In a digital world teeming with digital distractions, your focus quotient (FQ) is THE superskill of the 21st Century.
A speaker used by large corporations on the topic of productivity in a digital world, Dr Kristy Goodwin’s keynote insights and inspiration are used by elite corporate clients in Australia and internationally.
For senior executives, business leaders, human resources managers and staff who are always switched on, but rarely powered up, Dr Kristy provides the keys to lead, live and work more effectively.
She shares practical brain-based solutions to power up employees and leaders in the digitally-intense world they now operate in. Kristy arms audiences and clients with the latest evidence-based strategies to decode the neuroscience underpinning peak performance in the technological era.
Kristy’s on a mission to leverage and decode the neuroscience of sustainable peak-performance so that employees, leaders and entrepreneurs can live a luminous life. She challenges the dominant paradigm that you need to pay an entrance fee to experience success: you don’t need to burn yourself out, experience chronic stress, live in a perpetually exhausted state to be successful. Living a life of high performance doesn’t need to equate to being a low-res version of you. When you work with, rather than against your neurobiology, you can experience success without sacrifice. You can live a high-res life. Her tools for peak-performance in a digital age play a critical role in the modern workplace to optimise efficiency, facilitate communication and collaboration and drive both productivity and wellbeing. Dr Kristy is the author of the award-winning book Dear Digital, We Need to Talk and Raising your Child in a Digital World, and is a former educator in public and private schools. Dr Kristy also lectured at Macquarie University and University of Notre Dame, and she has a PhD on the impact of digital technologies.
Dr Kristy has conducted numerous evaluations and research studies for the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, and is regularly called on by the media to translate the latest research about screens into practical and relevant information.
Talking Points
Powered-Up Performers: The Neuroscience of Performance in a Digital Age
This keynote arms delegates with the science to power-up their performance in the digital landscape. When your people thrive, your business thrives. Power-up your top performers with practices and protocols grounded in the latest neuroscience.Powered-Up Performers: The Neuroscience of Performance in a Digital Age
Dr Kristy will tailor the presentation, based on the aggregated results from her Neuro-Performance Profile Tool that delegates will either complete before or during the keynote. Delegates will leave with a personalised Power-Up Plan identifying the brain-based micro-habits that they’ll apply to bolster their performance.
We’re living in a time of lightning-fast digital transformation. As that pace increases, so too are rates of chronic workplace stress and burnout. What the latest scientific research tells us is that many of the widely accepted digital behaviours we’ve adopted, are actually counter-productive to next level performance.
The digital age has created a world in which we’re now able to perform at levels that actually POWER UP rather than BURN OUT our workforce. The only thing that stands in our way? Learning how to use technology in a way that supports, rather than drains our human operating system (hOS) – the ways our brains and bodies are primarily designed to function.
In this highly interactive keynote, Dr Kristy will equip your audience to not only survive, but thrive in this new world of rapid digital acceleration. Taking audiences on an immersive virtual tour inside their own brains in order to better understand:
- How to identify and operate in their unique ‘power zone’, in order to bolster performance and naturally support their wellbeing;
- The secret of the latest science underpinning the brain-based micro-habits, that are proven to optimise productivity, manage stress and maximise energy;
- Why common workplace behaviours (such as multitasking, virtual meetings and working for long stretches) may be preventing employees and leaders from powering-up their performance and learn simple, science-backed strategies that are congruent with their hOS;
- How to build a fortress around their focus, so they can stop distractions from removing the power zones from their day; and
- How to create their own Power-Up Plan for sustainable peak-performance in a digital age.
Fortify Your Focus
Amplify Focus Quotient (FQ) is an attention economy. Don't let the "pings" and "dings" dent your productivity.Fortify Your Focus
Session overview:
Delegates complete Dr Kristy's What's My FQ? Assessment and Chronotype Assessment & Individual Report tools before the presentation to provide powerful insights and enable Dr Kristy to tailor the session.
Audience members will learn how to:
- Identify chief distractions
- Maximise focus in the digitally-demanding world we now work in
- Optimise FQ (brain-based protocols to bolster attention)
- Build a fortress around their focus to stop digital distractions putting a dent in productivity.
Delivered in-person or online from Kristy's professional studio
Optimise Your Workday
Brain-based protocols to optimise productivity when working in the office or remotely.Optimise Your Workday
Learn how the brain and body function throughout the day to leverage productivity and well-being. Organise workspaces according to neuroscience to bolster performance.
