Speaker. Author. Founder.
Sustainable high performance.
The art and science of burning bright, not out. 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 leaders and teams do their best work without burning out the people doing it.
Why I do this
We're wired for more than survival.
Everything I make points at one outcome: sustainable high performance. And it all 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 performance magic. 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.
5
Books published
114
Countries reached
1
Mission: a human future
From the articles
Big thinkers, strange science, honest questions.
Explainers and essays that make difficult thinkers simple and strange findings useful. The latest from the desk.
Trusted by leading organisations
Ready when you are.
For keynotes and workshops, visit FLAME. For values research and coaching, the Values Institute. For everything else, say hello.