Description
Your next breakthrough starts with one experiment.
You've done the courses, listened to the podcasts, made the plans. But you're still stuck in the same patterns. The problem isn't your ambition — it's that you've been trying to think your way into change when you need to experiment your way there.
The Experiment Mindset offers a radically different path. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, behavioural psychology and over a decade working with leaders and founders, leadership expert Tamsin Simounds reveals how real transformation happens: not through what worked for someone else, but through discovering what works for your brain, body, and life.
- Apply the Three Levers of Change (Psychology, Physiology, Environment) to create sustainable growth
- Become your own best experiment and gather real data about what works for you
- Navigate failure as feedback, turning setbacks into stepping stones
- Build wisdom through action, not endless planning
- Rewire your brain to help you adapt to constant change
The Experiment Mindset is a science-backed, story-rich guide for ambitious professionals, emerging leaders and anyone tired of fluffy advice. With practical frameworks, real-world examples and actionable experiments you can start today, you'll learn how to evolve through change — one small, courageous test at a time.
Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Part I Understanding the science of personal growth 1
1 What keeps people stuck 3
2 The neuroscience of growth 19
3 Testing what works for you with the N- of- 1 approach 33
Part II The three levers for growth 51
4 Environment 53
5 Physiology 69
6 Psychology 87
Part III The Experiment Mindset method 113
7 Designing your experiments 115
8 Translating information to wisdom 135
9 When experiments ‘fail’ 157
Part IV Living an experimental life 171
10 Minimising risk without losing momentum 173
11 The Experiment Mindset at work 187
12 Living experimentally 203
Conclusion 215
References and further reading 221
About the author 231
Acknowledgements 233
