SHARPEN HOW YOU THINK, DECIDE, AND EXECUTE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
A neuroscience-driven decision-making program for CEOs, founders, and senior leaders operating under pressure, scale, and complexity.
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THE HIDDEN DRIFT EVERY CEO FACES
The most consequential threats to leadership aren’t external — they’re internal distortions.
They surface when execution quietly diverges from conviction:
A sharp decision in the boardroom diffuses in delivery.
Certainty turns into subtle hesitation.
Teams work harder — yet traction slips.
This isn’t a failure of judgment. It’s a biological misfire.
Your neurochemistry begins to run the system:
Dopamine prioritises urgency over importance.
Cortisol shields discomfort — even when it holds the signal.
Oxytocin and serotonin reinforce harmony — even when course correction is needed.
Testosterone fuels boldness — and blindsides.
These loops don’t feel wrong.
They feel like clarity — until outcomes reveal otherwise.
Understand how your internal chemistry subtly governs logic, execution, and momentum.
THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE NEUROSCIENCE OF CEO DECISION-MAKING PROGRAM
Our work rewires the three neurochemical dimensions that determine how leaders decide, execute, and sustain performance under pressure.
Each dimension shows a distinct way biology interacts with logic — and where precision can be strengthened.
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DECISION
MAKING
We examine how chemistry shapes what feels rational in the moment — the confidence, timing, and conviction behind key choices. This phase helps you separate instinct from certainty, recognising how subtle reward or stress signals influence judgment before logic fully engages.
DAILY
EXECUTION
We refine how chemistry drives or disrupts consistency in daily performance. Here, we map the rhythm between urgency and avoidance — identifying when momentum fuels meaningful progress and when emotional energy fragments focus or delays action.
RECOVERY
& REST
We strengthen your capacity to recover, reset, and maintain composure across cycles of intensity.
This stage targets how chemistry affects recovery and clarity, ensuring your system recalibrates quickly and sustains long-term precision under ongoing pressure.
THE DATA CEOs CAN'T IGNORE
1%
Only 1% of businesses consistently execute strategy at scale.
70%
50–70% of senior leaders eventually fail — not from lack of intelligence, but because of internal loops they couldn’t see.
2%
Only 2% of leaders operate with conscious, chemically-aware decision-making systems.
You’ve mastered instinct, intellect, and experience.
But the next level of leadership requires something rarer:
The ability to regulate the chemistry that governs your logic.
Understand how your internal chemistry subtly governs logic, execution, and momentum.
WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM DIFFERENT
At your level, lack of knowledge isn’t the issue.
The challenge is execution drift — when decisions you know are right become subtly redirected by your brain’s own reward and stress chemistry.
This program doesn’t teach decision-making.
It re-grounds it in real-time biological precision.
It doesn’t push motivation.
It rewires momentum.
It doesn’t override your system.
It sharpens what already works.
It doesn’t demand more willpower.
It reconditions your internal chemistry — so decisive action becomes the default, not the effort.
It doesn’t add frameworks.
It strengthens the internal signal behind every decision and execution.
So you don’t just know what to do.
You do it — consistently, cleanly, and without drift.
WHERE EXPERIENCE MEETS INVISIBLE PATTERNS
You don’t need another “Leadership 101.”
You’ve already led through complexity, scaled under pressure, and made decisions others couldn’t — or wouldn’t.
The question isn’t whether you can lead.
It’s whether you can consistently navigate the invisible interference — momentum, emotion, and bias — that subtly shape outcomes beneath awareness.
That’s what the Neuroscience of CEO Decision-Making is engineered for.
It won’t teach you discipline.
It will surface — and help you rewire — the neurochemical loops that distort judgment, derail execution, and delay correction, even in elite performers.
WHAT
YOU'LL GAIN
This program helps you restore signal clarity — at the exact point where performance is shaped.
