Lecturer
Management of Organizations
Cognitive neuroscientist
About
Sahar Yousef is a cognitive neuroscientist and a lecturer at the Haas School of Business. Her 10-plus years of research on “making superhumans” sheds light on how to improve focus, memory, and overall human performance in as little as six weeks. Outside of the academic world, Yousef is the founder and managing director of Becoming Superhuman, a productivity training and consulting firm which teaches busy professionals how to get their most important work done, in less time, with less stress. Her work has been featured in Forbes and Business Insider.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Human Productivity
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- 4 ways to be more productive, according to experts (opens in a new tab), GQ India, 04/19/2022
- Structural and cultural change are what we need to escape the wellbeing rut (opens in a new tab), Insight, 04/06/2022
- How businesses can put productivity – and people – first (opens in a new tab), The Guardian, 01/13/2022
- A Focus on Mentally Healthy Employees (opens in a new tab), Middle Market Growth, 09/21/2021
- 3 misconceptions about remote work and how to manage them (opens in a new tab), Chicago Tribune, 02/25/2021
- How This Cognitive Neuroscientist Uses Science To Increase Work Efficiency (opens in a new tab), Forbes, 10/01/2019