NORA INFANTE PSY.D.
Biomimetic Leadership
Emotionally intelligent leadership inspired by nature
"Integrating the natural world into our emotional intelligence and leadership practices will promote the realization that we live in a crucial and wondrous interdependent relationship with nature."
Welcome to Biomimetic Leadership!
Let’s do this together!
WHY NOW?
We are at a cultural and environmental crossroads.
Decisions we make and actions we take now as individuals and organizations will determine whether we thrive or just survive.
By leveraging the intersectionality of biomimicry and neurobiophilia on the one hand, and emotional intelligence and leadership on the other, Biomimetic Leadership teaches leaders how to imbed empathy, resilience, adaptability and sustainability in both their leadership and the organization… all while deepening their relationship and interdependence with the natural world.
Our goal is to create emotionally intelligent human and organizational ecosystems designed for the long-term.
HOW DO BIOMIMETICS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER?
Interdependence, diversity, collaboration, adaptability, and resilience describe not just aspects of healthy natural ecosystems but also human organizational systems functioning at their best. Biomimetic Leadership knows organizations committed to these principles are the organizations of a sustainable tomorrow.
Empathy, impulse-control, situational perspective, humility, bias awareness, emotional regulation, and mental clarity are emotional intelligence competencies that neurobiophilia has demonstrated are honed by interactions with nature.
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Biomimetic Leadership recognizes that emotional intelligence in leadership is essential for creating a healthy organizational ecosystem.
Consider:
Trees communicate and share resources in order to adapt to changes in the environment.
Bees and flowers work together to thrive and survive in a mutualistic, interdependent, relationship.
Humility and empathy foster collaborative diversity and promote sustainability in human ecosystems.
Sitting still with nature decreases cognitives biases.
WHAT WE DO
Through our unique array of offerings rooted in brain science and natural systems we can inspire today’s and tomorrow’s leaders to discover new, exciting and meaningful ways to maximize individual, team and organizational emotional intelligence. We can help those leaders to learn and use practical tools to hone and expand their leadership abilities while simultaneously developing their relationship to the natural world.
We do this through:
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Executive coaching focused on developing emotional intelligence
using nature to develop core competencies.
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Customized leadership team process focused on developing team interdependence,
sustainability, and resilience.
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Emotional Intelligence and Nature retreats (virtual and outdoors):
Customized experiential group learning focused on building individual emotional intelligence in the context of nature as teacher and healer.
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Biomimetic leadership group conversations:
(A few examples)
Learning to Listen by Listening to the Natural World
Using our Senses to Improve Emotional Intelligence
Fostering Diversity through Nature
Resilience in Times of Stress as Taught by Nature
LEARN MORE
Biophilia is the term Harvard naturalist Dr. Edward O. Wilson coined to describe what he saw as humanity's "innate tendency to focus on life and life-like processes," and to be drawn toward nature, to feel an affinity for it, a love, a craving. Learn more from E.O. Wilson on biophilia in his conversations with NOVA.
Biomimicry and biomimetics look to solve complex human problems by studying and emulating nature's models, designs, processes, and ecosystem strategies. Learn more from the wonderful Biomimicry Institute about everything happening in the field.
Daniel Goleman has said that if your emotional intelligence abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are only going to get so far. Learn more about the importance of EI in leadership from SHRM.
Neurobiophilia is a scientific sub-discipline of neuroscience that explores how nature engages brain functioning and dynamics. Learn more about the exciting research being done in this new field.
Ecopsychology is a therapeutic technique and ideology that aims to treat people psychologically by bringing them closer to nature. Ecopsychology is outside conventional psychology... It seeks to expand the emotional connection between humans and nature, and promote sustainability. Learn more about nature's impact on physical health and cognitive functioning.
Surprising as it may be, flocks of birds are never led by a single individual.
Even in the case of flocks of geese, which appear to have a leader, the movement of the flock is actually governed collectively by all of the flock members.
How can you help your organization create a collective culture where every individual is invested in the whole?
Time, Perspective, Equilibrium, Calibration
To Boost Your Emotional Intelligence, Step Outside
All Together Now: Nature’s Role in Bridging the Virtual Connection Gap
Why the Most Exciting Ideas in Leadership Are Coming From the Forest
Reflection Will Help You Grow, Rumination Will Hold You Back — This is Why
Nature and Executive Functioning: How Our Brain Can Make Use of Nature to Improve Leadership Skills
Nature's Revelation: Generosity
in a Time of Need
Developing a Nature Awareness For Personal Growth
An ‘Awe Walk’ Might Do Wonders for Your Well-Being
Science Says Silence is Vital for Our Brains
How The 'Lost Art' Of Breathing Can Impact Sleep And Resilience
Nature’s Guide to Building Resilient Systems