Dr. Medina turns his expertise towards the professional world, guiding us through what brain science and evolutionary biology have to say about topics from office space and work/life balance to power dynamics and work interactions in the time of COVID-19. Medina's descriptions and anecdotes break the science down to practical applications that you can put into use next Monday to improve your work life and the work lives of those around you. You'll learn: why taking breaks in nature during the workday improves productivity; how planning a meeting beforehand makes it more effective; why an open office plan isn't a good office plan; how a more diverse team is a more potent team; what exactly about talking to co-workers online is so exhausting; why allowing for failure is vital to a company's success; what power can do to an executive who has just been promoted; procrastination is not due to laziness, rather an avoidance of negative feelings; which personality tests will help you find the right fit for the job-hint: it's not the Myers-Briggs; and what our work lives will look like in a post-pandemic world.