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The Nervous System Era of Work: Unlocking Leadership Skills Through Nervous System Safety

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What to Expect

Check out a future-forward session that explores why so many workplace trainings don’t stick – and what to do differently. You’ll learn how nervous system awareness provides the bedrock for trust, connection, and performance, and why starting here makes every other skill – from feedback to communication & leadership – more effective. Walk away with a fresh lens, practical insights, and strategies you can start applying right away.

What You'll Discover

Why So Many Trainings Don't Stick

Uncover the science-based reason many programs fall flat – and the shift that makes learning last.

The Nervous System Awareness Advantage

See how our biology shapes connection, safety, and performance, and why awareness is a game-changer.

All Behaviour Manifests from Our Nervous System

Understand why every single behaviour we see – in ourselves and in others! – stems from our nervous system.

Strategies That Amplify Every Skill

Discover practical strategies that can be implemented right away to increase connection, psychological safety, and productivity.

Meet Your Facilitators

kim van ryn

Trauma-informed leadership & neurodiversity expert

Kim Van Ryn

Kim (she/her) started her career as a Child and Youth Worker in foster and adoptive care, developing skills and gaining education in trauma and attachment theory. After a short break from the human services field, she returned to work in day services with adults with neurodiversities and found her true calling. Over the past years of professional development Kim has attained her BA in Human Services with honors, and her Trauma-Informed Care and Counselling certificate. She is continuously mentored to communicate more deeply with non-speaking people. Kim now offers therapeutic support to people with neurodiversities who have experienced emotional trauma.

With her team, Kim opened the doors to Branching Out Support Services in 2019 which supports people across the age span who live with developmental disabilities and neurodiversities.

jennifer prendergast

founder & ceo, The expert talk

Jennifer Prendergast

Jennifer (she/her) founded The Expert Talk in 2020 in response to the growing need for new approaches to training in areas that surround organizational culture, and interpersonal communication within teams. She has a background in sales and media, and an Honours degree in Communications, Philosophy, and Psychology, as well as her Trauma Certificate – all from Wilfrid Laurier University. 

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