James Hewitt is a performance scientist and coach to some of the world’s most demanding clients, from Formula 1 teams to Fortune 500 corporations. James combines his experience as a full-time racing cyclist, work with top athletes and business people, and ongoing academic research to bring cutting edge insights that unlock human potential.
James’ work and research focus on tactics and strategies that enable individuals and teams to enhance their cognitive performance, experience new levels of focus and distraction resistance, improve sleep and recovery, manage stress, perform under pressure, and transform uncertainty into fuel for innovation and creativity, even in the most demanding contexts.
James Hewitt’ presentations make the science of human performance accessible and inspiring, providing motivation and practical tools to help audiences live and work with more energy and less stress. James has delivered over 1000 hours of presentations & workshops in 30+ countries, including lecturing at Duke CE, IMD, St. Gallen, three World Economic Forum Annual Meetings in Davos, for the World Economic Forum Global Leadership Fellows program and in a speaker line-up including Barack Obama, at the Nordic Business Forum.
Many people feel under pressure to accomplish more with less. We live in an always-on world, full of distractions and competing demands. According to some research, we’re interrupted once every 11 minutes at work. Once we’ve been interrupted, it takes an average of 23 minutes to get back to the original task. 84% of people keep their inbox open in the background at all times, and 70% of emails are opened within 6 seconds of receiving them. A 2014 study found that task error rates doubled after a 2.8-second interruption, about the time it takes to pick up your phone and notice an email notification, even if you don’t read the message. While evidence also suggests that we are pretty good at compensating for the time lost to an interruption, working harder and faster, this comes at the cost of increases in frustration, a heightened sense of time pressure, and more stress. Discover James ‘5 P’ model, which will enable you to unlock new levels of focus and productivity and reduce your stress
We accept that stress is a part of life. Some stress can even enhance performance, but when stress is unrelenting, it can lead to a host of adverse physical and psychological outcomes. Many people find that negative stress manifests itself as a sense that they can’t switch off. We feel like we are always on, that our mind is racing, and that it is difficult to recover fully from day-to-day. However, an inability to switch off is just one aspect of a broader theme. That theme is ‘self-regulation’, which describes our ability to monitor and adjust our physiological and emotional states according to our situation and environment. Ideally, we should be able to switch on and be ready to perform whenever we need to, then switch off whenever we want to. However, we often struggle to achieve this and end up with a persistent sense of being tired but wired. Discover five science-based principles which will enable you to unlock your keys to sustainable high performance:
It feels like we talk about sleep all the time, but more than 1 in 3 people don’t get enough sleep, which means they don’t sleep for at least 7 hours per night. At the same time, most of us would like to increase our energy, improve our focus, and protect our health. Sleep provides the foundation for all these elements, so why are we still not getting enough? The problem is, there is a lot of competition for our sleep. Many of us are sleep deprived most of the time; we just don’t realise it. This practical and inspiring presentation will provide you with the tools to make sleep your superpower. Discover:
We live in an increasingly complex, some would say a chaotic world. Rates of stress and burnout are increasing, perhaps driven by growing uncertainty and insecurity. Traditional approaches to these challenges have centred on stress management and resilience. Often stress management attempts to deal with the aftermath of stress. Resilience training aims to help people bounce back, but these approaches are not sufficient. Uncertainty does not have to be a monster, and stress is not always something from which we should try to insulate ourselves. Humans, their teams, and their organisations have a remarkable ability to respond and grow through stress and challenge, providing the foundations are in place. While there are many factors outside of our control, there are some simple steps that you can take to prepare yourself and your organisation to use disruption and uncertainty as fuel for growth in wellbeing and performance.
Modern work relies on a high performing brain, but maintaining a healthy body is crucial. We all know that it’s essential to exercise regularly, but many of us also struggle with our sedentary lifestyles. Studies using sensitive wearable devices reveal that many office workers spend over 80% of their time sitting. While remote working has created opportunities for increasing exercise, it has also increased the chance that
we spend even more extended periods in front of the computer. We’re no longer walking out to get lunch, strolling across the office to speak to a colleague or marching through the airport to catch our next flight. Global data from some wearable manufacturers supports this, indicating that step counts have declined between 7 to 38%, compared to the same time last year, as we are sitting for longer each day. Discover how your body’s capacity to supply energy underpins every cognitive or physical activity through scientific insights and practical ideas to help you use exercise to enhance different aspects of cognitive performance, improve recovery, protect your metabolism, influence sleep, buffer stress and increase health-span. Find out more about:
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