Biohacking Leadership Leveraging the Biology of Behavior to Maximize Your Impact
By Scott Hutcheson, PhD,
with Matthew D. Jones
Publication Date: July 16, 2025
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Rethinking leadership through a scientific approach to human connection and performance
Built on a dual foundation of rigorous research and real-world application, Biohacking Leadership: Leveraging the Biology of Behavior to Maximize Your Impact explores how leaders can apply biohacking principles to understanding and leverage the biological and behavioral drivers of decision-making, influence, and impact. The first in a three-part series, this book discusses how to optimize your leadership by using neuroscience and biomechanics to enhance your mental and physical state, fostering more effective communication, emotional regulation, and collaboration.
Each concept and strategy in this book is informed by science, but the insights are presented in an accessible, actionable way, discussing topics including:
- The concept of leadership biodynamics as a set of three channels and the 18 biometric signals that represent the essential dimensions of effective leadership: warmth, competence, and gravitas
- How insights from nature's keystone species―beavers, wolves, and sea stars―illustrate the impact of creating balance, inclusivity, and shared value
- How to deliver results with clarity and credibility by mastering complexity, decision-making, and alignment with strategic goals
- The critical role of creativity, adaptability, and play in fostering innovation, resilience, and team cohesion
Biohacking Leadership: Leveraging the Biology of Behavior to Maximize Your Impact is an essential guide for all professionals seeking to harness cutting-edge scientific research and developments and to bring their organizations to new heights.
Biohacking Leadership Foreword
Leadership, much like elite sports, is about optimizing performance—tapping into the full potential of individuals and teams to achieve something extraordinary. As someone who has spent my career in the worlds of government, education, and professional sports, I’ve seen firsthand that the highest-performing leaders, much like the highest-performing athletes, don’t rely on talent alone. They train, they adapt, and most importantly, they understand the science behind their success.
That’s what makes Biohacking Leadership such a powerful and timely book. Dr. Scott Hutcheson has taken what elite coaches and performance experts have long known about the biology of human behavior and applied it directly to leadership. Just as an athlete learns to control breath, body mechanics, and mental focus, leaders can learn to regulate the physiological signals they send, the trust they build, and the cultures they create.
This book gives leaders a new kind of playbook—one rooted in the biology of behavior, the mechanics of presence, and the neuroscience of influence. It’s not about charisma or positional power; it’s about understanding and applying the fundamental forces that drive human connection, collaboration, and impact.
Whether you’re leading a boardroom, a locker room, or a classroom, the insights in these pages will help you elevate your leadership game. Just like championship teams, great leaders don’t leave performance to chance. They train for it.
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President & COO, Indiana Fever
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