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Workshop - Effective Collaboration: Neuroscientific Levers of Teamwork
YOU...
The highest-performing teams aren't necessarily those with the best individuals. They're the ones where individuals feel safe enough to take risks, express disagreements, and learn from their mistakes. This is what Google called "psychological safety"—and it's the number one variable in team performance (source: Aristotle Project 2012-2016).
Collaboration doesn't come naturally under stress. Stress activates survival responses that promote competition, avoidance, or control—not cooperation. This workshop starts from this observation and proposes a concrete approach.
Your team is individually competent but struggles to work together smoothly.
You observe silences, unspoken words, or latent tensions that hinder collective performance.
You want to create an environment where everyone can express themselves and contribute fully
You are going through a period of change and want to strengthen team cohesion
Why choose this path?
A pragmatic approach that radically transforms your relationship with everyday life.
Understanding the neurological mechanisms that promote or hinder collaboration
Practicing active listening and non-reactive communication in concrete situations
Identify the behaviors that create or destroy psychological safety
Building team rituals that strengthen trust over time
Leave with a shared action plan, co-created during the workshop
Step 1 — Create the neurological conditions for cooperation
Genuine collaboration is not a natural state under stress. Neuroscientist Stephen Porges (Indiana University, 2011) demonstrated that the autonomic nervous system prioritizes its responses in a specific order: social connection first (safety state), then mobilization (fight/flight), and finally collapse (freeze).
When team members are in a state of chronic vigilance—even a low level—their nervous system shifts toward survival modes: competition, avoidance, or control.
"Psychological safety" is a neurological state that prerequisites cooperation. This is the condition that the workshop aims to create first and foremost.
Step 2 — Developing social intelligence through attention
Amy Edmondson (Harvard Business School, 1999) identified psychological safety as the number one factor in team performance—a finding confirmed by Google's 2016 Aristotle Project with 180 internal teams.
This safety is built through specific and learnable behaviors: non-judgmental listening, genuine curiosity, and openness to dissent. Directed attention practices precisely develop these abilities by training the prefrontal cortex to remain engaged where reactivity would normally take hold.
What the workshop contains
* The science of collaboration: psychological safety, mirror neurons, collective intelligence
* The 4 stages of team development — and how to accelerate performance
* Practice: active listening exercises in pairs and trios
* Practice: expressing disagreement clearly and respectfully
* Establishing a weekly team ritual to maintain the quality of relationships
Formats:
3-hour workshop — in-person or online | Group of 6 to 20 people — in-house
Terms :
Contact us for a quote. OPCO financing eligible.