E9: James Hewitt - Human Performance Scientist at J Hewitt Performance

Описание: James Hewitt is a performance scientist, speaker, and author, with over 15 years of experience in human high performance. James is also an active researcher at Loughborough University, ranked as #1 in the world in Sport, Exercise, and Health Science. His research focuses on high-performance knowledge work, with a particular interest in how we can achieve high performance, without compromising our health in the process. James’ work includes consulting for Formula 1 drivers and teams, advising Fortune 500 C-suite executives, and novel experiments to provide cutting-edge insights for some of the world’s most demanding and top-performing organisations.

Topics:
00:00 How are you today?
03:33 Caffeine, Ice Baths, and Placebo effects
[Seth Godin talks a lot about Placebo: https://tinyurl.com/2hkexpr8,
And here's also a great talk by Rory Sutherland on this topic: https://tinyurl.com/ntp3az9e .
And here's James Hewitt's article on Ice Baths: https://tinyurl.com/bddr9ywv]
08:33 Cold Water Therapy and Ice Baths? Do they work?
Ultimately, as with any intervention, it comes down to the Risk-Reward ratio, and the Cost-Benefit ratio (Financial Cost, Time).
Wellbeing solutions are as unique as we are. So unless we try something, we won't know if that solution works for us.
11:24 What's a Human Performance Scientist?
14:50 Cognitive Endurance Athletes. Effort-Recovery paradox. The problem with relying on lagging indicators when things go wrong. And what's the opportunity for employers?
21:50 Sustainable Performance Thresholds. Wearable Solutions in the workplace, and how they help people calibrate their intuition.
[Reference to Microsoft's study: "Research Proves Your Brain Needs Breaks" https://tinyurl.com/2zpu7xm9]
28:57 How often do you remember to let the magic of the moment wash over you? 🌹
32:16 Micro-breaks and their characteristics: relaxing, active, social, and natural components.
Also, did you know that loneliness can be as harmful as smoking 12 cigarettes a day, while good social relationships have a similar positive impact as physical activity
38:38 Why invest in Wellbeing. The challenges. Understanding the wellbeing measures in an organisation: Phycological Sense of Wellbeing (i.e. Satisfaction), Physiological aspects of Wellbeing (i.e. Sleep), and the Psychophysiological resources people (i.e. Heart rate variability (HRV) monitors).
43:58 The increasingly important factors of Human Sustainability, Human Potential, and Human Capacity. The value of Wellbeing both as an Outcome, as well as a Driver of other outcomes.
46:25 The Future of Wellbeing lies in integration and accountability.
[Reference to the HBR articles "Stop Wasting People’s Time with Meetings" https://tinyurl.com/2nk6pcsz and "Dear Manager, You’re Holding Too Many Meetings" https://tinyurl.com/jt564fc7]
55:58 James' mood-boosting track [Aerodynamic Daft Punk: https://tinyurl.com/5n75sszy] and the meaning behind it, as well as the science [Reference to the study "Effects of music tempo upon submaximal cycling performance" https://tinyurl.com/ywu36u46]
56:55 If the Future of Wellbeing were…James' version 💙 🍕 🐈

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