Moving from city to city, state to state, country to country, and even between continents has shaped Tony’s world view: tolerance, respect for cultural differences, and the understanding that “we see things not as they are but as we are” … and that building sustainable value in business is as much about compassion as it is about passion.

For much of his corporate life, Tony picked up many of life’s most valuable lessons moving back and forth between South Africa, The United States, and the UK as a senior sales and marketing executive for Volkswagen, Audi, and BMW. As marketing manager for VW in South Africa in the early 80s he led the enduringly successful market launch of the famed Citi Golf. From there he moved to the intensely competitive world of the US car business as director of marketing for Audi, based in Detroit, followed by a transition to the UK as head of sales for VW and Audi.

Then back to South Africa during the momentous times of the early 90’s to join the board of BMW as sales and marketing director. Then back once again to the US in 1998 to build and operate an IMAX Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina … followed by ten years of consulting for a wonderfully diverse mix of American clients from giants like Boeing and Coca-Cola and developers of multi-billion dollar master planned communities, to a small Sushi bar in the Arizona desert.

But the greatest experience of all has come from a growing fascination with game changing discoveries from the brain sciences, discoveries that challenge many of our most deeply held beliefs and assumptions about human nature. Its weaving this new knowledge into a lifetime of corporate and consulting work that brings Tony back to South Africa, to bring the lessons to South African companies willing to embrace new thinking, and to make a difference where it counts.

We have learned more about how the human brain works in the past two decades than in all of previous human history. Remarkable new discoveries in the brain/mind sciences and the emerging field of behavioural economics will revolutionize our understanding of how we think, how we decide, how we learn, and how we experience the world around us. Every day this new knowledge invalidates centuries old assumptions … assumptions that continue to this day to misinform discussion and decision-making in virtually every field of human engagement.

Tony and his partner Etienne van der Walt are empathetic and engaging speakers with a special talent for demystifying complex and remarkable new knowledge from brain science. By identifying practical applications for business, education, and the human experience in general, they offer an experience that will change the way you see the world … and change the way you see yourself.

There is unprecedented opportunity to apply the life-changing potential of this new knowledge by forming a bridge between the world of the neuroscientist and the world of learning, parenting, communicating, leadership, design, and in many other very practical aspects of the business of life. For business, understanding and learning how to apply this new knowledge offers the most rewarding opportunity for creating radical competitive advantage to have come along in a very long time.

Audiences will learn about game changing discoveries in the brain sciences that open up opportunities in almost every field of human endeavor. The pace of discovery is extraordinary and exponential. Tony and Etienne will make the case that the cognitive capability of high performing knowledge workers can be significantly enhanced by applying some of the lessons from these new discoveries. These include people in business, educators, students, and parents … pretty much anyone who depends on their brains to make a living and to live a meaningful life.

Participants go away with a new fascination for how their brains really work, and a new understanding of how this new knowledge can be applied at work and at home in ways that can transform individual lives and businesses. They will learn how the brain is not fixed at age twenty or so as previously believed, but that the brain can change in extraordinary ways throughout our lives; that emotion is the essential ingredient in decision making; how priming shapes expectations and how expectations moderate reality; plus many other transformational brain science applications.

A giant step on a fascinating journey of self-discovery and enlightenment.

A great sense of optimism about the untapped potential of their brains.

Practical and uplifting ways to significantly enhance cognitive performance.

How to enhance on the job performance in ways they never dreamed possible.

Brain smart nutrition.

Brain smart parenting.

The business that takes the time and makes the effort to understand and apply the remarkable new discoveries about the human brain will learn to create an inspiring and high performance work environment:

Designed for optimum cognitive performance.

Designed to stimulate creativity.

Where brain smart leadership thrives.

Where better decision-making is informed by knowledge of how the brain decides.

Where brain smart branding, marketing, and selling add totally unexpected value.

Where training methods are in tune with a deeper understanding of how the human brain really learns and remembers.

An environment designed to attract and keep the best talent available.