MIT Sloan School of Management

Neuroscience for Business

Utilize the potential of neuroplasticity to enhance your individual and corporate productivity in a constructive manner.

Start date

05 February 2025

Price

$3,250 USD

Installment Plan

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Course duration

6 weeks

Excluding orientation

Language

English

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Effort

6–8 hours per week

Self-paced learning online

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Course overview

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Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)

In today's ever-changing business landscape, leaders must be able to navigate uncertainty with resilience and adaptability. The MIT Sloan School of Management Neuroscience for Business online short course is designed to help you enhance your performance in personal and professional contexts by drawing on key scientific principles.

The MIT neuroscience for business course focuses on an action-based approach to leadership, equipping you with the tools to analyze thought patterns and rewire habits for more effective problem-solving. Over six weeks, you'll explore neuroscience concepts such as neuroplasticity, which can help you rewire your brain and organization to become more agile, resilient, and effective in your role.

Is this course for you?

Executives, managers, and leaders who want to improve their professional and organizational capabilities will benefit from this online course in neuroleadership. The certificate is also ideal for individuals aspiring to move into leadership roles by acquiring essential growth skills. Professionals interested in applying neuroscience principles in coaching, management training, and leadership development will find the course particularly useful. Consultants, executive coaches, and learning and development professionals looking to enhance employee engagement and workplace culture will also benefit.

Course overview

Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)

What will set you apart

On completion of this course, you’ll walk away with:

Valuable insights from world-class faculty and esteemed guest experts in the neuroscience and psychology fields.

A leadership toolkit drawing on the principles of neuroplasticity that will help you develop or refine your leadership skills and effectively respond to change.

The ability to future-proof your business by fostering a culture of agility, growth, and organizational resilience.

Course curriculum

Discover your true leadership capabilities with neuroscience principles as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module

Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1

Understanding and optimizing your brain

Module 2

Neuroplasticity: Rewiring your brain

Module 3

Brain agility and cognitive diversity

Module 4

Maximize your brain: Building mental resilience

Module 5

Leadership visualization and action

Module 6

Leadership influence and neuroplasticity in organizations

Faculty Director

The design of this online short course is guided by MIT Sloan faculty, as well as industry experts, who will share their experience and in-depth knowledge with you throughout the program.

Tara Swart

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan

Earn a digital certificate of completion from MIT Sloan

Enroll in this online course to acquire the skill of utilizing neuroplasticity for effective leadership and earn an official digital certificate of completion from MIT Sloan.

This program also counts toward an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate, which you can earn upon completion of four programs where at least three of the four come from your chosen certificate track and at least one is completed in-person. Find full details here.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

MIT Sloan Neuroscience for Business online program certificate

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