Audience members will learn how to:
- Manage focus, enhance productivity and make hybrid work, WORK.
- Prioritise tasks to maximise peak cognitive abilities
- Use the science of rest and recovery to bolster performance and wellbeing
- Identify the three critical biological markers that help boost productivity.
Session Overview
Delegates will get access to Dr Kristy's Chronotype Assessment & Report prior to the presentation.
Delivered in-person or online from Kristy's professional studio.
Amplify Your Digital Wellbeing
Explore how digital habits and behaviours are impacting physical health and mental wellbeing.Amplify Your Digital Wellbeing
Learn how technology tethering affects sleep, stress and exhaustion levels, as well as vision, hearing and musculoskeletal health.
Audience members will learn how to:
- Harness the power and potential of technology, without it eroding wellbeing
- Protect basic biological needs
- Optimise mental wellbeing and physical health
- Ensure that wellbeing investments yield greater returns.
Session Overview
Delegates will have access to Dr Kristy's Neuro-Power Profile Tool before the presentation to provide powerful insights and enable Dr Kristy to tailor the session.
Delivered in-person or online from Kristy's professional studio.
Powered-Up Women
More women than men are experiencing stress and burnout. Explore how the invisible domestic and digital loads, shouldered by many women, have left them feeling overwhelmed and stressed, both at work and home.Powered-Up Women
In a 2023 Women’s Agenda data revealed 77% of women said they’d experienced burnout in the past 12 months. The State of Workplace Burnout 2024 report revealed that 42% of women, compared to 30% of men, are experiencing burnout.
Audience members will learn how to:
- Better manage stress and burnout using brain-based solutions
- Optimise performance in a digitally-intense world using neuroproductivity protocols
- Leverage the positives of technology to empower each other and accelerate gender equality.
Session Overview
Delegates will have access to Dr Kristy's Neuro-Power Profile Tool during the session. Women will leave this presentation with a customised Power-Up Plan by identifying the 1-3 micro-habits they’ll implement to power up their performance.
Delivered in-person or online from Kristy's professional studio.
Beat Digital Burnout
Burnout hurts employees wellbeing and productivity and poses significant financial costs and retention risks to organisations.Beat Digital Burnout
One of the chief contributing factors to increasing rates of burnout is unsustainable and unhealthy digital habits. Recent Microsoft research suggests that 62% of employees and 66% of managers in Australia are experiencing burnout while global burnout rates are similar.
Attendees will learn how to:
- Identify and prevent digital burnout
- Achieve sustainable high-performance using neuroscience protocols
- Use peak-performance pit-stops that are backed by the science underpinning rest
- Improve the structure of work days.
Session overview
Participants will complete an anonymous Digital Burnout Assessment before the session to provide powerful insights and enable Dr Kristy to tailor the session to your audience’s specific needs.
Delivered in-person or online from Kristy's professional studio.
For Schools: Taming Digital Distractions
Many educators and professionals working with students have reported a decline in students’ attention spans. In this practical keynote or professional learning workshop Dr Kristy outlines why attention management is THE most critical 21st Century learning skill.For Schools: Taming Digital Distractions
Key Takeaways:
- How students’ attention spans are being hijacked by technology and the impact on their LEARNING,
PHYSICAL HEALTH and MENTAL WELLBEING.
- The MYTH OF MULTITASKING and why the brain requires MONOTASKING instead (sharing simple experiments to conduct with students to highlight this point);
- The three board reasons why students are vulnerable to DIGITAL DISTRACTIONS; and
- Practical strategies to implement in the classroom to help students manage their attention (and
subsequently improve learning outcomes and mental health benefits).
- The concept of ATTENTION SPANS and why this will be the superskill of the 21st Century;
Audience
Teachers & health professionals working with 10-17-year-olds
Duration
1-2 hours (depending if it’s a keynote or workshop)
Delivery
On-stage or online
For Schools: Digital Wellbeing
There’s no denying that school leaders and educators’ digital demands have increased exponentially over the last few years. The tentacles of technology extend in to all parts of our lives today being integral to both our professional and personal lives. For Schools: Digital Wellbeing
However, our digital habits are having a profound impact on our physical health and mental wellbeing. This presentation equips schools leaders and educators with science-backed solutions they can embed to optimise their wellbeing in the digital landscape, without suggesting that you revert to a #digitaldetox, cancel your Netflix subscription, or aim for ‘inbox zero’ (all of which are outdated and unrealistic strategies).
