The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups

Author:   Tracey Camilleri ,  Samantha Rockey ,  Robin Dunbar
Publisher:   Cornerstone
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9781847943620


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   25 January 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Tracey Camilleri ,  Samantha Rockey ,  Robin Dunbar
Publisher:   Cornerstone
Imprint:   Penguin (Cornerstone)
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.40cm
Weight:   0.200kg
ISBN:  

9781847943620


ISBN 10:   1847943624
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   25 January 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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We are a species whose social relationships have profound impacts on us physiologically, psychologically and socially, orientating us towards health and pro-social behavior or away from them. In this remarkable and important book, international researchers and pioneers guide readers through the research on the evolution and social dynamics of small groups and how to cultivate them to bring out the best in us, rather than the worst. This book is a highly accessible, timely and invaluable guide to anybody working in groups, including businesses, schools and governments. -- Prof Paul Gilbert OBE, author of THE COMPASSIONATE MIND, and founder of compassion focused therapy Ever since the Industrial Revolution, an engineering mindset has dominated management thinking, making it easy for managers to forget that, ultimately, productive work is human. This wonderful book reminds us that businesses are also biological and social: created by living beings who can - and want to - transcend individual capacity with collective intelligence. It could not be more timely, wise and useful. -- Margaret Heffernan, author of Wilful Blindness The world, particularly post the COVID-19 pandemic, is desperate for compassionate leaders who show disproportionate regard for community, belonging and fellowship. The Social Brainis a clarion call for all leaders to heed. -- Dr Alistair Mokoena, Director of Google South Africa The hardest part of the modern leader's job isn't strategy, finance or technology: the biggest challenge in today's corporation is human-shaped: how to lead the tribes and the talent to deliver your plans. This thoughtful and charming book provides an essential and evidence-based map to our humanity. Buy it for yourself and your colleagues. Essential reading. -- Mark Earls, author of HERD The perfect compass for those seeking to create not only healthy teams, but high-performing ones. -- Owen Eastwood, performance coach, speaker and author of BELONGING


We are a species whose social relationships have profound impacts on us physiologically, psychologically and socially, orientating us towards health and pro-social behaviour or away from them. In this remarkable and important book, international researchers and pioneers guide readers through the research on the evolution and social dynamics of small groups and how to cultivate them to bring out the best in us, rather than the worst. This book is a highly accessible, timely and invaluable guide to anybody working in groups, including businesses, schools and governments.--Prof Paul Gilbert OBE, author of THE COMPASSIONATE MIND, and founder of compassion focussed therapy Ever since the Industrial Revolution, an engineering mindset has dominated management thinking, making it easy for managers to forget that, ultimately, productive work is human. This wonderful book reminds us that businesses are also biological and social: created by living beings who can - and want to - transcend individual capacity with collective intelligence. It could not be more timely, wise and useful.--Margaret Heffernan, author of Wilful Blindness The world, particularly post the COVID-19 pandemic, is desperate for compassionate leaders who show disproportionate regard for community, belonging and fellowship. The Social Brain is a clarion call for all leaders to heed.--Dr Alistair Mokoena, Director of Google South Africa The hardest part of the modern leader's job isn't strategy, finance or technology: the biggest challenge in today's corporation is human-shaped: how to lead the tribes and the talent to deliver your plans. This thoughtful and charming book provides an essential and evidence-based map to our humanity. Buy it for yourself and your colleagues. Essential reading.--Mark Earls, author of HERD The perfect compass for those seeking to create not only healthy teams, but high-performing ones.--Owen Eastwood, performance coach, speaker and author of BELONGING


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Tracey Camilleri is an Associate Fellow at Oxford University's Said Business School and the co-founder, along with Sam Rockey, of Thompson Harrison. Sam Rockey is an Associate Fellow at the Oxford S id Business School Open programme and was formerly the Global Head of Leadership Development at the FTSE top-10 company SABMiller, now part of AB InBev. Robin Dunbar is Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College. He is best known for the social brain hypothesis, the gossip theory of language evolution and Dunbar's Number (the limit of 150 on the number of relationships that we can manage). His books include Evolutionary Psychology- A Beginner's Guide, How Religion Evolved and Friends.

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