Sometimes people just blow your mind with insights that you never ever imagined.
Dr Hannah Critchlow is an internationally acclaimed neuroscientist, broadcaster, author and Fellow of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.
Renowned for making complex science engaging and accessible, she has appeared across the BBC, ABC, RNZ and Korean television and radio, bringing cutting-edge neuroscience to audiences around the world.
She is the author of five books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers The Science of Fate (Hodder, 2019) and The 21st Century Brain (Torva, Penguin, 2026). In 2026, she was awarded the Rosalind Franklin Medal in recognition of her outstanding contribution to science communication.
Alongside her research, writing and broadcasting, Hannah delivers keynote lectures, executive workshops and advisory programmes internationally. She works with leaders across government, finance, law and industry, applying the latest insights from neuroscience to enhance decision-making, leadership, innovation and organisational performance.
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Joined Up Thinking
At a time of existential global challenges, we need our best brainpower available. How do we create genius environments, help our brains flourish and boost group thinking? How do we build teams, help them to collaborate and communicate effectively to enhance innovative problem solving? Neuroscientist and bestselling author shows why two heads are better than one and how good leadership can help us to unleash our full potential. She will electrify our minds with brain synchronicity, explore the power of intuition and increase our tolerance for uncertainty. Join for this interactive session that reveals the science underpinning our collective intelligence.Joined Up Thinking
Key Takeaways:
- Appreciate the need for team work
- Actionable neuroscience takeaways to optimise your team performance, boost collective intelligence for improved decision making and innovation.
- Improved resilience for effective discussion around differing opinions without conflict or fear.
The 21st Century Brain: Cutting Edge Neuroscience to Help us Navigate the Future
A masterclass in how to train your brain to adapt and survive in a world of AI and technology. Neuroscientist and author Hannah Critchlow reveals how our 21st-century brains are already changing. But don’t panic – she also knows how we can actively nurture them to thrive in our rapidly changing world. She reveals what cutting-edge neuroscience tells us about creativity, empathy and resilience – and why these human strengths will be more important than ever.The 21st Century Brain: Cutting Edge Neuroscience to Help us Navigate the Future
A Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge and one of the UK’s most compelling scientific voices, Critchlow invites us all to reconsider not just how our brains function, but what they’re capable of becoming.
Key Takeaways:
- Actionable neuroscience takeaways on how to increase resilience during periods of uncertainty and ambiguity
- Ability to increase harnessing your own intelligence and those around you.
- Appreciation for creativity, problem solving and emotional intelligence and actionable neuroscience takeaways on how to boost these facets of our behaviour.
- Ability to successfully collaborate with technology, and others, for maximum project benefit.
The Science of Fate
A talk to blow your mind. Using live experiments and demonstrations Hannah reveals how our biology shapes our destiny, identity and life trajectory, and what we can do to make the most of the life we have.The Science of Fate
Key Takeaways:
- Understanding of how biology shapes your identity and personality
- Actionable neuroscience takeaways on how to optimise your biology for a flourishing, resilient mind.
- Appreciate the need for diversity and team work
Consciousness and Our Evolving Relationship with AI
This interactive session filled with experiments and demonstrations takes the audience on an empowering journey through the mind and deep into our intelligence as we enter this new era of existence. How can new neuroscience knowledge help us achieve human centeredness? How do we better access and deploy the innate human brain power we already have? What role might brain machine interfaces play in our species progression? How do we ensure our relationship with AI and technology evolves successfully whilst playing to our species innate brain strengths? Join award winning neuroscientist Dr Hannah Critchlow for this interactive session exploring our species future.Consciousness and Our Evolving Relationship with AI
Key Takeaways:
- Actionable neuroscience takeaways on how to increase resilience during periods of uncertainty and ambiguity
- Ability to increase harnessing your own intelligence and those around you.
- Appreciation for creativity, problem solving and emotional intelligence and actionable neuroscience takeaways on how to boost these facets of our behaviour.
- Ability to successfully collaborate with technology, and others, for maximum project benefit.
Learning to Flourish
What happens in our brains as we learn, remember, and forget? How does learning underpin our mental wellbeing and help create a brain fizzing with ideas? How can we boost our brain power in order to flourish into the future?Learning to Flourish
Neuroscientist and bestselling author Dr Hannah Critchlow explores the science of learning. She will electrify your mind, open your perception and explore the depths of your memory. Join for this interactive session that reveals the science of learning that can help us all make better decisions and thrive.
Key Takeaways:
- Actionable neuroscience takeaways on how to increase resilience during periods of uncertainty and ambiguity
- Actionable neuroscience takeaways on how to optimise your biology for a flourishing mind.
- Ability to harness your own intelligence more effectively and that of those around you.
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Hannah is a top professional – diligent and easy to work with. Hannah has the ability to simplify complex neuroscience into content that is easily digestible. She delivered a fantastic sessi ... keep reading London Business Forum
We’ve worked with Hannah for 4 years….she has an exceptional ability to communicate complicated ideas about science and technology in a way that speaks to the general public and to schools audiences. She’s lectured about developments in neuroscience at Hay several times to audiences of 1,000 and 1,750. It’s a scale that’s challenging for most teachers. She works the space like a rockstar. Each time she has had the highest possible response rating from the audiences, both from students and from professional adults.