You’ll learn to:
- Track your internal patterns in real time— seeing when dopamine accelerates conviction, and when cortisol nudges avoidance into delay.
- Separate confidence from clarity— anchoring decisions in logic, not emotional chemistry.
- Execute cleanly, without internal drag— delivering high-value actions even when urgency, friction, or fatigue push you off course.
- Sustain clarity through recovery— resetting quickly after high-stakes effort, and avoiding the silent drift of overdrive.
This is not about working harder.
It’s about mastering the real drivers of your performance system — so your decisions stay clear, execution stays aligned, and momentum compounds.
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MEET TOMASZ DRYBALA
My work is grounded in lived experience, research, and ongoing studies with more than 100 CEOs and senior executives — examining how dopamine–cortisol dynamics influence decision-making, execution, and recovery under pressure.
My academic development includes targeted programs at Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford, Columbia, and UC Berkeley and the pursuit of a Master’s and PhD in Applied Neuroscience.
I’m also the author of three forthcoming books exploring the neurochemistry of leadership, including Breaking Patterns (June 2026), Neuroscience of CEO Decision-Making (January 2027), and Choosing the Right People (March 2027).
Outside of advisory work, I’ve run 27,000 km across 14 countries, spending over 3,000 hours researching resilience, focus, and neurochemical regulation under pressure, and sharing my findings with more than 50,000 people through talks at universities and corporate organisations along the way.
VOICES FROM THE FIELD
REWIRED REWARD SYSTEM
“I used to procrastinate on the heavy, strategic tasks, telling myself I’d get to them once the urgent things were handled. What I didn’t see was how my brain was wired to reward the easy wins first. By learning to rewire my reward system, I started experiencing genuine satisfaction from tackling the harder priorities immediately. For the first time, the work that mattered most felt enjoyable right from the start.”
— Greg, CEO
Cloud Infrastructure Startup
UNBLOCKED EXECUTION IN ONE WEEK
“I used to assume my team avoided hard tasks because of discipline. Tom helped me see it wasn’t laziness at all — it was the cortisol loop in action. That shift made me change how I framed expectations, and within a week, the same team delivered on a project that had been stuck for months. Once I saw the biology at play, execution unblocked almost instantly.”
— Mark, CEO
Cybersecurity Firm
IMPROVED FORECAST ACCURACY
“When I felt anxious about sales numbers, I used to bury myself in spreadsheets. Through this coaching, I realised that it was just a comfort loop, not leadership. I stopped hiding in data and started leading conversations with my team. The result was immediate: our forecast accuracy improved, and so did trust.”
— Claire, CFO
SaaS Business
BROKE THE FIREFIGHTING LOOP
“For years, I thrived on firefighting — solving urgent problems gave me a hit of progress, but I didn’t see how dopamine was reinforcing the very chaos I thought I was solving. Once I spotted that loop, everything changed. I stopped rewarding urgency and started rewarding clarity. My leadership rhythm is calmer now, and the business is running on fewer crises and more real progress.”
— Ethan, CEO
SaaS Platform
CORRECTED EXECUTION DRIFT
“For the first time, I could see why execution drifted even when the decision was right — and we corrected course before momentum was lost.”
— Anna, CEO
AI Healthcare Company
WON A CRITICAL DEAL
“By questioning my sales VP more deliberately, I uncovered risks in a deal we thought was safe — and we won because we mitigated them early.”
— Robert, CEO
Technology Group
SAVED BY DISSENT
“Recognising serotonin’s effect on my confidence stopped me from dismissing dissent too quickly, and the alternative viewpoint saved us from a costly mistake.”
— Thomas, CEO
Software Company
CUT NON-PERFORMING PROJECTS
“Once I saw how dopamine was rewarding activity over outcomes, I cut two projects that looked busy but weren’t moving the business forward.”
— Oliver, CEO
Data Analytics Startup
PIVOTED FASTER UNDER PRESSURE
“Understanding how cortisol avoidance shows up helped me make a tough pivot faster — and our investors saw the impact within one quarter.”
