Neuroscientist and biological anthropoligist Helen Fisher will offer a look into her pioneering research in human personality and the neurochemistry of leadership as part of the Liberal Arts Forum lecture series.
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Helen Fisher, “The Neuroscience of Innovation”
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Liberal Arts Forum Lecture
Neuroscientist and biological anthropologist Helen Fisher is a pioneer in the biology of human personality and the neurochemistry of leadership. Her groundbreaking research has shown how understanding the biology behind personality styles can be used to build teams and corporate boards, advertise, innovate and succeed at work.
The chief scientific advisor for Match.com, Fisher has developed The Fisher Temperament Inventory. Taken by more than 14 million people in 40 countries, the Inventory is the first and only personality questionnaire built from and validated by neuroscience (using fMRI brain scanning). Her discovery of the four basic biological styles of thinking and behaving – Explorer, Builder, Director and Negotiator – represents the biggest leap in personality tools in the past 100 years.
Fisher is the co-founder and chief science officer of NeuroColor, a revolutionary business consulting and training firm. Her work reveals how to recognize and influence each personality style, increasing the effectiveness of teams and improving our understanding of how individuals collaborate, resolve conflict, sell, innovate and lead.
Along with her concept of the four thinking styles, Fisher’s research from NeuroColor has been profiled in Harvard Business Review’s 2017 March-April issue, The New Science of Teamwork, The Wall Street Journal, and in the 2017 book, “The Leading Brain: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance” by Hans W. Hageman and Friederike Fabritus.
She is the author of five bestselling books on the neuroscience behind human social behavior, including “Why Him? Why Her?” and the 1994 classic “Anatomy of Love”, which was released in a second edition in February 2016.