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Dr. Brynn Winegard

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Dr. Brynn feels purpose-driven to help people with the knowledge she discovered and developed over the last 25 years of life science, medical, and business studies and research. She delivers her cutting-edge brain science research in the form of practical tips, tools, tactics, stories, jokes, anecdotes, case studies, examples, and proprietary frameworks to help professionals boost their mental wellness and cognitive performance at work and during the workday, so they feel better able to tackle challenges, less likely to burnout, and happier about work and life in general. Her keynotes break down complex science into tangible, practical, real, applied insights, key takeaways, and daily practices: the tone and content are designed to be approachable, motivational, inclusive, and truly helpful, so audiences can use their brains better work, in life, and even as they sit in their seat. 

 

Brynn has been blessed with an extensive client list that includes some of the world's biggest brands such as Walmart, Google, Disney, Coca-Cola, and American Express (among hundreds of others). She has appeared hundreds of times in television, radio, and print media, including CTV News, CTV, CBC, BNN, MSNBC, Fox, and CBC Marketplace, as well as countless online forums and podcasts. 

 

Dr. Brynn is a multi-award-winning professor of business and considered a global expert in applied neuroscience and positive psychology for professionals - currently ranked #3 for ‘human behavior experts working in the business’, according to iMotion Global Research. Before her academic career, she had over a decade of corporate experience working for Pfizer, Nestle, and Johnson & Johnson running multi-billion dollar brands. 

 

Brynn holds multiple degrees, including an MBA, and PhD, and now teaches future business leaders in MBA, eMBA, and Executive Education programs at the Lang School of Business and Economics, the Schulich Executive Education Centre, the DeGroote School of Business, and the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research was recently moved to the Harvard-McLean Institute of Coaching, with a focus on brain health, wellness, and lifestyle medicine. 

 

Dr. Brynn recently authored The Working Brain: Optimize Your Workday Performance, an amalgam of all her latest research about how to achieve peak mental wellness and cognitive performance at work and during your workday. It launches on January 7, 2025. Brynn lives with her husband in southern California. 

Speaking Topics

Boost My Brain!: The Brain Science of Mental Wellness & Peak Cognitive Performance

According to Gallup’s latest, the post-pandemic workforce faces distress, disorder, and disengagement, while businesses must grow despite a mental health epidemic, uncertainty, and economic instability. The solution requires helping employees to help themselves, by cultivating peak brain function and an antifragile mindset for thriving and flourishing through volatility, stress, strife, and change.


Attendees Learn:

  1. The Brain’s Ultradian Cycle: Align your daily tasks with the brain’s Ultradian cycle by optimizing activities based on productivity phases and the Basic Rest-Activity Cycle (BRAC) of your brain.
  2. Dr. Brynn’s M.E.R.I.T Framework: The five levers you can control for optimizing cognitive performance and mental wellness. MERIT stands for Move, Eat, Rest, Interact and Think.
  3. What They Can & Can’t Control: How external factors affect work performance, but certain things like movement, diet, rest, interactions, and mindset are within your control.
  4. Antifragile Mindset: Learn how to develop an antifragile mindset, turning challenges and crises into opportunities for growth and success.
  5. Mindset Shift: Understand how a mindset shift can determine outcomes in volatile environments, making post-traumatic growth more valuable than stress. 

Neuroselling: The Brain Science of Persuasion, Influence, & Driving Non-Coercive Compliance

This is all about the brain science of persuasion, influence, and driving non-coercive compliance (getting people to want to do what you want them to do). It reveals the areas of the brain responsible for various types of decision-making and specifically taps into subconscious drivers, emotional triggers, social cues, biases, and heuristics for the 3Bs of influence: how to get people to believe (in you), buy in (to your ideas), and buy (your goods, products, services). Attendees learn six key brain science secrets for persuasion, influence, and driving non-coercive compliance. Ideal for sales, marketing, and client-facing roles.


