In this episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, Jean and Scott hand the mic to Emma Sinclair who talks to cognitive neuroscientist Emily Clements. As part of her PhD at Kings College, London Emily is currently leading one of the world’s first studies into the neuroscience of entrepreneurship. She aims to uncover what might be different within entrepreneur’s brains and how we might develop our mindsets to become more entrepreneurial?Sit back and listen to this fascinating conversation during which Emma and Emily explore a key foundation for tomorrow’s leaders, building mindsets to navigate uncertainty and improve their capacity for disruptive thinking.  0.00 Introduction2.47 Emily, could you please begin by introducing yourself and what you are currently working on?5.53 What is disruptive thinking?8.00 What brain mechanisms are coming in to play when we go against the grain? 8.35 Could you give us a quick summary of what you mean when you refer to brain networks? 11.26 So are we focussing in on networks when we refer to disruptive thinking?12.58 How often are we using our multiple demand network?14.31 What would you define as being a hard task?17.08 What’s the flipside to this?20.05 I’d love to understand more about self-referential thought. 24.20 If you were in deep meditation, which network are you operating in?26.14 What have these brain networks got to do with disruptive thinking, why are they important?29.30 Is it true to say that highly creative individuals are actually changing how their brain is operating? Is it possible to make your brain more creative? 32.02 How can we consciously build a mindset that enables us to be more creative?39.52 How can we all be more disruptive?44.49 How important is environment for us to recognise that we might be in the wrong state to address a particular problem solving task?49.43 We’ve talked about the constant demand on people. Is this current demand for our attention meaning that it’s harder to stay in either mode?54.09 What can leaders take away from this?  Social: Instagram           @evolvingleader LinkedIn             The Evolving Leader Podcast Twitter               @Evolving_LeaderYoutube              Evolving Leader The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU!https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EvolvingLeader/