Stella Collins

Stella Collins Speaking Topics

• Elevate Learning, Amplify Impact

  Work at the intersection of neuroscience, AI and people to beat the skills gap.

  AI is changing the way we work and offering unprecedented speed and efficiency. But it’s not enough to be efficient – you also need to be effective.

  In a world where relevant skills are vital for organisations to thrive how can you ensure learning professionals are doing the right things, not just the fast ones? Without the right foundations, you risk falling into the “Knowledge trap” losing money, time, goodwill and your credibility.

  In this interactive keynote discover how to work at the intersection of neuroscience, AI, technology and people to ensure that every minute spent learning is worth it.

  You’ll explore evidence-based learning strategies rooted in neuroscience and aligned with how humans learn naturally. You’ll hear how to elevate performance, ensure AI amplifies your efforts, and align personal, professional and business outcomes.

  Unlock the full potential of your people with AI and neuroscience, creating learning solutions that are innovative, impactful and results-driven.

  Takeaways:

  • Learn a practical methodology to evolve to a brain friendly, impactful learning culture
  • Use AI strategically to amplify results
  • Drive performance gains that beat the skills gap.

• Will AI Make You Stupid?: How to Keep Your Brain in Tip Top Condition & Benefit From AI

  As AI reshapes our world, the excitement is undeniable. But when you’re a professional, alongside the innovation comes personal challenges: pressure to keep up to date, fear of being replaced, ethical dilemmas and the not unrealistic fear that your own brain becomes less capable.

  Research is just beginning to show how our human brains are changing as we incorporate AI into our daily lives. We run the risk of ‘dumming’ down our own cognitive skills as we rely more on technology.

  Through the lens of neuroscience, you’ll explore how your brain can navigate the stress and excitement of working with AI, ensuring you succeed and stay balanced and human in this fast-changing landscape. You’ll also discover how you can work with AI to enhance and strengthen your own cognitive and mental skills.

  Takeaways

  • Identify brain-based strategies to manage new pressures
  • Insights to adapt to AI driven change with more confidence and ease
  • Brain hacks to sharpen your focus and boost your productivity

Mastering Facilitation: Unlock Optimal Learning States

You’re already an experienced facilitator but sometimes you’re asked to work with material that seems less engaging or with people who seem disengaged.

Discover how to create powerful digital learning environments by mastering the art of emotional states and facilitation finesse. In this dynamic session, you’ll:

• Uncover the science behind emotional states that enhance or hinder learning.
• Explore and practice strategies to guide learners into optimal states for engagement and retention.
• Build confidence in using silence as a transformative facilitation tool.
• Develop a personalized technique to harness your best state as a facilitator.
• Learn how to elevate your facilitation skills and transform the way your learners connect, engage, and grow!

As a facilitator by the end of this session you will be able to:

• Describe the science of emotional states that boost learning – and which don’t
• Use multiple strategies to shift your learners into relevant and optimal learning states
• Confidently use silence to facilitate learning
• Define your own technique to find your best state as a facilitator

How to Tame the Learning Data Monster

If Learning and Development want to earn their place at the board table, data savviness is the golden ticket.

But learning data can be a Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story • of course it’s a good thing but it can easily turn into a monster where you get caught up capturing data and lose your focus on learning impact. Some people would rather hide and avoid data than discover what it’s really telling them. We need to know what data to collect, analyse and interpret to inform our decision-making and credibility.

Dive into this practical and engaging story about learning data and work out how you can work with Dr. Jekyll to meet the expectations of the board. Discover how to:

• Gather the data know-how that can harness the monster
• Use fundamental insights to use the data monster intelligently
• Build your confidence and credibility at the board table
• Become brave enough to look all data in the eyes and use it to tell your story

Walk away with:

• A learning model focused on business impact
• An easy-to-use data framework linked to business objectives
• A strategy to link outcomes, activities and measures for ROI
• The Learning Data Cookbook

Harness Your Brain Waves for Performance

It doesn’t matter whether you are in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) or a BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible) world, we feel change all around us and we experience the positive and negative consequences of it every day. To thrive we need to evolve with the changes and learn to adapt but that impacts our performance. Every organisation is talking about how to support their people to work at peak performance, to be agile, to learn and be resilient in the face of change.

In this fast paced, ever-changing world what practical actions can we take from neuroscience to keep our brains and bodies in peak condition and learn to adapt fast?

Explore:

• How to recognise your peak performance moments and reach them more often
• How to harness your brainwaves to boost your own learning and that of others
• Why moving and daydreaming are vital for your brain and body
• Why sleep is your performance superpower

Takeaways:

• Concrete, evidence-based techniques to optimize your brain and body for learning and performance in the workplace and beyond
• Join the “Mexican Brainwave” to experience learning at its best.