Friederike Fabritius

Friederike Fabritius, MS, is a neuroscientist and trailblazer in the field of neuro-leadership. Her brain-based leadership programs have transformed how Fortune 500 executives think, innovate, and navigate change. Fabritius is a thought leader and keynote speaker, known for engaging global audiences at organizations like Google, Ernst & Young (EY), Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Adecco, Accenture, Deloitte, BMW, Bayer, SAP, Harvard Business Review, trivago, and Audi. An alumna of McKinsey & Company and the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, she serves on the prestigious German Academy of Science and Engineering. Fabritius is author of the award-winning book, The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier. Ever since she can remember, Friederike has been curious about the way the brain works and why people behave the way they do. That’s why she chose to become a neuroscientist. But when she left the laboratory to take a job in management consulting, she was surprised to see the way that people in the business world were working. It wasn’t in line with what she knew from neuroscience about how the brain works best. Not even close. That experience led her on a journey through neuroscience literature in pursuit of answers to some pressing questions. How can we work better? What are the principles that lead to better learning, improved collaboration, and the highest performance? And how can we make them applicable for busy executives? Ever since then, Friederike has worked with C-level executives from more than 164 countries in creating brain-friendly ways of working. It also led her to write her award-winning book The Leading Brain, which was published by Random House and has been translated internationally. Friederike is fluent in six languages and lives with her husband and five children in Heidelberg, Germany. Her new book, The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay (Rowman & Littlefield; October 11, 2022), is a smart, science-based approach to retaining your talent and making the world of work a better place.