Speaker. Author. Founder.
Staying human in the age of intelligence.
I'm Brad. Author of five books, founder of FLAME and the Values Institute, and a student of how minds predict, adapt and find meaning. I help people and organisations keep the skills machines cannot copy.
Why I do this
We're wired for more than survival.
Everything I make sits on the same foundation: your brain is a prediction machine. It does not passively see the world, it constantly guesses what comes next, and those guesses become your experience. Understand that, and resilience, values, leadership and change all start to make a different kind of sense.
So I pair the newest science with the oldest wisdom. Stoic philosophy, Polynesian wayfinding, contemplative practice: traditions that discovered, centuries early, what neuroscience is now measuring.
And lately, my live sessions include a little mentalism. Not just because it is fun (it is), but because nothing teaches you about the predictive brain quite like watching your own predictions fail in real time.
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Books published
114
Countries reached
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Mission: a fulfilled humanity
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For keynotes and workshops, visit FLAME. For values research and coaching, the Values Institute. For everything else, say hello.