INVESTING IN HAPPINESS: IMPROVING YOUR

BUSINESS AND WORK THROUGH BRAIN

SCIENCE
Chapter 4, Lesson 4: To Tribe Is to Thrive

TRIBE is a successful feature for humans,

because it is a strategy for working together to
survive and to thrive (strength in numbers).

WE each survive because of attachment to a

tribe. Our ability to survive and to thrive is
dependent on the need to feel value,
belonging, and engagement by our tribe.
Tribes require trust.

Let’s dig deeper into how trust is created in a

team.... We can look at this from 3 different but
related perspectives:
Individual - how people trust us
1:1 (2 people) – how we feel trust at a
personal level
Group – how we feel trusted in a group

We can look at how trust is maximized by

reflecting on these key concepts – the evolution
of trust, and the brain science of trust.
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BUSINESS AND WORK THROUGH BRAIN
SCIENCE
Chapter 4, Lesson 4: To Tribe Is to Thrive

The survival strategy for our Stone Age

ancestors was being a part of a group. Part of
a TRIBE.

“If we’re in the TRIBE we Survive. Outside the

TRIBE we die.”

When we interact in a group/tribe/team, our

social brain is looking for what it takes to remain
inside the tribe:

We need to feel INCLUDED by the group.

We need to feel VALUED by the group.

When we are included and valued by the tribe,

we can TRUST that we won’t be abandoned. We
will be safe. 

When we are INCLUDED & VALUED, our Social

Brain understands there is safety & trust, and
our Survival Brain rewards us.
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BUSINESS AND WORK THROUGH BRAIN
SCIENCE
Chapter 4, Lesson 4: To Tribe Is to Thrive

Based on all of this information, answer the questions below:

Reflect on your experience of inclusion/value, how did

this affect how you felt trusted by the group, and how
you then trusted the group?

How did this affect your contribution to the group?