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In this episode of The Evolving Leader, co-hosts Jean Gomes) and Scott Allender) are in conversation with neuroscientist, lecturer, author, blogger, podcaster, pundit, science communicator and comedian Dr Dean Burnett). Previously employed as a psychiatry tutor and lecturer at the Cardiff University Centre for Medical Education, Dean is currently an honorary research associate at Cardiff Psychology School, as well as a Visiting Industry Fellow at Birmingham City University.
Dean is currently a full-time author, previously known for his satirical science column ‘Brain Flapping)‘ at the Guardian, which ran from 2012 to 2018 he went on to write his first (the hugely successful) book ‘The Idiot Brain‘. He has since written ‘The Happy Brain’, ‘Why Your Parents are Driving You Up The Wall’ and his most recent book ‘Emotional Ignorance’.
Referenced during this episode:
The Idiot Brain): A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is Really Up To (2017)
The Happy Brain): The Science of Where Happiness Comes From, and Why (2018)
Emotional Ignorance): Misadventures in the Science of Emotion (2024)
Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender: Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023))
The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023))Social:
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