Hey all - I am John Swain - just dropping in to introduce myself to the dialogue. I am 3/4 through the FEBI certification process and still exploring its usefulness in my leadership consulting practice. I was intrigued with FEBI when Ginny introduced it about 4-5 years ago and even more interested now given the new insights on adult development through the neuroscience breakthroughs that connect our behaviour more tightly to our neuro pathways.
I look forward to checking in the Learning Lounge from time to time to join in the dialogue
All the best
Discussion
From: Anthony Attan
Posted: Monday, November 14th, 2011 - 1:16 pm EST
John,
Great to have you joining us on the blog and joining our community of FEBI coaches. It has been great having you in this Certification!
Anthony
From: Ginny Whitelaw
Posted: Monday, November 14th, 2011 - 7:47 pm EST
Thanks for your comment, John. Now that neruoscientists are getting so facile in mapping what parts of the brain "light up" under different conditions (stress, happiness, etc.), I think there's some great research that could be done mapping behaviors that we associate with this or that pattern with what "lights up" in the nervous system - not just the brain, but including the brain. The subtlety with the patterns is that one would have to discern, not just the neural pathway, but the patterns of signals sent on that pathway (i.e., neuromuscular firing patterns). One of my dreams is that knowledge of FEBI and the energy patterns spreads wide enough that the right neuroscientist picks up on the tremendous research that could be done in this area.
From: John Swain
Posted: Monday, November 14th, 2011 - 7:58 pm EST
It is always nice when someone takes the time to pull together disparate pieces of research to save us practitioners the time of going over things article by article. Daniel Goleman (yes the author of Emotional Intelligence - 1995)has done that in his 2008 Social Intelligence. An interesting read which goes into the neuroscience research on what he calls the 'social brain'. Conclusion: we are physologically built to connect and empathize! Of course understanding how the brain functions in interpersonal situations is only the first step - what we do with this makes all the difference. We catch emotions like we catch colds and it demonstrates that we have immense impact on others especially if we are leaders of some visibility and prominence in organizations where others orient to us in some fashion. We walk in public life whether we like it or not!
