On the brain-boosting benefits of social engagement–and walking the Camino

Cam­i­nantes

Wel­come to a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains e‑newsletter, dis­cussing this time four impor­tant topics—social engage­ment, wear­ables, inat­ten­tive dri­ving, bilin­gual­ism and the brain— and shar­ing an update on a bold new ini­tia­tive to help women lead­ers in career transition.

#1. On the brain-boost­ing ben­e­fits of (healthy, pro­duc­tive) social engagement

#2. Study: Con­sumer wear­able devices tend to mea­sure some met­rics well (heart rate, car­diores­pi­ra­to­ry fit­ness) but oth­ers not so well (ener­gy expen­di­ture, sleep quality)

#3. Study: Com­put­er­ized skills-train­ing can reduce inat­ten­tive dri­ving and col­li­sions in teens with ADHD

#4. ¿Quieres pre­venir el Alzheimer? Prac­ti­ca dos o más idiomas y otros tips para ‘entre­nar’ tu cerebro

#5. Next Chap­ter Accel­er­a­tor For Pur­pose-Dri­ven Women Lead­ers: As announced last month we are proud to col­lab­o­rate with the WILD Net­work to offer a new pro­gram for exec­u­tives ready to exer­cise their brains and reg­u­late their stress lev­els by chart­ing their path for­ward in sharp and sup­port­ive company.

The Inau­gur­al Cohort will kick off in Novem­ber (pre­ced­ed by an option­al Camino de San­ti­a­go walk­ing retreat going on right now, as seen in the pic above), and the pro­gram includes a vir­tu­al work­shop, Nav­i­gate Change with Con­fi­dence: Invest­ing in Your Men­tal, Phys­i­cal and Finan­cial Assets, deliv­ered by our own Alvaro Fer­nan­dez. The ros­ter of reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants so far includes stel­lar can­di­dates in mul­ti­ple sec­tors, private/ public/ non-prof­it. You can learn more about the Accel­er­a­tor pro­gram here; please share feed­back and ideas with us (we’re con­sid­er­ing a future coed pro­gram, for example).

Wish­ing you a great month of Octo­ber and adven­ture ahead