**This is a virtual event with an early start time of 5:30 PM ET.**
Have you ever wondered what brain science reveals about why some teams click while others struggle?
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll discover key insights from 20 years of peer-reviewed neuroscience on collaboration and teamwork and learn how to apply them immediately to boost your team’s performance. We’ll unpack what happens in the brain when people connect, build trust, and create together, and why warm-ups, ice-breakers, and retrospectives aren’t just nice-to-haves but essential tools for rewiring your team for trust, creativity, and results.
You’ll learn what it means for teams to get “on the same wavelength,” when and how to synchronize your team for creative flow and alignment, and when to desynchronize to spark fresh thinking and avoid groupthink. Through hands-on exercises, mini-interventions, and small group discussions, you’ll walk away with practical, science-backed techniques to help your team stay adaptable and connected. We’ll close with a share-out and Q&A so you leave with clear, actionable strategies to use with your team right away.
Agenda
5:30 - Introductions
5:45 - The neuroscience of "being on the same wavelength“
6:00 - How and when to synchronize teams - based on neuroscience
6:20 - Exercise and Small Group Discussion
6:45 - How and when to desynchronize teams - based on neuroscience
6:55 - Mini-Intervention and Small Group Discussion
7:10 - Share-out, Q&A
7:30 - Event End
About our Presenter - Dr. Caroline Szymanski
Dr. Caroline Szymanski brings together cutting-edge neuroscience and hands-on Design Thinking facilitation. She earned her PhD in Neuroscience at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, and during her fellowship at the Max-Planck Institute for Human Development—one of Germany’s premier research centers—she mapped the neural dynamics that underpin successful team performance.
For over 12 years, Caroline has taught Design Thinking at the HPI School of Design Thinking in Potsdam (the Stanford d.school’s sister institution). As an innovation consultant and Design Thinking coach, she has focused on translating complex brain science into practical principles and interventions that supercharge collaboration and creativity.
Believing that leadership is at the very core of establishing and maintaining empathic relationships, Caroline has extended her coaching beyond corporate teams to couples and families hosting immersive retreats via relationship-holidays.com in the Azores, Portugal, where she now lives with her family.
