S5_11_The Brain, Identity and permission to think differently with Nic Lucas

About this episode

Jo Muirhead and Nic Lucas discuss the impact of professional identity on clinicians and explore themes of curiosity, brain science, and innovation in healthcare.

What happens when clinicians stop allowing their professional title to define who they are? In this thought-provoking episode, Jo Muirhead sits down with researcher, educator, entrepreneur and former osteopath Nic Lucas to explore curiosity, brain science, executive functioning, reinvention, identity and the future of healthcare work. Together they unpack: why clinicians often become trapped inside professional identity how understanding the brain changes leadership and performance the role of curiosity in innovation the tension between evidence and entrepreneurship why self-awareness matters more than ever in the age of AI and how neuroscience is reshaping our understanding of pain, behaviour and human potential This is a conversation about brains, behaviour, possibility and permission to think differently.

People in this episode

Host: Jo Muirhead

Guest: Nic Lucas

Topics covered

• professional identity
• brain science
• leadership
• curiosity
• innovation
• self-awareness
• neuroscience

Keywords

• clinicians
• identity
• executive functioning
• entrepreneurship
• pain
• behaviour
• human potential

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: healthcare, AI

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