We have a 100 Billion Neurons in our brains. We use them every second of every day. Along with hey form our thoughts - they inform everything we do.

They are the fundamental mechanisms through which we think. The brain’s primary building blocks start with the brain cells known as neurons.

Then there's the synapses, the Axons and the Dentrites between which all the actions take place - thats the synaptic gap - now believed to hold the key to everything we learn and the challenges we face.

The synapses connect one neuron to another and are thus responsible for every thought, memory or movement. 

Chemical processes in the brain send out messages through the neurons that determine the mental processes along with thinking. Cells called glia exist between the neurons in the brain.

What passes through them builds what get called 'neural pathways. They become the main roads that govern our behaviours and beliefs.

It may all sound a bit academic but quite the opposite. It's critical to understand this if we want to change anything. Anything at all.

In a business the existing neural pathways exist in the minds of individuals, not just the leaders. And they all represent possible roadblocks for change and transformation.

Beliefs start to form - this happens in our sensory memory. They start to develop into patterns (behaviours) in our working memory and then form habits because they become consigned to our long term memory.

To change anyone we have to make new memories, behaviours and habits through new stimulus and rewards.

We happen to use visual techniques to make this more rapid and likely to stick.

We make the discovery and learning of possibilities much more interesting, more visual, less boring, more relevant and so on to get to long term potentiation - creating the anchors for recall.

Creating new neural paths and eventually permanent brain structures - effectively this means creating the new experience and making what's the new real!

Neuron plasticity is infinite and can cause anyone to change. Neurons die as they stop being used - the good news is that there's new neurons created every day.

Creating new neural pathways through new Frameworks for thought allows us to establish the new thoughts and trigger new ideas. The more we can stimulate through visuals the faster we can be at the reprogramming.

Constant reinforcement can then sustain the transformation based on what the recipient is encouraged to think.

What would you need/like to think.

Create a new thought that is owned by everyone by using their own words and language is a powerful platform upon which to build new neural pathways.

Working this way is a fast route to the fresh ideas and thinking. That means multiple opportunities to exceed + boost expectations in unexpected ways. This act creates the reward our brains need and that results in far higher motivation.

It's desirable to arrange for overachievement by setting realistic visual constructs. This will reward the brain + change neural pathways faster.

Getting Technical:

The frontal lobe – this is located right behind our foreheads. It's this section of the brain that's responsible (among many other actions) for higher-level thinking skills. It's where calculations are processed, decisions are made, and critical thinking tasks are harnessed.

The temporal lobes – these are located on either side of our head, just above the ears and these bits of our brain hold our memory.

The parietal lobes - this is the part that's running along the top of the head, on both the right and left sides, these structures provide the body the feedback for pain, pressure, and touch.

The occipital lobe - this bit is to be found at the back of the head. It occupies 20% of the brain’s overall capacity. This bit is responsible for vision and the ability to visualize scenes. Often these can be scenes never actually witnessed before.

The occipital lobe, among others, is highly engaged when a child reads a story in which there are no pictures, only words to foster the imagination of the book’s events.

Imagine seeing a dozen pictures flash by in a fraction of a second. You might think it would be impossible to identify any images you see for such a short time. However, a team of neuroscientists from MIT has found that the human brain can process entire images that the eye sees for as little as 13 milliseconds — the first evidence of such rapid processing speed.