How Cognitive Biases Keep Us Stuck: Rewiring Your Brain for Change - Alex Moffat
Notas del episodio
In this episode, Karen mind-blends with Alex Moffat — keynote speaker, NeuroLeadership Institute facilitator, brain-based coach and award-winning magician — to explore how our brains shape what we notice, what we believe, and how we respond. Through neuroscience, leadership insights and the world of magic, Alex reveals how to spot our blind spots and make room for a different perspective. He also shows us a visual mind trick in this episode, head over to Mindblendpodcast to check it out.
What we explore
- How experience can become a blind spot, reinforcing assumptions and cognitive biases
- Why feedback can feel threatening — and how reframing the conversation can help
- What magic and cognitive illusions reveal about how the brain makes sense of the world
- Practical ways to pause, question your assumptions and respond differently
Key takeaways
- Ask yourself: What else could be true here?
- Notice the story your brain is telling before acting on it.
- Turn awareness into action with a specific “if this happens, then I will…” plan.
A quote to remember as a way to rewire your brain
“Neurons that fire together, wire together.So the more we consistently repeat a thought, then the more we consistently repeat that feeling that comes from it as well. And then we consistently do the actions that come from it.”
Questions we explored
Why can experience get in our way?
Familiar patterns can make us quicker to interpret situations through what we already know.
How do we catch our assumptions?
Pause and consider what might be missing or what another perspective could reveal.
How can we make change more practical?
Pair awareness with repetition and a clear plan for what to do when a familiar trigger appears.
What can leaders do differently?
Invite perspectives and frame feedback in ways that encourage curiosity rather than defensiveness.
If you’ve ever felt certain you were right, only to discover there was more to the story, this conversation is an invitation to pause, question and see things with a little more clarity.
About Alex Moffat
Alex Moffat is an experienced leader, NeuroLeadership practitioner, multi-award-winning magician, and interactive award-winning keynote speaker based in Sydney. Alex combines neuroscience, leadership experience, and cognitive illusions to create audience-wide experiences that transform how people think, connect, lead, and adapt. His keynotes help organisations strengthen human connection, navigate change, and build high-performing teams with insights that are experienced, remembered, and applied.
You can connect with Alex on https://alexmoffat.au/, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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