Susan Pinker

Psychologist, Journalist, and Author of The Sexual Paradox

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Susan Pinker is one of the world's leading experts on the fundamental biological differences between the sexes and how they play out across a lifetime: in grade school, during university, and at the workplace. Her talks are invaluable for thought-leaders in business and education—or anyone who needs to understand the real divergences between males and females. Book Speaker

Susan Pinker is a seasoned observer who writes about the social sciences, and an expert on interpersonal communications at work. She is a psychologist, journalist, and best-selling author. Pinker's book, The Sexual Paradox, is an engrossing and important read on the differences between males and females: how they think, how they behave, what will sway them, and how each defines success. The Sexual Paradox caused an international sensation, is available in 18 countries, and was awarded the prestigious William James Book Award in 2009, given by the American Psychological Association. She is working on a new book, The Village Effect, which will be published by Knopf in Fall, 2013.

Pinker is also the author of Problem Solving, an empirically based advice column for The Globe and Mail's business section. She regularly writes opinions and feature articles on psychology, public policy, education, behavioral economics, and business for the international press. Her ideas have been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, The Times of London, and Oprah Magazine. Her blog, The Business Brain, is an endlessly useful examination of the underlying science of the working world and current events. She spent over two decades in clinical practice, has seen thousands of clients, and is a former teacher at McGill University.
  • The Sexual Paradox

    Why is there still a shortage of women in business, politics, engineering and science? Why do many male high school drop-outs earn more than the ambitious girls they sat beside in school? In this entertaining and accessible talk, Susan Pinker answers provocative questions deeply relevant to business leaders: Why do companies have a hard time retaining women at upper level positions? Why do many gifted girls opt out of successful careers as they near the top? Why do men and women make different career choices, how does each define success, and how can you leverage this knowledge-- this empirical data-- to your advantage? Pinker looks at the roots of sex differences, showing us how the genders solve problems, make decisions and prioritize differently. How are verbal skills, empathy, aggression and competition different in males and females? Drawing on neuroscience, genetics, economics and pop culture, Pinker gives an invaluable talk, showing you how to react to, anticipate and cater to the intrinsic traits of each gender.

  • Teaching to Their Strengths: How Gender Differences Can Drive Best Practices in Education

    How can we improve current classroom practices to maximize success in both boys and girls? Empirical evidence shows that the two sexes have different approaches to learning, attention and motivation; how we use this information is the key to better learning for all. Four times as many boys as girls are dyslexic, three times as many have ADHD, and twice as many have severe behavioral problems. School dropouts are twice as likely to be male, while university graduates are 20 to 30 percent more likely to be female. How can we account for and correct these patterns? Diving into the science, we learn that girls' hearing perception is more acute in the primary school years; they are better attuned to teacher-centered learning. But their performance is more hampered by social conflict and winner-take-all types of competition. This is just a small smattering of new evidence on the subtle differences between boys and girls -- differences that affect how they learn. In an instructive talk, Pinker ably and accessibly takes all this into account, showing you how to apply the latest science to maximize your students' success.

  • Working in the Year 2020

    A perfect talk for HR groups, managers, and anyone interested in how to understand, attract and retain the workforce of the future, which will look radically different than the workforce of today. How will work evolve over the next decade? In the last year, 80% of recession-related job losses were experienced by men. Compared to the retraction in finance, manufacturing, and agriculture, the education, medical and service sectors are expanding, and the higher percentage of female university graduates will bring more women to higher levels of management and the professions. Companies will need to adjust their cultures-- in work-life balance, autonomy and social responsibility-- if they want to survive the influx of women, younger workers, and offshore employees, all groups with differing views of loyalty and career-building. Pinker shows you what's relevant, and what's not, looking at how these trends affect your work environment today and how to prepare for the next wave of employees.

  • The Sexual Paradox: Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap The Sexual Paradox: Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap

    After four decades of eradicating gender barriers at work and in public life, why do men still dominate business, politics and the most highly paid jobs? Why do high-achieving women opt out of successful careers? Psychologist Susan Pinker explores the illuminating answers to these questions in her groundbreaking first book.

    In The Sexual Paradox, Susan Pinker takes a hard look at how fundamental sex differences continue to play out in the workplace. By comparing the lives of fragile boys and promising girls, Pinker turns several assumptions upside down: that the sexes are biologically equivalent; that smarts are all it takes to succeed; that men and women have identical goals.

    If most children with problems are boys, then why do many of them as adults overcome early obstacles while rafts of competent, even gifted women choose jobs that pay less or decide to opt out at pivotal moments in their careers? Weaving interviews with men and women into the most recent discoveries in psychology, neuroscience and economics, Pinker walks the reader through these minefields: Are men the more fragile sex? Which sex is the happiest at work? What does neuroscience tell us about ambition? Why do some male school drop-outs earn more than the bright, motivated girls who sat beside them in third grade?

    Pinker argues that men and women are not clones, and that gender discrimination is just one part of the persistent gender gap. A work world that is satisfying to us all will recognize sex differences, not ignore them or insist that we all be the same.

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