Baseline to Beyond

Transforming organizational performance through neuroscience.

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Underperforming human capital is limiting organizational success.

Stress, burnout, disengagement, and the relentless pace of AI-driven change mean your people are operating below baseline. The result: talent attrition, productivity collapse, and resources hemorrhaging at scale.

At Flow Institute, we use neuroscience-backed protocols to guide your people to sustained peak performance. We don't just restore baseline—we engineer sustained high performance states that maximize output while minimizing waste.

THE PRICE YOU PAY

THE COST OF THE MODERN WORKPLACE

$300 BILLION

The cost of work related stress to employers in the US alone.

$550 MILLION

In working days lost from stress-related absenteeism.

80% OF EMPLOYEES

Feel stressed at work.

94% OF EXECUTIVES

Agree that tackling employee performance is critical to success.

“Employee stress and burnout have reached “epidemic” levels over the past decade.”

PROBLEM 01: BURNOUT

THE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES ARE BURNT OUT:

Burned out employees have lower productivity. They are 63% more likely to take sick days, and 2.6x more likely to be actively seeking a different job.

23%

of employees report feeling burned out at work either very often or always.

44%

of employees reported feeling burned out sometimes.

PROBLEM 02: DISENGAGEMENT

MOST EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ENGAGED IN THEIR JOBS:

An actively disengaged employee costs their organization $3,400 for every $10,000 of that is spent on their salary. Organizations with low engagement have 59% higher turnover.

51%

of employees are disengaged at their jobs.

16%

are actively disengaged, meaning they’re taking proactive measures to sabotage the success of their organization.

PROBLEM 03: COGNITIVE OFFLOADING

AI TOOLS ARE ERODING CRITICAL THINKING:

Employees offload cognitive tasks to AI without verification, producing low-quality output that requires rework. This creates a cycle where reduced mental effort weakens analytical skills while increasing downstream costs and wasting critical time.

41%

of workers encounter AI-generated "workslop"—polished but substance-free content—costing nearly two hours of rework per instance.

57%

of employees don't check AI output for accuracy before using it.

THE SOLUTION?

FLOW STATES

SUSTAINED PEAK PERFORMANCE
THROUGH NEUROSCIENCE

What is “flow”?

Flow is a neurobiological state in which the brain operates with radical efficiency.
Attention narrows. Learning accelerates. Creativity spikes. In this state, people solve harder problems, adapt more quickly to challenge and uncertainty, and perform far beyond their usual limits.

The measurable impact:

⟢ Productivity increases of up to 500% (McKinsey)
⟢ Accelerated skill acquisition by as much as 230% (DARPA)
⟢ Significantly higher happiness and appetite for challenge (Deloitte)
⟢ 1–2 days of heightened creativity following a flow state (Harvard)

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THE CUTTING EDGE 
NEUROSCIENCE 
BEHIND OUR TRAININGS

For more than six decades, researchers have studied flow to understand what happens when the human operating system functions at its best.

OVERVIEW

WHAT DOES THE FLOW INSTITUTE EXIST TO DELIVER?

Build a high-performance, high-retention culture.

Build a high-performance, high-retention culture. Retain your best talent and get the best out of your team through preserving and evolving your culture as you grow.

ATTRACT THE WORLD’S TOP TALENT

Establish yourself as the destination top performers in your industry flock to by elevating your employer brand.

MULTIPLY YOUR ENTERPRISE VALUE

Multiply your enterprise value by multiplying output, quality, talent density, and performance.

BURNOUT PROOF YOUR ORGANIZATION

Expand your people’s capacity for stress, overwhelm and chaos so they flourish and even relish volatility, unpredictability, complexity and ambiguity.

DEVELOP YOUR TOP PERFORMERS

Avoid high risk, high cost recruitment efforts by investing in existing team members and accelerating their responsibility and ownership.

FUTURE PROOF YOUR ORGANIZATION

Evolve the way your company works and innovate by installing a cutting-edge approach to workplace performance.

MAXIMIZE EMPLOYEE MENTAL HEALTH

Help your people perform better than ever, while being happier and more fulfilled.

RESULTS

The Outcomes:

01

Participants will understand the science of peak performance-the maps and models, the principles and practices.

02

Participants will Integrate these learnings into daily behaviors and routines to increase output without increasing hours.

03

Participants will use agile implementation and self-experimentation to arrive at personalized optimal performance protocols.

04

Participants will experience sustained productivity and fulfillment long-term.

05

Participants will implement performance plans that demonstrably increase organizational output and competitive advantage.

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YOUR InstructorS

Steven Kotler
Steven Kotler
Founder & Executive Director
Dr. Sarah Sarkis
Dr. Sarah Sarkis
Advisor

ADVISORY
BOARD

Dr. Andy Newberg
Dr. Andy Newberg
Advisor
Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
Advisor
Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
Advisor
Dr. Adam Gazzeley
Dr. Adam Gazzeley
Advisor