Healing the Brain - Neuroscience, Brain Health and Tech
Thu, Apr 23
|Virtual Panel Discussion
The Table Event
Time & Location
Apr 23, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Virtual Panel Discussion
About the event
Across industries, leaders are navigating unprecedented change driven by artificial intelligence, workforce transformation, and rising levels of employee stress and burnout. At the center of this shift is a powerful realization: the most valuable asset in the modern economy is not technology; it is the human brain.
Emerging research from the World Economic Forum and the Brain Capital Alliance highlights a growing global movement to recognize brain health, cognitive skills, emotional resilience, and creativity as core economic assets. Referred to as Brain Capital, these capabilities drive innovation, leadership effectiveness, learning, and long-term organizational performance. Yet most workplaces still treat human capability as a secondary concern rather than a strategic investment.
This panel will explore how insights from neuroscience, psychiatry, and workforce development can help leaders rethink how they design workplaces and support their teams. Rather than approaching brain health as a medical issue alone, the conversation will highlight how brain science can inform everyday workplace practices from managing cognitive load and stress to supporting learning, skills growth, and psychological safety.
Panelists will bring complementary perspectives spanning clinical neuroscience, workplace leadership, and emerging skills-based workforce models. The discussion will highlight the practical application of brain science through the work of innovators including Stefani LaFrenierre, Krystal Sexton and Gina Jeneroux, whose work connects brain health, human capability development, and the future of work.
Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of:
Why brain health is rapidly becoming a strategic workforce issue
How simple neuroscience insights can improve workplace performance and well-being
The role of skills development and lifelong learning in supporting cognitive resilience
Practical ways leaders can create environments where people can perform, grow, and thrive
By translating complex brain science into accessible insights for leaders, this session aims to demonstrate a simple but powerful idea: when organizations invest in brain health and human capability, they are investing in their most important form of capital, the potential of their people.