What Makes a Champion
Distinguished Fellow |
Sir Richard Branson
Professor Daniel Dennett
Professor VS Ramachandran
Professor Horace Barlow
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Dr Michael Spence (Chair)
Phillip Adams
Prof Peter Doherty
Baz Luhrmann
Prof Allan Snyder
Andrew Banks (2000-2009)
Prof Peter Baume (1999-2006)
Prof Gavin Brown (1999-2008)
David Clarke (2004-2009)
Prof Peter Karmel (1997-1999)
Janine Kirk (1999-2007)
Rod McGeogh (1997-2003)
Lachlan Murdoch (1997-2001)
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David Armstrong
Sean Barrett
Paul Batchelor
Marcus Dawe
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Scientific Advisory Committee |
Prof Terry Bossomaier
Prof Michael Halmagyi
Prof Jack Pettigrew
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“The research being undertaken
by Professor Snyder … has the potential to benefit
future generations by assisting them to harness their
full creative capacity.” John Howard,
Prime Minister 1996 - 2007
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Who We Are
A daring venture into the mind at the University of
Sydney. Nelson Mandela is our Millennium Fellow. Dr Oliver
Sacks is our Foundation Fellow. Richard Branson is our
most recent Distinguished Fellow.
We have been mentored by creative
and influential minds: Lachlan Murdoch, film icon Baz
Luhrmann, Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty, national treasure
Phillip Adams and corporate giants Andrew Banks and David
Clarke. The Centre’s Director, Allan Snyder, is
profiled in the media as “a wizard” - “epitomising
the creative mind”. |
Inaugural
Board (left to right): Lachlan Murdoch, Professor Peter
Karmel, Professor Allan Snyder, Professor Gavin Brown
and Baz Luhrmann
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What We Do
We explore what it is to be uniquely
human. We do this by investing in challenging research,
by orchestrating spectacular intellectual events, and
by acting as a global nexus for great minds. Our mind
laboratory focuses on scientific ways to enhance creativity
and to instill the champion mindset. |
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Ground Breaking
Discoveries
Our tantalising finding that everyone possesses nonconscious
skills, and that these skills can be switched on with
magnetic brain stimulation, challenges conventional
views about creativity. Hailed by the prestigious scientific
journal Nature as offering “startling
insights”, this pioneering research into creativity
has captured worldwide attention. Our Penguin book What
Makes A Champion! distils the universal ingredients
of extraordinary success. |
 Richard
Branson and Allan Snyder
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Tony
Blair and Allan Snyder
Richard Branson presented the 2003 Fellow Address
on ‘Creativity and Championship’.
The Dalai Lama engaged elite scientists at the exhilarating
Mind Science 2002 Forum.
Field's Medallist Terry Tao and David Helfgott, immortalised
in the movie Shine, joined a cast of extraordinary
talent for our Geniuses, Prodigies and Savants event. |
Spectacular Events
Nelson Mandela led 50 champions from all walks of
life at our unique event What Makes A Champion? on
the eve of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Tony Blair opened the second forum, designated an
official Olympic Cultural Event, at the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games.
Allan Snyder & the
founders of Google,
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
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Global Impact
The Centre for the Mind is a powerful brand! We are
featured in The New York Times, The Times of
London, Financial Times, BBC, CNN, NBC, ABC
(USA) and Discovery Channel.
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Want to know more about what we do?
Watch our video here.
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