Friederike Fabritius
Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Neuroscientist. Keynote speaker.
Friederike Fabritius is a neuroscientist, keynote speaker and award-winning author. She applies insights from neuroscience to guide and inspire organizations, teams and individuals towards achieving higher or peak performance, more innovation, and greater well-being. As a leadership specialist, she has extensive experience in working with top executives at Fortune 500 companies.
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Friederike Fabritius's 2025 biography
Friederike Fabritius: Neuroscientist and Global Neuroleadership Expert
Friederike Fabritius, MS, is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, neuroscientist, and trailblazer in the field of neuroleadership. Her brain-based leadership programs have transformed how Fortune 500 executives think, innovate, and navigate change. Fabritius is a thought leader and keynote speaker, known for engaging global audiences at organizations such as Google, Ernst & Young (EY), Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Adecco, Accenture, Deloitte, BMW, Bayer, SAP, Harvard Business Review, trivago, and Audi. An alumna of McKinsey & Company and the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, she has delivered keynotes for executives in over 164 countries.
Fabritius is author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Get Them to Stay and the award-winning book The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier. Her work has been featured in HBR, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Newsweek, Huffpost and many more. She is recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice. As a keynote speaker, Friederike consistently receives amazing feedback from her clients and is routinely asked to return time and time again.
Friederike Fabritius's 2025 talks & topics
Embracing Change and Uncertainty with Emotional Resilience
In the fast-paced world of corporate leadership, it seems like the only constant is change. Learning how to effectively lead teams through the turbulence of uncertainty and change in an effective and brain-friendly way is vital. The key lies in mastering the art of emotional resilience. Your ability to lead well through change is not just a skill; it’s a transformative power.
Join neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Friederike Fabritius for a compelling keynote that delves into practical strategies and real-world insights to empower you to lead effectively during times of change. Learn how to not just survive, but thrive amidst change and uncertainty, ensuring your team’s resilience and success.
This keynote is based on the latest insights from social cognitive neuroscience. With an entertaining and highly interactive mix of humor and practicality, you will gain science-based insights that you can put into practice right away to work smarter, better, and happier.
Key Takeaways
- Is change ever a good thing for the brain?
- How your brain responds to change and uncertainty
- Neurosignatures – why do people deal with change and uncertainty so differently?
- Communicating effectively under uncertainty
- Supporting your team during challenging times
- Optimal individual stress points
- Key factors for resilience from a neuroscience perspective
- Sustainable strategies for leading during change and uncertainty
Delivery
- Interactive exercises with the audience
- Interactive keynote presentation
- Interactive and innovative tech setup where the presentation is created while speaking uniquely for this audience. (See links to In-person and virtual set-ups)
- Q&A period. (Questions are also encouraged throughout the presentation)
The Neuroscience of Diversity & Inclusion
Diverse teams consistently outperform non-diverse teams in almost every measurable metric.
Diversity in our workplaces is vital in order to increase productivity, innovation, and create better outcomes. Working with those who differ from us can also be a cause of conflict and tension within a team – so how do we mitigate this? There is more to diversity than you may think – including how you think! In this keynote, neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Friederike Fabritius share her innovative insights from social cognitive neuroscience on diversity and inclusion, including her personal framework of thought leadership on neurosignatures being the hidden key to unlocking your team’s peak performance.
This keynote is based on the latest insights from social cognitive neuroscience. With an entertaining and highly interactive mix of humor and practicality, you will gain science-based insights that you can put into practice right away to work smarter, better, and happier.
Key Takeaways
- Why diverse teams outperform homogeneous teams
- How to work with people who are different from yourself
- How to create more innovation through diversity
- Why thought diversity should be encouraged
- Why inclusion matters
- How different personalities can work together
- How to avoid groupthink
- How to find common ground within diverse groups
- What is a neurosignature, and how to support each of them in a team
Delivery
- Interactive exercises with the audience
- Interactive keynote presentation
- Interactive and innovative tech setup where the presentation is created while speaking uniquely for this audience. (See links to In-person and virtual set-ups)
- Q&A period. (Questions are also encouraged throughout the presentation)
Fun, Fear, and Focus ©
How does the brain work? And how can you use this knowledge to reach peak performance? Your brain needs a cocktail of three neurochemicals to get into flow: Dopamine, noradrenaline, and acetylcholine. Or in short: Fun, fear, and focus.
Learn how to leverage fun, fear, and focus to reach peak performance, enhance your well-being and create a high-performing team. Join neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Friederike Fabritius for a compelling keynote that will show you how to put these science-based insights into practice immediately.
This keynote is based on the latest insights from social cognitive neuroscience. With an entertaining and highly interactive mix of humor and practicality, you will gain science-based insights that you can put into practice right away to work smarter, better, and happier.
Key Takeaways
- Performance culture and growth mindset
- The neuroscience of the flow state
- The value of neurosignature diversity
- Finding optimal stress levels
- Why fun matters and how to harness its power at work
- Accessing Flow and how to be 5 times more productive
- How much fear should there be in the workplace?
- How the prefrontal cortex, the limbic system and the basal ganglia interact
- Learning to focus in a world full of distractions
- How a team can reach social flow
Delivery
- Interactive exercises with the audience
- Interactive keynote presentation
- Interactive and innovative tech setup where the presentation is created while speaking uniquely for this audience. (See links to In-person and virtual set-ups)
- Q&A period. (Questions are also encouraged throughout the presentation)
The Creative Mind: Exploring the Neuroscience of Innovation
Innovation isn’t some random, spontaneous event – it’s SCIENCE!
