Poets & Thinkers Brain Hacking & Trauma-Informed Leadership: Creating space for human ingenuity to flourish with Christina Goldschmidt
What if the only way to unlock ingenuity in our organizations is by showing up as authentic leaders who first and foremost know how to “hack their brain” and lead themselves?
In this episode, Ben sits down with Christina Goldschmidt, VP of Product Design at Warner Music Group and adjunct professor at NYU Stern. With her deep understanding of neuroscience and trauma-informed leadership, Christina brings a radically different perspective on how to unlock human potential in the age of AI, and why the future of business leadership requires us to embrace our most human qualities. Christina’s vision for management is about understanding our unique cognitive patterns and building organizations where everyone can access their ingenuity.
Key Ideas:
- Procrastination as brain chemistry: learning to induce creative pressure without the downsides
- Three modes of problem-solving: dialogue, liminal spaces (showers!), and unconscious processing
- Why trauma-informed leadership creates better outcomes for everyone
- Authenticity as permission: when leaders show up as themselves, teams can too
- The apprenticeship crisis: how automation is eliminating the grunt work that teaches skills
- Vision as the essential AI-age skill: knowing what you want before you can prompt for it
- Curiosity as the antidote to fear in times of rapid change
Resources & References
Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lemke
Notes on Being a Man by Scott Galloway
Connect with Christina Goldschmidt
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinagoldschmidt/
Website: https://www.cgoldschmidt.com/
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