From paradox to continuous learning. · Cognitive Performance
Five classes: from an opening on the performance paradox to deep dives into anxiety, stress and multitasking, closing with continuous learning as the sustainable strategy.
High-performance discourse demands 100% all the time, but ignores that the brain has a measurable limit. Pushing the mind to a continuous maximum looks like productivity and sabotages real performance in the medium and long term.
The science
Identifiable mechanisms
Stress, learning, divided attention and anxiety have identifiable neurobiological mechanisms that sustain or sabotage performance. Each one can be worked on.
How to travel this journey
Two ways. The same care.
1h classes, online, fully curated by Dr. Pedro Shiozawa, PhD. The difference between the two modalities is how the track is chosen.
Most accessible
Modality 01
Predefined Journey
The themes of the 5 classes are already set: it is the track on this page, ready to start.
Investment: the most accessible way to travel the journey
Immediate start: no diagnostic stage, the track already exists
Proven track: the 5 classes on this page, in the order of the arc
Facilitation: GPMH team specialists lead the classes
Kickoff
Alignment with leaders, teams and context.
5 classes
The track on this page, with themes already set.
Closing
Consolidating learning and next steps.
Premium · data-guided
Modality 02
Predictive Journey
The predictive mapping with a proprietary algorithm opens the journey. Its result selects the titles of the 5 classes: the data writes the curriculum.
Initial X-ray: proprietary neuroscience mapping of the organization
Tailored track: the 5 classes are selected by the mapping results
Measured progress: a final mapping compares before and after
GPMH Certification: unlocked if the mapping score meets the threshold
GPMH CertificationUnlocked when the mapping score meets the threshold. The badge recognizes the team’s real progress.
Kickoff
Alignment with leaders, teams and context.
Mapping
The proprietary algorithm generates the organization's X-ray in this area.
5 classes
Titles selected according to the mapping results.
Final mapping
A new reading to measure the team's progress.
Closing
Consolidation, certification delivery when the score is met, and next steps.
GPMH CertificationNot applicableUnlocked if the score meets the threshold
InvestmentMost accessiblePremium
The Predictive catalog
31 possible classes. The mapping picks 5.
The titles below form the GPMH catalog, curated by Dr. Pedro Shiozawa, PhD. In the Predictive Journey, the mapping results define which ones enter your track.
Emotional Intelligence: the key to professional success
Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health
Emotional Management: tools to manage emotions at work
Conflict Management
Personality: The Masks We Wear
Self-Care: You at the Center
Relational Intelligence
Belonging: The Power of Being Part
The Secret of Happiness
From Sleep to Nightmare: what science teaches us about sleep
Women’s Mental Health
Antifragile: The Challenge of Growing Through Problems
Living to Learn: Cognitive Stimulation and Its Impact on Mental Health
Why Do We Err? The neuroscience of decision-making
Neuroplasticity: The High Cost of Multitasking
The Science of Procrastination
Talking About Stress: Friend or Foe?
Play It Again: The Importance of Revisiting, Planning and Acting
The Path to Psychological Safety
The Performance Paradox
We Are Toxic Without Knowing
What Engages Us: The Neuroscience of Engagement
Mental Health Is Business Talk
NR-01 and Psychosocial Risks
Anxiety: Why Are We So Anxious?
Sadness vs. Depression
Online Gaming: A Villain in Disguise
Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll: the biology of pleasure and the pursuit of happiness
Burnout: What No One Told You
Between Pressure and Rest: Untangling Burnout, Anxiety and Depression
Psychosis: Understanding the Main Conditions
Scientific curation
100% curated by Dr. Pedro Shiozawa, PhD
In both modalities, every theme, class and sequence goes through the curation of Dr. Pedro Shiozawa, PhD, psychiatrist and researcher. Classes are led by GPMH team specialists; the science behind them has a single owner.
The Predefined Journey track
Five acts, one arc.
The fixed-theme track of the Predefined modality: each class plays a role in the arc, and the sequence turns the themes into a narrative. In the Predictive Journey, the mapping selects the titles from the GPMH catalog.
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Act 01 · Opening / Sensitization · Class 1 of 5 · Online · 1h
The Performance Paradox
Why operating at maximum all the time sabotages real performance.
PresenceFocusEfficiency
Threat x excellence: continuous performance triggers a threat response
Amygdala: hyperactive, it reduces prefrontal cortex efficiency
Sustainable 85%: beats the intermittent 100% in the long run
Real performance: consistency with health, not isolated peaks
Overload signs: they precede the drop in performance
Rhythm: a management variable, not weakness
The paradox has a clinical cost.
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Act 02 · Deep dive · Class 2 of 5 · Online · 1h
Anxiety: Why Are We So Anxious?
The clinical cost of peak performance without regulation.
PredictabilityPerformanceRegulation
Adaptive anxiety: a normal neurobiological response of the nervous system
Low predictability: amplifies the brain's alert signal
Chronification: when anxiety stops being a signal and becomes illness
Cognitive overload: constant urgency wears down regulation
Regulation: a necessary practice at peak performance
Behind the cost, a mechanism.
03
Act 03 · Deep dive · Class 3 of 5 · Online · 1h
Brain Under Pressure
The line between functional stress and stress that makes you sick.
StressPressurePerformance
Adaptive stress: drives focus, learning and action
Toxic stress: chronic, it sickens and reduces performance
Neurobiology: the mechanisms of stress in the brain
Warning signs: recognizing them before the breaking point
Pressure into discipline: turning tension into routine, not collapse
The line: between performance and illness
The mechanism tested in a daily habit.
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Act 04 · Deep dive · Class 4 of 5 · Online · 1h
Neuroplasticity: The High Cost of Multitasking
How the mind loses efficiency when divided.
PresenceFocusEfficiency
Neuroplasticity: applied to innovation inside organizations
Multitasking: the real efficiency cost of dividing attention
Cognitive flexibility: environments that encourage it generate creativity
Neurobiological barriers: to innovation, and how to overcome them
Single focus: as strategy, not limitation
Work habits: directly linked to brain performance
The sustainable answer: always learning.
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Act 05 · Closing with provocation · Class 5 of 5 · Online · 1h
Living to Learn: Cognitive Stimulation and Its Impact on Mental Health
Continuous cognitive stimulation as protection against decline.
LongevityStimulationInnovation
Neuroplasticity: the brain creates new connections in response to challenges
Life-long learning: continuous learning linked to mental health
Cognitive reserve: protects against decline throughout life
Novelty: new experiences stimulate mental growth
Intellectual challenge: as practice, not just innate talent
Longevity: cognitive longevity linked to quality of life
The logic of the sequence
From paradox to continuous learning.
It sensitizes through the paradox (more effort is not always more outcome), goes deeper into the clinical cost of crossing the limit (anxiety), maps the mechanism that sustains or sabotages performance (stress), tests that mechanism in an everyday habit (multitasking) and closes on continuous learning as the sustainable strategy: an invitation to continuity.
01OpeningThe Performance Paradox
02Deep diveAnxiety
03Deep diveBrain Under Pressure
04Deep diveNeuroplasticity
05ClosingLiving to Learn
To accelerate learning
Learning Boosts.
Optional reinforcements, available in both the Predefined and the Predictive Journey.
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AI Insights
AI-generated deep dive into the journey's own results.
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Coffee with a Specialist
A one-on-one session with a GPMH specialist to apply the learning to real context.
Also explore
Other Focused Journeys.
The five areas of Organizational Neuroscience can also be traveled standalone, each with its own badge.
