Biological Systems @ Work

Our minds from our hunter-gatherer past are not

adapted for the modern world

Three points to takeaway

Stress is inevitable

Social status is rewarding

Empathy can be a natural instinct

Three fundamental systems

AFFLILIATIONBonding and Attachment

THREATFight-or-Flight

REWARDSeeking Pleasure

(Food, money, alcohol etc.)

Threat System

Cortisol

Reward System

Testosterone

Affiliation System

Oxytocin

Our biology matter in the workplace

Thank you

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