ABSTRACT
The scientific foundation for project cognitive readiness rests on clinical studies performed by neuroscientists, psychologists, and behavioral economists. Project leadership and effective team membership both require the ability to engage in rational decision-making and productive interpersonal relationships. This chapter discusses the human brain's evolutionary development. It examines the ways in which the brain perceives threats. The chapter also examines how the preponderance of an individual's actions is governed by non-conscious activity in the brain, and the problems that arise as a result. Human interactions will be explored in the section on sociality. The chapter considers the importance and advantages of human resilience, insight, and positive emotions in a complex business environment. Human beings use two approaches for problem solving: the analytical approach; and insight. In many theories about project leadership roles, two different roles are noted, people-oriented roles and task-oriented roles.