In this keynote, participants will explore:
- Their current DIGITAL WELLBEING habits and consider the impact they’re having on their wellbeing,
health and performance;
- How their DIGITAL BEHAVIOURS are leaving them feeling stressed and exhausted;
- Why it’s challenging to FOCUS in the digital world, that’s constantly vying for their attention (and the
impact of constant digital distractions on stress and focus);
- The impact of our constantly-connected lives on our MENTAL WELLBEING (how our tech habits are
affecting our sleep, stress and exhaustion levels) and a menu of micro habits we can embed to protect our
mental wellbeing; and
- The consequences of being tethered to technology on our PHYSICAL HEALTH (especially our vision,
hearing and musculoskeletal health) and a menu of micro-habits to protect our basic biological needs.
Audience
School leaders, educators & health professionals working with students in primary and secondary school
Duration
1-2 hours (depending if it’s a keynote or workshop)
Delivery
On-stage or online (via webinar which Kristy’s team organises & hosts)
For Schools: Beat Digital Burnout
Recent Microsoft research suggests that 62% of employees and 66% of managers in Australia are experiencing burnout. Within the education sector, the prevalence of stress and burnout has been steadily increasing. Burnout, specifically ‘digital burnout’, is the chief threat to modern work. One of the chief contributing factors to burnout is unsustainable and unhealthy digital habits that many of us have adopted. Digital burnout not only compromises teachers’ and school leaders’ physical and mental health and performance, but poses significant financial costs and retention risks to schools too. For Schools: Beat Digital Burnout
This keynote arms teachers and school leaders with science-backed solutions to counteract the always-on, distracted, digital culture that has led to many teachers and school leaders experiencing ‘digital burnout’.
Delegates will understand how their digital habits, both professionally and personally are fuelling their stress, why rest is vital for their performance and the simple, science-backed micro-habits that educators can easily embed into their workdays to counteract digital burnout.
Participants will explore:
- How the increased digital intensity of our days is leaving many of us stressed, distracted and burnt out;
- The subtle but significant ways that our digital behaviours have introduced micro-stressors to our days and are shaping our biological blueprint;
- How our neurobiological needs dictate that your brain and body needs peak-performance pit-stops (the science underpinning rest);
- Science-backed protocols that will prevent digital burnout;
- A menu of micro-habits to ensure that we structure our workdays to suit our neurobiological needs.
Session Overview
Participants will complete an anonymous Digital Burnout Assessment before the session to enable Dr Kristy to tailor the keynote and/or masterclass to your school’s or conference group’s specific needs and to give your delegates powerful insights into how their digital habits are impacting their performance.
Audience
School leaders, educators & support staff
Duration
1-2 hours (depending if it’s a keynote or workshop)
Delivery
On-stage or online
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Dr Kristy Goodwin is a digital wellbeing and performance speaker, author and researcher. She translates research into practical information and simple solutions for parents, educators, health professionals and employees so we can thrive in a digital world.Thriving Digitally | Dr Kristy Goodwin
Decode the neurobiology of peak performance in a digital age. We're spending more time than tethered to technology- for both work and leisure. It's imperative that we foster healthy and sustainable digital behaviours to ensure that our physical health and mental wellbeing are supported in a digital world that's constantly vying for our attention.Kristy kept the audience engaged the entire time. Her information is backed by data and research, and she is able to give practical, day to day tips to help navigate parenting in this digita ... keep reading Reserve Bank of Australia
Thank you for sharing your insights and science in such a simple to understand and realistic manner. A fabulous presenter who is thoroughly engaging. JP Morgan "Dr Kristy delivered an engaging and entertaining keynote about the costs of digital distractions. It was an extremely well received session.
Kristy was engaging and the content was informative. Dr Kristy is a wealth of knowledge which was incredibly valuable for our staff.
There is a huge buzz around the great conversations you led and we are quite sure that these are going to lead to deeper reflections around the effective use of technology.
Our executive team were feeding back they were having trouble switching off. Kristy delivered a series of five sessions that were highly practical, not just theory and all seem to have taken a couple of things that they can immediately use to be happier and more productive with their work-life balance. Kristy packages the science in a way that it is easy to adopt in our everyday lives, her energy kept everyone engaged.