When the environment is just right, our brains are primed for innovation and deep, insightful thinking. Neuroscience has shown us exactly what is needed for our brains to reach a moment of “Aha!” insight and peak creativity!
The good news? You can create this environment practically on demand! Join neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Friederike Fabritius for this compelling keynote that will show you exactly what to do.
This keynote is based on the latest insights from social cognitive neuroscience. With an entertaining and highly interactive mix of humor and practicality, you will gain science-based insights that you can put into practice right away to work smarter, better, and happier.
Key Takeaways
- What happens during the brain during creative insights
- What distinguishes highly creative people from others
- How innovation and creativity can be fostered and cultivated
- The neuroanatomy of AHA insights
- The role of emotions for innovation
- Brain hacks for innovating
- Gamma oscillations and their role for creativity and insight
Delivery
- Interactive exercises with the audience
- Interactive keynote presentation
- Interactive and innovative tech setup where the presentation is created while speaking uniquely for this audience. (See links to In-person and virtual set-ups)
- Q&A period. (Questions are also encouraged throughout the presentation)
Jumpstart Your Learning with Neuroscience
Did you know that there is a science to learning?
Join neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Friederike Fabritius for a compelling keynote that shows you exactly how you can harness neuroscience to learn better. It’s easy to pick up new habits and learn new things once we have the right science-based tools.
By making your learning Brain-Friendly, you can learn five times faster. The science of neuroplasticity shows us that you can teach an old dog new tricks, and you can apply these learnings right away. It’s easy.
This keynote is based on the latest insights from social cognitive neuroscience. With an entertaining and highly interactive mix of humor and practicality, you will gain science-based insights that you can put into practice right away to work smarter, better, and happier.
Key Takeaways
- What neuroplasticity is and means
- The role of the hippocampus, the amygdala and the basal ganglia in learning
- Lifelong learning and how to access it
- Growth mindset and flexibility
- How to trigger your dopamine system
- Neurohacks for faster, and better, learning
- What a habit is and how they are formed
- What brain systems are engaged when learning and how to use them to your advantage
Delivery
- Interactive exercises with the audience
- Interactive keynote presentation
- Interactive and innovative tech setup where the presentation is created while speaking uniquely for this audience. (See links to In-person and virtual set-ups)
- Q&A period. (Questions are also encouraged throughout the presentation)
The Social Brain: The Ten Commandments of Great Relationships
What is the single most important thing that your team needs for continued growth and success? Trust. The way we work and how we relate to our teams has changed dramatically in recent years and with the rise of the hybrid world, trust and collaboration have never been more critical. As high-level executives and corporate professionals, understanding how our brains are wired for social interaction is key to unlocking the potential of these hybrid work environments.
Join neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Friederike Fabritius for a compelling keynote that explores the neuroscience of trust, how to enhance team collaboration, and why a psychologically safe workplace is of utmost importance. Gain valuable insights into how human brains are inherently wired to be social and how this knowledge can be harnessed to increase trust, innovation, and high-performance teamwork.
This keynote is based on the latest insights from social cognitive neuroscience. With an entertaining and highly interactive mix of humor and practicality, you will gain science-based insights that you can put into practice right away to work smarter, better, and happier.
Key Takeaways
- Why your brain needs social connection and simple tips for connecting to anyone
- Why trust is linked to profitability and longevity
- Learn about the inner workings of your social brain: oxytocin, mirror neurons, and tachykinin
- How to foster psychological safety and effectively manage hybrid teams
- How to overcome – and leverage – similarity bias
- The link between empathy and stress, and overcoming “us versus them” silo thinking
- Vulnerability – when it works and when it backfires
- The neurohacks to use for succeeding in hybrid work
Delivery
- Interactive exercises with the audience
- Interactive keynote presentation
- Interactive and innovative tech setup where the presentation is created while speaking uniquely for this audience. (See links to In-person and virtual set-ups)
- Q&A period. (Questions are also encouraged throughout the presentation)
Creating Resilience – Confidently Managing Stress and Fostering Wellbeing
Keeping your cool under pressure is great in theory – but how do we put it into practice?
Stress is not always a bad thing – it’s important to understand which types of stress to embrace and which ones to avoid. We will discuss science-based and applicable strategies to increasing your stress threshold. You will learn to understand your unique optimal stress point and learn to also guide your team towards optimal stress levels, based on a deeper understanding of their individual neurosignatures. Join neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Friederike Fabritius for a compelling keynote that will leave you energized and empowered, rather than burned out and tired.
This keynote is based on the latest insights from social cognitive neuroscience. With an entertaining and highly interactive mix of humor and practicality, you will gain science-based insights that you can put into practice right away to work smarter, better, and happier.
Key Takeaways
- Is stress ever a good thing for the brain?
- How to leverage short-term stress to your advantage
- What are the key levers to increasing personal resilience
- How can I inoculate myself against stress?
- What are the neuroprotective factors that protect against burnout?
- Recognizing signs of stress in your team
- Optimal individual stress points
- What is a Neurosignature, and how they affect individual differences in managing stress levels
- Key factors for resilience from a neuroscience perspective
- Sustainable strategies for thriving under pressure
Delivery
- Interactive exercises with the audience
- Interactive keynote presentation
- Interactive and innovative tech setup where the presentation is created while speaking uniquely for this audience. (See links to In-person and virtual set-ups)
- Q&A period. (Questions are also encouraged throughout the presentation)