Meet Lorne Epstein
Lorne Epstein is a neuroscientist, researcher, and keynote speaker who equips teams with practical strategies to improve judgment, reduce decision bias, strengthen communication, and perform more effectively in high-stakes environments.
Trusted by Executive Teams, Boards, and
Senior Leaders
“THE SESSION WAS AMAZING!
My bucket was filled. I felt I was walking out better than when I walked in. I use what I learned every day."
Manda Ayoub
Chief Operating Officer
Pomeroy Living
Lorne Epstein is a Leading Voice
on Decision-Making
Neuroscientist
Science-backed
keynotes & training
300+
Keynotes & workshops delivered
Author
Book downloaded over 500,000 times.
NeuroDecide™
Creator of a neuroscience-backed decision assessment
70,000+
Professionals
trained
Media
Forbes, Cosmopolitan, the Christian Science Monitor
HR Executive
Led global teams in the U.S., Brazil, and India
5-Star
Consistently ranked a top speaker at events
Trusted
By global speaking bureaus
“We were so lucky to have Lorne Epstein present at our conference this year. He gave us essential skills and got the audience interacting and collaborating.”
Denise Justice
Conference Organizer
Michigan Occupational Therapy Association
“Lorne is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about the topics he trains on. I was engaged, challenged, enlightened, and inspired."
Jennifer Lahoda
President
Pacific Resources Recovery Services
“Lorne is fantastic to work with. Bringing him to our campus is something I will always consider the exact right thing to do. He opened space for meaningful, deep conversations. He will challenge and strengthen you as a person and a leader.”
Melissa Castle
Director of Human Resources
Newman University
TOPICS LORNE SPEAKS ON
Each experience combines neuroscience, interactive exercises, and practical tools participants can apply immediately. Delivered as keynotes or workshops, in person or virtually.
THE NEUROSCIENCE OF DECISION-MAKING
Better Decisions. Better Business Outcomes.
Better decisions drive better business outcomes.
Judgment, communication, and collaboration drive customer experience, innovation, employee engagement and execution.
This interactive session delivers neuroscience-backed tools for recognizing the factors influencing decisions, communicating more effectively across personality styles, and making better choices under pressure.
Participants leave with actionable strategies they can use immediately to improve collaboration, decision quality, and team performance.
You will gain:
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Better Decisions: Recognize how personality, emotion, and context influence judgement so you can make clearer, more intentional decisions.
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Stronger Communication: Adapt your communication style to improve collaboration across different personalities and situations.
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Immediate Application: Apply neuroscience-based techniques immediately to improve teamwork, reduce misunderstandings, and perform more effectively under pressure. .
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION
Conversations That Build Trust
In today’s complex work environments, communication breakdowns create friction, slow decisions, and erode trust.
Teams that communicate openly and constructively solve problems earlier, strengthen accountability, and maintain trust during periods of change.
Through practical tools, real-world scenarios, and audience engagement, participants learn to listen with greater empathy, express needs clearly, navigate challenging conversations with confidence, and reduce misunderstandings across teams.
Participants leave with a clear, repeatable framework they can apply immediately to strengthen communication, collaboration and team performance.
You will gain:
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Trust Building: Strengthen capacity to build trust across teams.
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Confident Conversations: Navigate difficult conversations with clarity and confidence.
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4-Step Communication Framework: Learn and apply a four-step framework for collaborative communication using real scenarios.
“LORNE EPSTEIN KEYNOTED, WHAT MANY CONSIDER, HRLF's PROGRAM OF THE YEAR!
You just cannot improve on a research-based, data-driven, content-rich, highly interactive, and engaging presentation like the one Lorne delivered to our community.”
Hector J. Velez
President
Human Resource Leadership Forum
CULTIVATING PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
Strengthening Trust, Communication, and Team Performance
Psychological safety drives stronger communication, better customerr service, and healthier workplace cultures.
When people do not feel safe speaking up, problems go unaddressed, collaboration weakens, and trust erodes. When psychological safety is present, teams solve problems earlier, collaborate more openly, and perform at a higher level.
Delivered with humor and real-world stories, this interactive session gives participants practical tools they can apply immediately to strengthen trust, collaboration and team effectiveness.
You will gain:
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Psychological Safety: A clear understanding of how psychological safety impacts customer loyalty, staff retention, and growth.
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Trust & Accountability: Practical ways to create alignment, trust, and team cohesion.
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Safe Leadership Practices: Build language and leadership behaviors that strengthen trust without slowing decision-making.
REDUCING BIAS IN DECISION-MAKING
Improving Decisions. Strengthening Culture.
Decisions are influenced by mental shortcuts and hidden assumptions. Biases influence how we communicate, collaborate, and make decisions.
When unconscious bias goes unexamined, trust erodes, collaboration weakens, and organizational performance suffers.
Through interactive experiences, real world scenarios and practical tools, participants learn to challenge assumptions and make stronger decisions that improve collaboration, inclusion and team performance.
You will gain:
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Unconscious Bias: Recognize the unconscious assumptions that influence communication, collaboration and everyday decisions.
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Better Decision-Making: Apply practical techniques for challenging assumptions and improving judgment.
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Stronger Team Performance: Make better decisions that strengthen collaboration, inclusion, and organizational performance.
“We were so lucky to have Lorne Epstein present at our conference this year. He is energetic and enthusiastic. He gave us essential skills and got the audience interacting and collaborating.”
Denise Justice
Conference Organizer
Michigan Occupational Therapy Association