Companies with more engaged and connected employees outperform the competition. In this webinar, Professor Platt will describe the neuroscience of connection and creativity and how we can use this knowledge to make better business decisions. He will discuss his latest research showing how measuring the way our brains work at work unlocks provocative new insights for driving creative thinking, boosting employee engagement, and fostering team chemistry.

This Wharton Webinar Series is powered by The Wharton Fund and is exclusively available to Wharton alumni with PennKey login credentials.

Date and Time:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
12:00 PM ET — 1:00 PM ET

About Michael Platt
Michael Platt has been selected as the sixteenth Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, effective July 1, 2015.

Platt, a neuroscientist whose work focuses on the brain’s decision-making processes, has appointments in the Department of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine, the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Marketing in the Wharton School.

Platt has served as Professor of Neurobiology, Director of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. Organizations such as the National Foundation, the Klingenstein Foundation, the McDonnell Foundation and the Department of Defense have supported his research, and he has been recognized in the New York Times, the Washington post, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, A`BC, BBC and PBS.

Platt has also served as the President of the Society for Neuroeconomics. He holds a PhD in Biological Anthropology from Penn, and a BA in Biological Anthropology from Yale.
 
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