Evidence from neuroscience shows that individuals and organizations are more successful when people are encouraged to take risks, explore new ideas, and channel their energies in ways that work for them. And yet many organizations are filled with bullies, vicious gossip, undermining behaviours, hijacking tactics, political jockeying for position, favouritism and other factors that instil fear and impede productivity. It is no wonder that organizations are actively looking at how they can improve and maintain the psychological health and wellbeing of their employees to the benefit of all concerned. The Fear-free Organization reveals how our new understanding of the neurobiology of the self - how the brain constructs the person - can transform for the better the way our businesses and organizations work. Academic yet accessible, The Fear-free Organization addresses head on the issue that scared people spend a lot more time plotting their survival than working productively. The book helps leaders understand the neurobiology of fear, face the damage it is doing, and replace it with building relationships, managing energy flow and fostering trust. It guides you in making your workplace one that's full of energy, not adrenalin; focused on possibility, not profit; and generates independent thinking, not obedience so you can promote the psychological wellbeing that is strongly correlated with greater energy, motivation and better cognitive function.

本書は、組織という密林に潜む「恐怖」を、神経科学のメスで鮮やかに解剖した一冊です。著者らは、脳がいかに自己を構築するかという深淵な真実を、ビジネスの枠を超えた人間存在の本質論へと昇華させました。保身が支配する冷徹な空間を、信頼が息づく生命体へと変容させる筆致は、類稀な知的興奮に満ちています。 特筆すべきは、論理の背後に流れる「人間の尊厳」への熱き眼差しです。恐怖に蝕まれた脳が生存本能に浪費される悲劇を詳らかにし、代わりに可能性を信じる勇気を提示する。これは単なる実用書ではなく、組織における魂の自由を問い直す壮大な人間讃歌です。現代を生きる全リーダーの胸を打つ、情熱的な哲学書として読み継がれるべき名著です。