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How to Make Learning a Gift Again

The brain-friendly shortcut from insight to impact.

4 min readApr 15, 2025

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In today’s rapidly evolving world, organizations strive to turn insight into impact, fast and fluidly.

Bridging the gap between knowledge and application, learning has become more than a phase — it’s a continuous capability and a fundamental way of being.

The Trouble with Learning Today

As the pace of change accelerates, human learning struggles to keep up. Our overstimulated minds and under-performing brains gravitate towards media that offer quick fixes and easily digestible content.

Too many apps open. No space to wonder. No time to breathe.

Learning becomes more stressful than playful — more of an exhausting climb than an exciting ride. Yet, to thrive, we must make learning more human — manageable for the brain and meaningful for the heart.

What the Brain Needs

The Brain-Friendly Approach (BFA) begins with a simple idea:

Work with the brain, not against it.

This entails designing optimal conditions — both in the moment and over time — to make learning feel safe, natural, and sustainable.

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Laust Lauridsen, MD
Laust Lauridsen, MD

Written by Laust Lauridsen, MD

Help leaders and teams go beyond to transform and perform. Writer, speaker and facilitator.

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