Lizard to Leader – NIMM A Quick Taster

Overview: Before diving into the full Neuroscience-Informed Maturity Model (NIMM) programme, this Lizard to Leader taster gives you a 20-minute, high-impact glimpse of what’s possible. Most organisations don’t realise they’re stuck in “lizard brain” mode, operating from fear, bias, and short-term thinking. This limits performance, stifles innovation, and undermines inclusion. The “Lizard Brain” is a metaphor for what neuroscientist Paul MacLean called the reptilian complex in his triune brain theory (1960s), describing the brainstem and basal ganglia that manage instinctive survival behaviours like fight, flight, and freeze. While modern neuroscience shows the brain is more integrated than MacLean suggested, research confirms that these ancient structures are deeply involved in automatic survival responses, emotional reactivity, and habit formation, giving the metaphor a credible grounding, even if simplified. Lizard to Leader is your quick taster session of NIMM, a neuroscience-backed maturity model and developmental programme that helps leaders and teams outsmart those survival instincts. In this quick, high-impact session, you’ll discover how to shift from reactive to reflective thinking, unlocking smarter decision-making, deeper collaboration, innovation, and genuinely diverse, equitable and inclusive cultures. By learning how to calm the “lizard brain” and activate higher-order thinking, you’ll see how neuroscience can become your competitive edge, boosting innovation, trust, and long-term results. This is your chance to experience the NIMM in action before committing to the full programme.