

  • What neuroplasticity is and means
  • The role of the hippocampus, the amygdala and the basal ganglia in learning
  • Lifelong learning and how to access it
  • Growth mindset and flexibility
  • How to trigger your dopamine system
  • Neurohacks for faster, and better, learning
  • What a habit is and how they are formed
  • What brain systems are engaged when learning and how to use them to your advantage
Keynote by speaker Friederike Fabritius

Embracing Change and Uncertainty with Emotional Resilience

In the fast-paced world of corporate leadership, it seems like the only constant is change. Learning how to effectively lead teams through the turbulence of uncertainty and change in an effective and brain-friendly way is vital.

The key lies in mastering the art of emotional resilience. Your ability to lead well through change is not just a skill; it’s a transformative power.

This keynote delves into practical strategies and real-world insights to empower you to lead effectively during times of change. Learn how to not just survive, but thrive amidst change and uncertainty, ensuring your team’s resilience and success.

Key Takeaways:

  • Is change ever a good thing for the brain?
  • How your brain responds to change and uncertainty
  • Neurosignatures – why do people deal with change and uncertainty so differently?
  • Communicating effectively under uncertainty
  • Supporting your team during challenging times
  • Optimal individual stress points
  • Key factors for resilience from a neuroscience perspective
  • Sustainable strategies for leading during change and uncertainty
Keynote by speaker Friederike Fabritius

The Creative Mind: Exploring the Neuroscience of Innovation

Innovation isn’t some random, spontaneous event – it’s SCIENCE!

When the environment is just right our brains are primed for innovation and deep, insightful thinking. Neuroscience has shown us exactly what is needed for our brains to reach a moment of “Aha!” insight and peak creativity!

The good news? You can create this environment practically on demand! This keynote will show you exactly what to do.

Key Takeaways:

  • What happens during the brain during creative insights
  • What distinguishes highly creative people from others
  • How innovation and creativity can be fostered and cultivated
  • The neuroanatomy of AHA insights
  • The role of emotions for innovation
  • Brain hacks for innovating
  • Gamma oscillations and their role for creativity and insight
Keynote by speaker Friederike Fabritius

Creating Resilience - Confidently Managing Stress and Fostering Wellbeing

Keeping your cool under pressure is great in theory – but how do we put it into practice?

Stress is not always a bad thing – it’s important to understand which types of stress to embrace and which ones to avoid.

We will discuss science-based and applicable strategies to increasing your stress threshold. You will learn to understand your unique optimal stress point and learn to also guide your team towards optimal stress levels, based on a deeper understanding of their individual neurosignatures.

Key Takeaways:

  • Is stress ever a good thing for the brain?
  • How to leverage short-term stress to your advantage
  • What are the key levers to increasing personal resilience
  • How can I inoculate myself against stress?
  • What are the neuroprotective factors that protect against burnout?
  • Recognizing signs of stress in your team
  • Optimal individual stress points
  • What a Neurosignature is, and how they affect individual differences in managing stress levels
  • Key factors for resilience from a neuroscience perspective
  • Sustainable strategies for thriving under pressure
Keynote by speaker Friederike Fabritius

The Neuroscience of Diversity & Inclusion

Diverse teams consistently outperform non-diverse teams in almost every measurable metric.

Diversity in our workplaces is vital in order to increase productivity, innovation, and create better outcomes. Working with those who differ from us can also be a cause of conflict and tension within a team – so how do we mitigate this? There is more to diversity than you may think – including how you think! In this keynote, I will share innovative insights from social cognitive neuroscience on diversity and inclusion, including my personal framework of thought leadership on neurosignatures being the hidden key to unlocking your team’s peak performance.

Key Takeaways

  • Why diverse teams outperform homogeneous teams
  • How to work with people who are different from yourself
  • How to create more innovation through diversity
  • Why thought diversity should be encouraged
  • Why inclusion matters
  • How different personalities can work together
  • How to avoid groupthink
  • How to find common ground within diverse groups
  • What is a neurosignature, and how to support each of them in a team
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It's clear that the modern workplace isn't working for many people and that changes are imperative. Friederike outlines some practical science-based steps to get us from here to there: to cultivate a world that works well for all of us.

Senior partner, EY (Ernst & Young)

Riaz Shah

Fighting burnout, finding focus, and giving your employees time to rest and recharge. It's obvious that the old ways aren't doing it. Friederike's book provides exciting new ways of rethinking the workplace that help both businesses and their employees to thrive.

Stephan Aarstol

author of The Five-Hour Workday

This book is a great read for anyone involved in group decision making. It enhanced my understanding of diversity while highlighting how important it is. It focuses on taking care of yourself and each other, having fun, and why one should eat more chocolate. It made the work place come alive as a place you want to be.

Jeff Furman

Ben and Jerry’s Board of Directors, Emeritus

Friederike Fabritius took us on a fascinating journey into the human brain and helped us understand how to use the discoveries of neuroscience in the daily management of ourselves, our teams. and our organizations. Her stage energy, incredible passion and impressive knowledge hypnotized the participants of our conference and led to a completely different view on many issues related to leadership.

Harvard Business Review

Friederike's enthusiasm is contagious. Her neuroscience-based presentation on Fun, Fear and Focus® at the 2021 BDO Celebration was fun, accessible - and very popular with our global audience of virtual delegates. She demonstrated how to use neuroscience to help us work smarter and happier, perfectly fitting in with the celebratory tone of our event.

Julia Johnson

Global Brand & Marketing Director, BDO

Friederike Fabritius is one of those rare speakers who has a natural ability to deliver complex ideas and science in a way that her audience can easily digest, understand and use for their own development. She’s concise, incisive and supremely focused. If you want to become better acquainted with your own brain and how to use it for peak performance there is no better guide. At the London Business Forum we call her Friederike ‘Fabulous’ Fabritius.

Brendan Barns

founder and CEO of London Business Forum

I had the pleasure of seeing Friederike speak a few years ago and was blown away by her scientific approach. It directly translates into practical behaviors that anyone can utilize to become a better leader, colleague, and overall communicator. If you want to help your business or team improve their performance by understanding what drives us, you can’t ask for anyone better to connect and collaborate with.

Christopher Wade

Head of Employee Communications, HERE Technologies

We worked with Friederike Fabritius on one of our recent TV produced client webinars. She is not only highly professional, but also very flexible and accessible...She really adapted her story to our needs; she took the time to listen to us, what we wanted to achieve with our program, and for who…not only a great professional in bringing an inspiring and customized keynote, but also the way in which she does it is truly first class level. I can highly recommend Friederike!

Barbara van der Vlugt-Witvoet

Global sponsoring & Events Expert, ING

Friederike delighted and enlightened us with practical neuroscience-based advice on everything from peak performance to proper nutrition. She offered valuable practical tips for the professional and also private everyday life! The feedback from our participants was amazing and the numerous valuable insights are a real added value.

Ramona Sander

BMW
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5 out of 5 stars

It's clear that the modern workplace isn't working for many people and that changes are imperative. Friederike outlines some practical science-based steps to get us from here to there: to cultivate a world that works well for all of us.

Riaz Shah, Senior partner, EY (Ernst & Young) See all references

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