Flip the Switch - The Secrets and Science of Surviving and Thriving in Tough Times
Every single second of the day, someone in America faces a life-and-death health crisis. Every moment of the day, someone confronts a win-or-lose business challenge. In these situations, who prevails and who surrenders? Who beats the odds and who doesn’t? Who flips the switch from inaction to action and overcomes adversity? Ben Sherwood shares the fascinating and surprising answers and more in this insightful exploration of the nature of survival, the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit, and the ways in which we can all use our inner strengths to maximize our chances of overcoming life’s inevitable challenges. This presentation is filled with real life stories of the most extraordinary survivors and the unforgettable science of who survives and thrives and who doesn’t.
Hug The Monster - the Four Secrets of Surviving the Recession
Survival means adapting quickly and forging new plans. Tough times also create opportunities for those who can change their attitudes and actions. For the past few years, Ben Sherwood has explored the secrets of the world’s most effective survivors and thrivers while researching and writing The Survivors Club. He has met people slammed by life who managed to recover, repair and rebuild. Along the way, he spent some time at the air force’s survival school in Spokane, Washington, where experts teach men and women how to survive, escape, resist and evade in extreme situations. Ben offers four secrets to survive the recession based on the basic lessons of survival school which apply to all kinds of adversity, like vanishing jobs, foreclosed homes and disappearing 401(k)’s.
Leadership Secrets of the World’s Most Effective Survivors and Thrivers
When Captain Richard Phillips was captured by Somali Pirates, risking his life in order to save his crew aboard the Maersk Alabama, he was instantly hailed as a hero. On closer look, however, Phillips is a case study of the world’s most effective survivors and thrivers. In this presentation, Sherwood explores the essential leadership lessons of men and women who have faced extraordinary adversity and managed to triumph. From business to sports to science, Sherwood reveals the hidden side of leadership in extreme situations.
Rescued from the Lion’s Jaws – Survival and The Power of Faith
After interviewing survivors and experts around the world, Ben Sherwood argues that faith is the most universal and powerful survival tool. Sherwood explores stunning scientific research into the power of belief. Does prayer “work” in crisis situations? Do churchgoers live longer than non-attenders? Does religious turmoil and doubt shave years off your life? With remarkable true stories and scientific facts, Sherwood shares all of the answers.
The Secrets and Science of a Safer, Healthier Workplace
Every company wants to improve workplace safety (and security), reduce accidents and injuries and improve health. What are the secrets and science of a safer, healthier workplace? And how can workers improve their safety on the job? This lecture explores how we can all become safer (and healthier) in everything we do. The answers are both surprising and practical, grounded in the real-world lessons of military survival school, the cutting-edge genetics of resilience, the entertaining science of luck, and the revealing world of accident investigation.
Turnaround: The Secrets and Science of Beating the Odds and Bouncing Back from Adversity
In these tough times, many companies are looking to turn around their fortunes, jumpstart flat-lining sales and innovate new product lines. Drawing upon fascinating survival research into men and women who were left for dead or written off as lost causes, this talk explores the secrets and science of beating the odds and bouncing back from extraordinary adversity. Compared to the case studies in this talk – in which people were given ZERO chance of survival – the challenges most of us face turn out to be quite manageable. The ideas and answers in this talk are surprising and practical, grounded in the real-world lessons of military survival school, the cutting-edge genetics of resilience, and the entertaining science of luck. This talk also delves deeply into real-world case studies of business leaders like Steve Jobs who have overcome tremendous personal and professional adversity.
Unlocking the Secrets to Survival
An instant New York Times bestseller, Ben Sherwood’s book, The Survivors Club, is a non-fiction exploration of the science and secrets of who bounces back from everyday adversity and who doesn’t; who beats life-threatening disease and who succumbs; and who triumphs after economic hardship and who surrenders. Sherwood has traveled worldwide to gain insight from survivors of every imaginable adversity ranging from bankruptcy and foreclosure to mountain lion attacks and violent crime to the Nazi Holocaust. In January 2009, Sherwood founded www.TheSurvivorsClub.org, an online resource center and support network for people surviving and thriving in the face of all kinds of adversity.
Award-Winning Journalist
From 2004 to 2006, Sherwood worked as executive producer of ABC’s Good Morning America during the two most successful seasons in the program’s history. He guided prize-winning coverage of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the devastation of hurricane Katrina, and the presidential election of 2004. From 1997 to 2001, Sherwood served as senior broadcast producer and senior producer of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. From 1989 to 1993, he worked as a producer and associate producer at ABC News PrimeTime Live with Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson.
Bestselling Novelist
Sherwood is the author of two critically-acclaimed bestselling novels. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (Bantam 2004) was published around the world and is being made into a Universal Pictures feature film starring Zac Efron. The Man Who Ate the 747 (Bantam 2000) was published around the world and is in development as a feature film and Broadway musical.