— James, Founder
AI Startup
AVOIDED A MARKET
BATTLE
“I learned to spot when my competitive drive was about evidence and when it was just testosterone momentum. That shift kept me out of a market battle we didn’t need.”
— Mark, CEO
FinTech Company
INCREASED
TEAM TRUST
“Mapping my reward system made me realise why I avoided performance conversations — and once I addressed it, team trust went up, not down.”
— Daniel, CEO
Technology Group
RECLAIMED 3 HOURS WEEKLY
“Seeing execution through a neurochemical lens helped me reclaim time. I stopped overanalysing, and my team delivered faster with less effort.”
— James, CEO
SaaS Company
FAQs
Why do I need to complete the Decision Reality Score before joining the program?
Meaningful change starts with data, not assumptions. The Decision Reality Score provides a clear initial picture of how your chemistry interacts with logic in decision-making, execution, and recovery. Your personalised 18-page report highlights the neurochemical patterns shaping your performance — where dopamine drives momentum, where cortisol creates resistance, and where balance can be restored.
That insight allows us to enter the program with focus and relevance from the first session. By the time you join, both of us have a shared foundation — a data-backed view of your current patterns and where refinement can begin.
I already consider myself a strong decision-maker. How will this program sharpen what I’m already doing well?
At your level, growth doesn’t come from knowing more — it comes from seeing with greater precision. This program won’t replace your instincts. It will refine them. You’ll learn to detect the subtle distortions that even sharp leaders miss — especially when momentum builds, bias creeps in, or emotional patterns distort clarity. This isn’t about challenging your strengths. It’s about upgrading the strategic system behind them — so your best decisions hold their shape all the way through execution.
Will I be able to fit this program into my demanding schedule?
Yes — it was built for leaders with minimal margin for wasted time. This isn’t another obligation. It’s a force multiplier. By removing hidden distortions and sharpening decision clarity, you’ll recover time you didn’t realise you were losing — hours spent overanalysing, second-guessing, or correcting misalignment.
The time commitment is about 10-12 hours over a 720-hour month. What you gain compounds across every decision and every leadership hour. This isn’t a cost to your time. It’s a strategic investment in the moments that matter most.
How is this different from typical leadership programs or masterminds?
This isn’t motivational coaching. And it’s not a content-heavy theory. This is neuroscience-rooted, precision-built, and focused on real-time application. It’s designed for experienced leaders who don’t need more information — they need clearer thinking, sharper decisions, and tighter execution. You won’t be given answers. You’ll develop frameworks that improve your leadership architecture in the moments when performance matters most.
My company and leadership style are unique. How do I know this program will be relevant for me?
This program isn’t rigid or prescriptive. It doesn’t ask you to adopt someone else’s system — it sharpens your own. You’ll learn to see through your leadership patterns with greater clarity, in any context — whether leading teams, navigating high-stakes growth, or making decisions with incomplete information. Whatever your style, you’ll gain the tools to operate with more precision and less distortion — without changing who you are.
How quickly will I notice changes in my leadership clarity?
For many, the shift begins in the first week. Because this work is focused on real-time awareness, you’ll start spotting distortions even while operating at full speed. The deeper rewiring continues after the program ends — but improvements in clarity, confidence, and precision show up quickly when applied with intention.
Will the program apply to real leadership challenges I’m facing now?
Yes — this program is designed for immediate application. You’ll bring live challenges into the work, map patterns in real time, and sharpen decision-making against your current environment. Theory is minimal. Application is constant — especially in the areas where small awareness shifts can unlock major outcomes.
READY TO SEE WHAT’S REALLY DRIVING YOUR DECISIONS?
If you’re ready to decode the internal system behind your logic, momentum, and timing — and start rewiring the patterns that shape outcomes — it begins here.
Get a personalised report revealing how your chemistry supports or distorts clarity, execution, and composure under pressure.
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