Attendees Learn:

  1. Persuasion: Learn the 7 persuasion principles that social psychologists said were the subset of all persuasion tactics available to humans (Reciprocity, Consensus, Scarcity, Authority, Commitment, Consistency, Liking).
  2. Influence: Learn the 6 influence insights that social psychologists didn’t understand, but neuroscientists uncovered.
  3. Non-Coercive Compliance: Master subconscious triggers to present ideas more influentially so you drive compliance AND harmony.
  4. Brain Areas: Understanding brain dynamics and areas helps with understanding why the brain works as it does.
  5. Six Brain Science Secrets: Learn many practical, tactical insights and takeaways from each of the 6 secrets - Dr. Brynn’s proprietary framework for human decision-making and how you can influence it better.

Neuroleadership: The Science of Interpersonal Influence & Executive Leadership Presence

This is the science of persuasion, influence, and driving non-coercive compliance with others at work and in a professional setting. Learn how to establish and build your interpersonal influence, develop executive leadership presence, and master persuasive communication. Gain actionable tools for self-presentation that motivate and inspire others. This program is typically offered in a ‘platform plus’ format, with breakouts, workshopping, and activities. Designed for managers and aspiring leaders who want real science-backed ways to increase their presence, communication, confidence, and influence.


Attendees Learn:

  1. Persuasive Communication: Elevate your influence and communication by understanding the brain’s biases in body language and verbal or non-verbal communications.
  2. The ‘Touching Base’ Framework: Learn Dr. Brynn’s proprietary framework - backed by neuroscience - of the 8 levers for how to speak, move, act, and think more influential.
  3. The ‘Science of Self-Presentation’: Drive team and career success by learning how to inspire, motivate, and energize your colleagues by becoming more aware of how you are coming across & perceived.
  4. Skill Development: Unlock new career opportunities with cutting-edge communication and influence techniques.
  5. Self-Confidence: Gain the tools to become more assertive, confident, and impactful in any workplace setting.
  6. Influence & Followership: Stay cool, calm, collected, and more charismatic even under duress and drive results with persuasive communication and better leadership presence.

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Testimonials

"Dr. Brynn spoke at our annual Wealth Management Forum and really delivered to our 650+ delegates!! Brynn’s command of the material is what you’d expect of an expert, but it’s her delivery that really makes it special: she is so clearly passionate and enthusiastic about sharing her expertise and the result is that her energy is truly contagious! Add in that she stuck around after for as long as anyone wanted to talk and the result is a first-rate experience.”

“Dr. Brynn’s session was packed with highly valuable, up-to-the-minute information, providing tons of insights for understanding how your brain impacts your behavior. Brynn is a very dynamic presenter! I’m amazed at how she can just name those numbers, relate those stats, and all with such flow! Brynn speaks quickly, so I was challenged to write all of those incredibly valuable nuggets down. Really, I cannot think of an audience that would not benefit from this great information and Brynn’s infectious energy and presenting style!”

“Dr. Brynn was a fantastic keynote speaker this year! Dr. Brynn is instantly likeable from the moment she steps on stage and her passion and energy are infectious. Dr. Brynn is at the top of her field and her research is so refreshing and relevant for any organization looking to boost business performance and productivity. I know your group will love her: they will get the real deal on how the brain works, accompanied with practical tools you can use immediately to create the results you want!”

“I have been going to meetings and conferences for 15 years and have attended many speakers and keynotes. Listening to Dr. Brynn Winegard, I was instantly interested, entertained, and learned something new, useful, and inspiring. She is talented, funny, and insightful. I will use and share Dr. Winegard’s teachings not only professionally but also personally.”

“Dr. Brynn Winegard brought energy to the stage. Her delivery of brain science had us all at the edge of our seats as she explained complex theories in layman’s terms. Brynn’s content was perfectly tailored for our audience and her delivery had obvious passion which kept us contagiously engaged throughout her show. We used her keynote opener as a kick-off to our annual event and it played perfectly as an ice-breaker to acquainting and easing our guests into the theme of our conference. We loved it!”

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